soma

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊmə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊmə/

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• Rhymes: (General American) -oʊmə, (Received Pronunciation) -əʊmə
• Hyphenation: so‧ma

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

soma (plural somas or somata)

1. (anatomy) The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail.
2. The corporeal body, as distinguished from the psyche or soul and the pneuma or spirit.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:body

3. (cytology) The bulbous part of a neuron, containing the cell nucleus.

• prosoma
• somato-
• -some

Transliteration of Sanskrit सोम (soma). Doublet of haoma.

soma (uncountable)

1. (Vedic religion) A ritual drink in ancient Vedic culture, obtained by pressing the Soma plant.
   • 2006, Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation, Atlantic Books 2007, p. 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.

2. (by extension, science fiction) Any kind of intoxicating drug.
   • 1932, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World‎, 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 […]

• Soma

• haoma

• -omas, Amos, MOAS, MOAs, Samo, maos, moas, omas, soam

Clipping of Somaliër.

soma ? (plural soma's, diminutive somaatje n)

1. (sometimes offensive, slang) a Somalian.

soma

1. often, frequently

   Synonym: wasoma

From Proto-Finnic *soma, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *sōmaz, *sōmiz (“suitable”). Related to Karelian šoma, Livvi čoma, Ludian čoma and Veps čoma (with irregular initial consonants due to the affectionate nature of the word).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsomɑ/, [ˈs̠o̞mɑ]
• Rhymes: -omɑ
• Syllabification^(key): so‧ma

soma (comparative somempi, superlative somin)

1. pretty
2. cute, sweet

• somasti

• Asmo, mosa, osma

soma m (plural somas)

1. (cytology) soma

• “soma”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese soma (“top”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin summa (“top”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈsomɐ]

soma f (plural somas)

1. ridge (formed besides a furrow)

   Synonyms: lombeiro, márdea, mesa, sorrello

• “soma” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “soma” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “soma” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “soma” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “soma” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɔma
• Hyphenation: sò‧ma

From Late Latin sauma, from alteration of Latin sagma, from Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma). Compare the doublet salma (“corpse”). Cognate to French somme (“packsaddle”).

soma f (plural some)

1. the load borne by a pack animal
2. (by extension) the measure of the capacity of a given animal to bear a load
3. (figurative, literary)
   1. burden

      Synonym: onere

   2. weight

      Synonym: peso

   3. body

      Synonym: corpo

• soma¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma).

soma m (plural somi)

1. (medicine) soma

• soma² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Transliteration of Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma).

soma m (plural somata)

1. (music, historical, Byzantine Greece) second interval

• soma³ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Borrowed from English soma,from Sanskrit सोम (soma), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *sáwmas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáwmas, derived from the root *saw- (“to press out, to extract”).

soma m (invariable) (historical)

1. name of an as-of-yet unidentified plant
2. soma (juice extracted from the above plant, used as a ritual drink)

• soma⁴ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• Amos, Mosa, Samo, maso

From Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma).

soma n

1. body

soma

1. Rōmaji transcription of そま

Ceļasoma

Mugursoma

Borrowed from Old East Slavic сума (suma) (compare Russian сума́ (sumá)), itself borrowed (via Polish) from Old High German soum (“burden”) (compare German Saum), from Ancient Greek σάγμα (ságma) (whence also Latin sagma, sauma (“burden saddle, burden”)). The borrowing happened in the 13th century, when Old East Slavic у was still pronounced as [oː]. The word soma is first attested in 17th-century dictionaries with meanings such as “bread sack”, “bag”, “travel bag”.[1]

• IPA^(key): [sūōma]

soma f (4th declension)

1. bag, pack (fabric, leather, etc. object with straps or handles, used for carrying small objects, groceries, etc.)

   pasta soma ― mail bag

   medību soma ― (hunting) game bag

   skolas soma ― satchel, school bag

   iepirkumu soma ― shopping bag

   ceļa soma, ceļasoma ― suitcase (lit. travelling bag)

   rokas soma, rokassoma ― purse (lit. hand bag)

   mugursoma ― backpack, knapsack, rucksack

2. (biology, anatomy) pouch (skin fold in marsupials to keep a newborn baby)

   ķengura soma ― kangaroo pouch

• ceļasoma
• mugursoma
• rokassoma

• maiss

See soms.

soma m

1. genitive singular form of soms

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɔma
• Syllabification: so‧ma

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma).

soma f

1. (anatomy) soma (the whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail)
2. (anatomy) soma (the corporeal body, as distinguished from the psyche or soul)

Borrowed from Sanskrit सोम (soma).

soma f

1. (Hinduism) soma (a ritual drink in ancient Vedic and continuing Hindu culture)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

soma m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of som

• soma in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• soma in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Old Portuguese soma, from Latin summa.

• Hyphenation: so‧ma

soma f (plural somas)

1. (arithmetic) sum (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation)
2. sum (quantity of money)

Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”).

• Hyphenation: so‧ma

soma m (plural somas)

1. (anatomy, cytology) soma

Borrowed from Sanskrit सोम (sóma), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sauma, from Proto-Indo-European *sew(h)-.

• Hyphenation: so‧ma

soma m (plural somas)

1. (religion) soma

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Hyphenation: so‧ma

soma

1. inflection of somar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Borrowed from French sommer.

a soma (third-person singular present somează, past participle somat) 1st conj.

1. to summon

-soma (infinitive gusoma, perfective -somye)

1. to read

soma (Cyrillic spelling сома)

1. genitive/accusative singular of som

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoma/ [ˈso.ma]
• Rhymes: -oma
• Syllabification: so‧ma

soma m (plural somas)

1. (biology) soma

soma f (plural somas)

1. A kind of thick flour

• “soma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Of Bantu origin.

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-soma (infinitive kusoma)

1. to read
2. to study