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Translingual

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Etymology

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Clipping of English Armenian.

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arm

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2/B language code for Armenian.

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂érmos
Proto-Germanic *armaz
Proto-West Germanic *arm
Old English earm
Middle English arm
English arm

    From Middle English arm, from Old English earm (Anglian arm), from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“arm”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“a fitting, joint; arm, forequarter”), a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to join, fit together”).

    Cognates

    Akin to Dutch arm, German Arm, Yiddish אָרעם (orem), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish arm. Indo-European cognates include Latin armus (“the uppermost part of the arm, shoulder”), Bulgarian рамо (ramo), Polish ramię, Serbo-Croatian rȁme, Armenian արմունկ (armunk, “elbow”), Ancient Greek ἁρμός (harmós, “joint, shoulder”) and ἅρμα (hárma, “wagon, chariot”), Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬨𐬀 (arma), Old Persian [script needed] (arma).

    Noun

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    arm (plural arms)

    2. (anatomy) The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
      She stood with her right arm extended and her palm forward to indicate “Stop!”
    4. (anatomy) The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.
      The arm and forearm are parts of the upper limb in the human body.
    5. A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
      the arms of an octopus
    6. The part of a piece of clothing that covers the arm.
      Synonym: sleeve
    7. A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the armrest of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.
      The robot arm reached out and placed the part on the assembly line.
      I accidentally sat on my glasses and bent one of the arms.
    8. (geography) A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
      Shelburne Bay is an arm of Lake Champlain.
    9. A branch of an organization.
      the cavalry arm of the military service
      • 2018 April 25, Ron Nixon, “Scandals and Investigations, but Few Arrests, for Air Marshals Program”, in The New York Times‎[2]:
        Congress has asked the Government Accountability Office, its investigative arm, to review the workplace complaints raised by air marshals, said Charles Young, a spokesman for the office.
    10. (figurative) Power; might; strength; support.
      the arm of the law
      the secular arm
    11. (baseball, slang) A pitcher
      The team needs to sign another arm in the offseason.
    12. (genetics) One of the two parts of a chromosome.
    13. A group of patients in a medical trial.
    14. (South Africa, slang) A quantity of dagga leaves rolled up in paper into a thick cylinder.
      • 2014, Malcolm Kohll, Good Hope, page 43:
        They scored an arm of dagga and some speed and then raced away.
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    See arm/translations § Noun.

    Verb

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    arm (third-person singular simple present arms, present participle arming, simple past and past participle armed)

    1. (obsolete) To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.

    Etymology 2

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      From Middle English arm (“poor, wretched”), from Old English earm (“poor, miserable, pitiful, wretched”), from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“poor”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erm- (“poor, ill”).

      Cognates

      Akin to Dutch arm (“poor”), German arm (“poor”), Yiddish אָרעם (orem, “poor”), Swedish arm (“poor”).

      Adjective

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      arm (comparative armer or more arm, superlative armest or most arm)

      1. (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Poor; lacking in riches or wealth.
      2. (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To be pitied; pitiful; wretched.

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      Etymology 3

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      Back-formation from arms (plural), from Middle English armes, from Old French armes, from Latin arma (“weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mo-, a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to fit together”), hence ultimately cognate with etymology 1.

      Noun

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      arm (plural arms)

      1. (usually used in the plural) A weapon.
      2. (in the plural) Heraldic bearings or insignia.
        The Duke's arms were a sable gryphon rampant on an argent field.
      3. (in the plural, obsolete) War; hostilities; deeds or exploits of war. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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      • Pubs and taverns often use this word in their names, as a reference to heraldic bearings, e.g. The Queen's Arms.
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      Verb

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      arm (third-person singular simple present arms, present participle arming, simple past and past participle armed)

