FromNew Latin , fromAncient Greek σῶμα ( sôma ,“ body ” ) .
soma (plural somas or somata )
( anatomy ) The wholeaxial portion of ananimal , including thehead ,neck ,trunk , andtail .( biology ) The body of anorganism in contrast to thegerm cells .( cytology ) The bulbous part of aneuron , containing the cell nucleus.( philosophy ) Thecorporeal body, as distinguished from thepsyche orsoul and thepneuma orspirit .Synonyms: see Thesaurus:body axial portion of an animal
Transliteration ofSanskrit सोम ( soma ) .Doublet ofhaoma .
soma (uncountable )
( Vedic religion ) Aritual drink in ancientVedic culture, obtained by pressing theSoma plant.2006 , Karen Armstrong,The Great Transformation , Atlantic Books, published2007 , page82 :Once he had drunk the intoxicatingsoma , 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 ofintoxicating drug .1932 ,Aldous Huxley ,Brave New World [2] , London: Chatto & Windus:[ …] there is alwayssoma , delicioussoma , 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[ …]
Clipping ofSomaliër .
soma ? (plural soma's ,diminutive somaatje n )
( sometimes offensive, slang ) aSomalian
soma
often ,frequently Synonym: wasoma FromProto-Finnic *coma . Related toKarelian šoma ,Livvi čoma ,Ludian čoma andVeps čoma .
IPA (key ) : /ˈsomɑ/ ,[ˈs̠o̞mɑ̝] Rhymes:-omɑ Syllabification(key ) :so‧ma Hyphenation(key ) :so‧ma soma (comparative somempi ,superlative somin )
pretty ,cute ,sweet soma m (plural somas )
( cytology ) soma furrows (gl:regos ) and ridges (somas ) in a ploughed field FromOld Galician-Portuguese soma ( “ top ” ) (13th century,Cantigas de Santa Maria ), fromLatin summa ( “ top ” ) .
soma f (plural somas )
ridge (formed besides a furrow)Synonyms: lombeiro ,márdea ,mesa ,sorrello Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González ;Granja, María Álvarez de la ;Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022 ), “soma ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018 ), “soma ”, inCorpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006–2013 ), “soma ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language ] (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 ”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014–2024 ), “soma ”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega ,→ISSN Learned borrowing fromNew Latin , fromAncient Greek σῶμα ( sôma ,“ body ” ) .
soma (plural soma -soma )
soma ( anatomy ) the wholeaxial portion of ananimal , including thehead ,neck ,trunk , andtail .Synonyms: badan ,jasad hidup ,tubuh ( biology ) the body of anorganism in contrast to thegerm cells .Synonyms: badan ,jasad hidup ,tubuh ( cytology ) the bulbous part of aneuron , containing the cell nucleus.Synonym: badan sel FromLate Latin sauma , from alteration ofLatin sagma , fromAncient Greek σάγμα ( ságma ) . Compare the doubletsalma ( “ corpse ” ) . Cognate toFrench somme ( “ packsaddle ” ) .
soma f (plural some )
theload borne by apack animal ( by extension ) the measure of thecapacity of a given animal to bear a load( figurative , literary ) burden Synonym: onere weight Synonym: peso body Synonym: corpo soma1 in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia ItalianaBorrowed fromNew Latin , fromAncient Greek σῶμα ( sôma ) .
soma m (plural somi )
( medicine ) soma soma2 in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia ItalianaTransliteration ofAncient Greek σῶμα ( sôma ) .
soma m (plural somata )
( music , historical , Byzantine Greece) second interval soma3 in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia ItalianaBorrowed fromEnglish soma , fromSanskrit सोम ( soma ) , fromProto-Indo-Aryan *sáwHmas , fromProto-Indo-Iranian *sáwHmas , derived from the root*sawH- ( “ to press out, to extract ” ) .
soma m (invariable )( historical )
name of an as yet unidentifiedplant soma ( juice extracted from the above plant, used as a ritual drink ) soma4 in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia ItalianaFromAncient Greek σῶμα ( sôma ) .
