Alma
English
Etymology 1
Usually explained as Latin alma (“nourishing, kind”). It has also been used as a short form of Germanic compound names beginning with the element Amal-, as in Amelia.
Proper noun
Alma
- A female given name, popular in the 19th century.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: Printed [by John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book II, canto IX, stanza 18:
- Alma she called was, a virgin bright:/ That had not yet felt Cupides wanton rage,/ Yet was she woo'd of many a gentle knight […]
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- (Mormonism) One of two prophets, the Elder and the Younger, and a book in the Book of Mormon.
- Places in the U.S., Canada, and several other countries.
- a city in Georgia, USA, and the county seat of Bacon County.
- a small city in Kansas, USA, and the county seat of Wabaunsee County.
- a small city in Nebraska, USA, and the county seat of Harlan County.
- a town in Allegany County, New York, USA.
- a small city in Wisconsin, USA, and the county seat of Buffalo County.
Translations
Proper noun
Alma
- (space science) Non-standard capitalisation of ALMA (Acronym of Atacama Large Millimeter Array.)
Danish
Faroese
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Alma: Almuson
- daughter of Alma: Almudóttir
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Alma |
Accusative | Almu |
Dative | Almu |
Genitive | Almu |
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɑlmɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑlmɑ
- Hyphenation: Al‧ma
Proper noun
Alma
- A female given name, equivalent to English Alma.
- 1984 Veronica Pimenoff, Loistava Helena, Tammi, →ISBN, page 44:
- —On tämä vähän hassua kun ei niistä tiedä mitään.
- —Nimet sentään. Jos jonkun nimi on Alma niin sen täytyy olla lihava.
- 1984 Veronica Pimenoff, Loistava Helena, Tammi, →ISBN, page 44:
Declension
Inflection of Alma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Alma | Almat | |
genitive | Alman | Almojen | |
partitive | Almaa | Almoja | |
illative | Almaan | Almoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Alma | Almat | |
accusative | nom. | Alma | Almat |
gen. | Alman | ||
genitive | Alman | Almojen Almainrare | |
partitive | Almaa | Almoja | |
inessive | Almassa | Almoissa | |
elative | Almasta | Almoista | |
illative | Almaan | Almoihin | |
adessive | Almalla | Almoilla | |
ablative | Almalta | Almoilta | |
allative | Almalle | Almoille | |
essive | Almana | Almoina | |
translative | Almaksi | Almoiksi | |
instructive | — | Almoin | |
abessive | Almatta | Almoitta | |
comitative | — | Almoineen |
Derived terms
German
Latvian
Norwegian
Serbo-Croatian
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈalma/
Swedish
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