      1. (transitive) To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.
        The king armed his knights with swords and shields.
        • 2015, George R. R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons, Bantam, →ISBN, page 593:
          They were arming them with spears and shields, putting iron halfhelms on their heads, and arraying them along the inner wall, a rank of snowy sentinels. "Lord Winter has joined us with his levies," one of the sentries [said].
      2. (transitive, figurative) To supply with the equipment, knowledge, authority, or other tools needed for a particular task; to furnish with capability; to equip.
        • 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], →OCLC, Act I:
          thou getteſt no more of me.
          For I am ſure thy Office doth not arme thee with ſuch authoritie.
        • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Peter 4:1:
          arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
        • 1801(?), John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress ... to which is Added, the Life and Death of the Author, page 359:
          Many following him, and, in his journeyings, he visited many at their houses, and gave them consolation, arming them with steady resolves, to be patient in suffering and trust to God for their reward; […]
        • 1806, William turner, An Abstract of the History of the Bible ... With questions for examination, etc, page 43:
          [God] directed them to choose out three hundred only, and, arming them with nothing but trumpets and lamps, to send them by night into the camp of the Midianites.
        • 1885, United States Congressional Serial Set, page 119:
          Q. In other words, you were commissioning men here in Cincinnati to attend the polls, arming them with authority to arrest citizens; men from outside of the city of Cincinnati to arrest citizens of the city of Cincinnati […]
        • 2011, Meredith H. Lair, Armed with Abundance: Consumerism & Soldiering in the Vietnam War, Univ of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, page 215:
          Picture taking soothed support troops' anxieties twice over, empowering them as they navigated a strange environment, and arming them with proof that they really had served in a war.
        • 2014, Susan Fawcett, Grassroots with Readings: The Writer's Workbook, Cengage Learning, →ISBN, page 466:
          […] and arming them with skills, work habits, and inner confidence that no one can ever take away.
      3. (transitive) To prepare (a tool, weapon, or system) for action; to activate.
        Remember to arm the alarm system before leaving for work.
      4. (intransitive, of a tool, weapon, or system) To become prepared for action; to activate.
        • 2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 14:43 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN)‎[3], archived from the original on 17 October 2022:
          Torpedoes were loosed, but the range was too short for them to actually arm, and they bounced harmlessly off the ship as it cut loose with its secondary and antiaircraft guns, smashing anything that it could see.
      5. (transitive) To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.
        to arm the hilt of a sword; to arm a hook in angling
      6. (intransitive) To take up weapons; to arm oneself.
        The sergeant sent out an order to arm the team for the next mission.
        • 1974 February 2, Igor S. V. de Goldilox-Goldilox, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 14:
          Are you arming, comrade Atheists?
          Are you arming for the fray?
      7. (transitive) To fit (a magnet) with an armature.
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      Afrikaans

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      Etymology 1

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      From Dutch arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“arm”).

      Noun

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      arm (plural arms, diminutive armpie)

      1. arm
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      Etymology 2

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      From Dutch arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“poor”).

      Adjective

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      arm (attributive arm or (chiefly in figurative use) arme, comparative armer, superlative armste)

      1. poor (not wealthy)
        die armstes van die armes ― the poorest of the poor
      2. (figurative) poor (pitiable)
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      Inflection of arm
        predicative attributive independent partitive
      singular plural
      positive arm arm, arme arme armes arms
      comparative armer armere armeres armers
      superlative armste armstes —
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      Cimbrian

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      Etymology 1

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      From Middle High German arm, from Old High German arm, from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“arm”). Cognate with German Arm, English arm.

      Noun

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      arm m (plural èrme)

      1. (Sette Comuni) arm
        An langar arm rékhet béetor. ― A long arm can reach further.
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      Etymology 2

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      From Middle High German arm, from Old High German arm, from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“poor, pitiful”). Cognate with German arm, English arm.