soma n
body soma
Rōmaji transcription ofそま Ceļasoma Mugursoma Borrowed fromOld East Slavic сума ( suma ) (compareRussian сума́ ( sumá ) ), itself borrowed (via Polish) fromOld High German soum ( “ burden ” ) (compareGerman Saum ), fromAncient Greek σάγμα ( ságma ) (whence alsoLatin sagma ,sauma ( “ burden saddle, burden ” ) ). The borrowing happened in the 13th century, whenOld East Slavic у was still pronounced as [oː]. The wordsoma is first attested in 17th-century dictionaries with meanings such as “bread sack”, “bag”, “travel bag”.[ 1]
sõma f (4th declension )
bag ,pack ( fabric ,leather , etc. object withstraps orhandles , used forcarrying smallobjects ,groceries , etc.) pastasoma ―mailbag medībusoma ―(hunting) gamebag skolassoma ―satchel, schoolbag iepirkumusoma ―shoppingbag ceļasoma , ceļasoma ―suitcase (lit. travellingbag ) rokassoma , rokassoma ―purse (lit. handbag ) mugursoma ―backpack , knapsack , rucksack ( biology , anatomy ) pouch ( skin fold inmarsupials to keep anewborn baby ) ķengurasoma ―kangaroopouch Seesoms .
soma m
genitive singular ofsoms Learned borrowing fromAncient Greek σῶμα ( sôma ) .
soma f
( anatomy ) soma ( the whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail ) ( anatomy ) soma ( the corporeal body, as distinguished from the psyche or soul ) Learned borrowing fromSanskrit सोम ( soma ) .
soma f
( Vedic religion ) soma ( ritual drink in ancient Vedic and continuing Hindu culture ) See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
soma m animal
genitive / accusative singular ofsom soma in Polish dictionaries at PWNsoma (1) FromOld Galician-Portuguese soma , fromLatin summa .
soma f (plural somas )
( arithmetic ) sum (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation)sum (quantity of money)Borrowed fromNew Latin , fromAncient Greek σῶμα ( sôma ,“ body ” ) .
soma m (plural somas )
( anatomy , cytology ) soma Borrowed fromSanskrit सोम ( sóma ) , fromProto-Indo-Iranian *sauma , fromProto-Indo-European *sew(h)- .
soma m (plural somas )
( religion ) soma See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
Rhymes:-ɔmɐ Hyphenation:so‧ma soma
inflection ofsomar : third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative Borrowed fromFrench sommer .
a soma (third-person singular present somează ,past participle somat ) 1st conjugation
tosummon -soma (infinitive gusoma ,perfective -somye )
toread soma (Cyrillic spelling сома )
genitive / accusative singular ofsom IPA (key ) : /ˈsoma/ [ˈso.ma] Rhymes:-oma Syllabification:so‧ma Borrowed fromAncient Greek σῶμα ( sôma ,“ body ” ) .
soma m (plural somas )
( biology ) soma Inherited fromLatin summa .
soma f (plural somas )
a kind of thickflour Inherited fromProto-Bantu [Term?] .
-soma (infinitive kusoma )
toread tostudy Conjugation of-soma Positive present -na soma Subjunctive -some Negative -somi Imperative singular soma
Infinitives Imperatives Tensed forms Habitual husoma Positive past positive subject concord + -li somaNegative past negative subject concord + -ku soma
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na soma) Singular Plural 1st person ni nasoma/na somatu nasoma2nd person u nasomam nasoma3rd person m-wa(I/II) a nasomawa nasomaother classes positive subject concord + -na soma
Negative present (negative subject concord + -somi ) Singular Plural 1st person si somihatu somi2nd person hu somiham somi3rd person m-wa(I/II) ha somihawa somiother classes negative subject concord + -somi
Positive future positive subject concord + -ta somaNegative future negative subject concord + -ta soma
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -some ) Singular Plural 1st person ni sometu some2nd person u somem some3rd person m-wa(I/II) a somewa someother classes positive subject concord + -some
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -si somePositive present conditional positive subject concord + -nge somaNegative present conditional positive subject concord + -singe somaPositive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngali somaNegative past conditional positive subject concord + -singali soma
Perfect positive subject concord + -me soma"Already" positive subject concord + -mesha soma"Not yet" negative subject concord + -ja soma"If/When" positive subject concord + -ki soma"If not" positive subject concord + -sipo somaConsecutive kasoma /positive subject concord + -ka somaConsecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -ka some
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. SeeAppendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
-sóma
tocourt , toflirt , todate This verb needs aninflection-table template .
soma
dragnet ,fishnet Rika Hayami-Allen (2001 ),A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia , University of Pittsburgh soma
dative singular ofsom