soma
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "soma"
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsoʊmə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsəʊmə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: (General American) -oʊmə, (Received Pronunciation) -əʊmə
- Hyphenation: so‧ma
Etymology 1
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).
Noun
- (anatomy) The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail.
- (biology) The body of an organism in contrast to the germ cells.
- (cytology) The bulbous part of a neuron, containing the cell nucleus.
- (philosophy) The corporeal body, as distinguished from the psyche or soul and the pneuma or spirit.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:body
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Translations
Etymology 2
Transliteration of Sanskrit सोम (soma). Doublet of haoma.
Noun
soma (uncountable)
- (Vedic religion) A ritual drink in ancient Vedic culture, obtained by pressing the Soma plant.
- 2006, Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation, Atlantic Books, published 2007, page 82:
- Once he had drunk the intoxicating soma, he experienced an ascent to the gods without having to die a violent death, as in the old ritual.
- (by extension, science fiction) Any kind of intoxicating drug.
- 1932, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, London: Chatto & Windus:
- […] there is always soma, delicious soma, half a gramme for a half-holiday, a gramme for a week-end, two grammes for a trip to the gorgeous East, three for a dark eternity on the moon […]
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Etymology
Noun
soma ? (plural soma's, diminutive somaatje n)
Adverb
soma
- often, frequently
- Synonym: wasoma
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *coma. Related to Karelian šoma, Livvi čoma, Ludian čoma and Veps čoma.
Pronunciation
Adjective
soma (comparative somempi, superlative somin)
Declension
| Inflection of soma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | soma | somat | |
| genitive | soman | somien | |
| partitive | somaa | somia | |
| illative | somaan | somiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | soma | somat | |
| accusative | nom. | soma | somat |
| gen. | soman | ||
| genitive | soman | somien somain rare | |
| partitive | somaa | somia | |
| inessive | somassa | somissa | |
| elative | somasta | somista | |
| illative | somaan | somiin | |
| adessive | somalla | somilla | |
| ablative | somalta | somilta | |
| allative | somalle | somille | |
| essive | somana | somina | |
| translative | somaksi | somiksi | |
| abessive | somatta | somitta | |
| instructive | — | somin | |
| comitative | — | somine | |
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “soma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
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Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
soma m (plural somas)
Further reading
- “soma”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese soma (“top”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin summa (“top”).
Pronunciation
Noun
soma f (plural somas)
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “soma”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “soma”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “soma”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “soma”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “soma”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Late Latin sauma, from alteration of Latin sagma, from Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma). Compare the doublet salma (“corpse”). Cognate to French somme (“packsaddle”).
Noun
soma f (plural some)
- the load borne by a pack animal
- (by extension) the measure of the capacity of a given animal to bear a load
- (figurative, literary)
Derived terms
Further reading
- soma1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma).
Noun
soma m (plural somi)
Derived terms
Further reading
- soma2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 3
Transliteration of Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma).
Noun
soma m (plural somata)
- (music, historical, Byzantine Greece) second interval
Further reading
- soma3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 4
Borrowed from English soma, from Sanskrit सोम (soma), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *sáwHmas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáwHmas, derived from the root *sawH- (“to press out, to extract”).
Noun
soma m (invariable) (historical)
Further reading
- soma4 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma).
Noun
soma n
Romanization
soma
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