      Adjective

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      arm (comparative èrmor, superlative dar èrmorste)

      1. (Sette Comuni, Luserna) poor
        Bèar is arm hat nicht so borliran. ― He who is poor has nothing to lose.
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      Positive forms of arm
      number & gender singular plural
      masculine feminine neuter all genders
      predicative èar ist arm zi ist arm is ist arm ze zèint arm
      with definite article nominative dar èrme de èrma 's èrme de èrmen
      accusative in èrmen de èrma 's èrme de èrmen
      dative me èrmen dar èrmen me èrmen in èrmen
      with indefinite article nominative an èrmar an èrma an èrmes (khòone) èrmen
      accusative an èrmen an èrma an èrmes (khòone) èrmen
      dative aname èrmen anara èrmen aname èrmen (khòonen) èrmen
      without article nominative èrme
      accusative èrme
      dative èrmen
      Comparative forms of arm
      number & gender singular plural
      masculine feminine neuter all genders
      predicative èar ist èrmor zi ist èrmor is ist èrmor ze zèint èrmor
      with definite article nominative dar èrmore de èrmora 's èrmore de èrmorn
      accusative in èrmorn de èrmora 's èrmore de èrmorn
      dative me èrmorn dar èrmorn me èrmorn in èrmorn
      with indefinite article nominative an èrmorar an èrmora an èrmors (khòone) èrmorn
      accusative an èrmorn an èrmora an èrmors (khòone) èrmorn
      dative aname èrmorn anara èrmorn aname èrmorn (khòonen) èrmorn
      without article nominative èrmore
      accusative èrmore
      dative èrmorn
      Superlative forms of arm
      number & gender singular plural
      masculine feminine neuter all genders
      predicative èar ist dar èrmorste zi ist dar èrmorsta is ist dar èrmorste ze zèint dar èrmorste
      with definite article nominative dar èrmorste de èrmorsta 's èrmorste de èrmorsten
      accusative in èrmorsten de èrmorsta 's èrmorste de èrmorsten
      dative me èrmorsten dar èrmorsten me èrmorsten in èrmorsten
      with indefinite article nominative an èrmorstar an èrmorsta an èrmorstes (khòone) èrmorsten
      accusative an èrmorsten an èrmorsta an èrmorstes (khòone) èrmorsten
      dative aname èrmorsten anara èrmorsten aname èrmorsten (khòonen) èrmorsten
      without article nominative èrmorste
      accusative èrmorste
      dative èrmorsten

      This adjective has irregular declension; positive inflected forms also have umlaut.

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      • “arm” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
      • Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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      Etymology 1

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      From Old Norse armr (“arm”), from Proto-Germanic *armaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mo- (“arm”).

      Noun

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      arm c (singular definite armen, plural indefinite arme)

      1. (anatomy) arm
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      Declension of arm
      common
      gender       		singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative arm armen arme armene
      genitive arms armens armes armenes

      Etymology 2

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      From Old Norse armr (“arm, poor”), from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“poor”).

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      arm (neuter armt, plural and definite singular attributive arme)

      1. (dated) poor, not rich
        Synonym: fattig
      2. unfortunate, poor
        Synonym: stakkels
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      Inflection of arm
      positive comparative superlative
      indefinite common singular arm — —2
      indefinite neuter singular armt — —2
      plural arme — —2
      definite attributive1 arme — —

      1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
      the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
      2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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      Wikipedia nl

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      From Middle Dutch arm, from Old Dutch arm, from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“arm”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“a fitting, joint”), a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to join, fit together”). Cognate to Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬨𐬀 (arma) and Old Persian [script needed] (arma).

      Noun

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      arm m (plural armen, diminutive armpje n)

      2. arm
        Iemand kneep in mijn arm.
        Someone pinched my arm.
      3. branch (especially of streams and organisations)
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      • Afrikaans: arm
      • Javindo: arrem
      • Negerhollands: arm, erm

      Etymology 2

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      From Middle Dutch arm, from Old Dutch arm, from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erH- (“to be sparse”).

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      arm (comparative armer, superlative armst)

      2. poor (not rich)
        Synonyms: armoedig, armlastig, armetierig
        arme landen ― poor countries
      3. poor (unfortunate)
        arme stakker… ― poor soul…
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      Declension of arm
      uninflected arm
      inflected arme
      comparative armer
      positive comparative superlative
      predicative/adverbial arm armer het armst
      het armste
      indefinite m./f. sing. arme armere armste
      n. sing. arm armer armste
      plural arme armere armste
      definite arme armere armste
      partitive arms armers —
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      Descendants
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      • Afrikaans: arm
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: arum
      • Jersey Dutch: arm
      • Negerhollands: aerm
      • Petjo: arm

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      arm

      1. (Erzgebirgisch, intransitive) to work
        Synonym: arbittn

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      • Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎[4] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 17

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      Noun

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      arm m

      1. arm

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      Etymology 1

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      From Proto-Finnic *arpi; arm is an irregular variant of the root; the expected arb can be seen in dialects.

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      arm (genitive armi, partitive armi)

      1. scar
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      Declension of arm (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
      singular plural
      nominative arm armid
      accusative nom.
      gen. armi
      genitive armide
      partitive armi arme
      armisid
      illative armi
      armisse       		armidesse
      armesse
      inessive armis armides
      armes
      elative armist armidest
      armest
      allative armile armidele
      armele
      adessive armil armidel
      armel
      ablative armilt armidelt
      armelt
      translative armiks armideks
      armeks
      terminative armini armideni
      essive armina armidena
      abessive armita armideta
      comitative armiga armidega

      Etymology 2

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      From Proto-Finnic *armo. Most likely derived from armas. Cognate to Votic armo (“grace, mercy”).

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      arm (genitive armu, partitive armu)

      1. mercy
      2. pardon
      3. (poetic) love, affection
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      Declension of arm (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
      singular plural
      nominative arm armud
      accusative nom.
      gen. armu
      genitive armude
      partitive armu arme
      armusid
      illative armu
      armusse       		armudesse
      armesse
      inessive armus armudes
      armes
      elative armust armudest
      armest
      allative armule armudele
      armele
      adessive armul armudel
      armel
      ablative armult armudelt
      armelt
      translative armuks armudeks
      armeks
      terminative armuni armudeni
      essive armuna armudena
      abessive armuta armudeta
      comitative armuga armudega

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      arm

      1. indefinite accusative singular of armur

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      Etymology

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      From Middle High German arm, from Old High German arm, from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erH- (“to be sparse”) or alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ-, whence English orphan. Cognate with Old English earm.

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      arm (strong nominative masculine singular armer, comparative ärmer, superlative am ärmsten)

      1. poor (having little money)
      2. poor (to be pitied)
        arm dran sein ― to have bad luck
        lieber arm dran als Arm ab ― better to have bad luck than to lose an arm [the play on words is lost in translation]
      3. low (having a small amount)

      Declension

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      Positive forms of arm
      number & gender singular plural
      masculine feminine neuter
      predicative er ist arm sie ist arm es ist arm sie sind arm
      strong declension
      (without article)       		nominative armer arme armes arme
      genitive armen armer armen armer
      dative armem armer armem armen
      accusative armen arme armes arme
      weak declension
      (with definite article)       		nominative der arme die arme das arme die armen
      genitive des armen der armen des armen der armen
      dative dem armen der armen dem armen den armen
      accusative den armen die arme das arme die armen
      mixed declension
      (with indefinite article)       		nominative ein armer eine arme ein armes (keine) armen
      genitive eines armen einer armen eines armen (keiner) armen
      dative einem armen einer armen einem armen (keinen) armen
      accusative einen armen eine arme ein armes (keine) armen
      Comparative forms of arm
      number & gender singular plural
      masculine feminine neuter
      predicative er ist ärmer sie ist ärmer es ist ärmer sie sind ärmer
      strong declension
      (without article)       		nominative ärmerer ärmere ärmeres ärmere
      genitive ärmeren ärmerer ärmeren ärmerer
      dative ärmerem ärmerer ärmerem ärmeren
      accusative ärmeren ärmere ärmeres ärmere
      weak declension
      (with definite article)       		nominative der ärmere die ärmere das ärmere die ärmeren
      genitive des ärmeren der ärmeren des ärmeren der ärmeren
      dative dem ärmeren der ärmeren dem ärmeren den ärmeren
      accusative den ärmeren die ärmere das ärmere die ärmeren
      mixed declension
      (with indefinite article)       		nominative ein ärmerer eine ärmere ein ärmeres (keine) ärmeren
      genitive eines ärmeren einer ärmeren eines ärmeren (keiner) ärmeren
      dative einem ärmeren einer ärmeren einem ärmeren (keinen) ärmeren
      accusative einen ärmeren eine ärmere ein ärmeres (keine) ärmeren
      Superlative forms of arm
      number & gender singular plural
      masculine feminine neuter
      predicative er ist am ärmsten sie ist am ärmsten es ist am ärmsten sie sind am ärmsten
      strong declension
      (without article)       		nominative ärmster ärmste ärmstes ärmste
      genitive ärmsten ärmster ärmsten ärmster
      dative ärmstem ärmster ärmstem ärmsten
      accusative ärmsten ärmste ärmstes ärmste
      weak declension
      (with definite article)       		nominative der ärmste die ärmste das ärmste die ärmsten
      genitive des ärmsten der ärmsten des ärmsten der ärmsten
      dative dem ärmsten der ärmsten dem ärmsten den ärmsten
      accusative den ärmsten die ärmste das ärmste die ärmsten
      mixed declension
      (with indefinite article)       		nominative ein ärmster eine ärmste ein ärmstes (keine) ärmsten
      genitive eines ärmsten einer ärmsten eines ärmsten (keiner) ärmsten
      dative einem ärmsten einer ärmsten einem ärmsten (keinen) ärmsten
      accusative einen ärmsten eine ärmste ein ärmstes (keine) ärmsten

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      Further reading

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      • “arm”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[5] (in German)
      • “arm” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
      • “arm” in Duden online

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      Noun

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      arm

      1. indefinite accusative singular of armur

      Irish

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      Irish Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia ga

      Etymology

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      From Old Irish arm n (“armour, battle-equipment, panoply; weapon; army”), from Latin arma.[1]

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      arm m (genitive singular airm, nominative plural airm)

      1. weapon; implement, tool
      2. (collective) arms, weaponry
      3. army
        Synonyms: slua m, (literary) armáil f

      Declension

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      Declension of arm (first declension)
      bare forms
      singular plural
      nominative arm airm
      vocative a airm a arma
      genitive airm arm
      dative arm airm
      forms with the definite article
      singular plural
      nominative an t-arm na hairm
      genitive an airm na n-arm
      dative leis an arm
      don arm       		leis na hairm

      Derived terms

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      Mutation

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      Mutated forms of arm
      radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
      arm n-arm harm not applicable

      Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
      All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

      References

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      1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “arm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
      2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 110, page 59
      3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 10
      4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 138, page 54

      Further reading

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      • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “arm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
      • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “arm”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 40
      • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “arm”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
      • “arm”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

      Jersey Dutch

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      Alternative forms

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      Etymology

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      From Dutch arm. Cognates include Afrikaans arm.

      Pronunciation

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      Adjective

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      arm

      1. poor
        • 1912, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsche taal- en letterkunde, volumes 31-32, page 309:
          Hāi waz nît tevrêde täus en dârkîs tû râkni arm.
          He was not content at home and therefore he became poor.

      Livonian

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Finnic *armo. Akin to Finnish armo.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ˈɑrm/, [ˈɑrˑm]

      Noun

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      arm

      1. peace
      2. love

      Declension

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      Declension of arm (94)
      singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
      nominative (nominatīv) arm ārmõd
      genitive (genitīv) arm ārmõd
      partitive (partitīv) armõ ārmidi
      dative (datīv) armõn ārmõdõn
      instrumental (instrumentāl) armkõks ārmõdõks
      illative (illatīv) armõ ārmiž
      inessive (inesīv) armsõ ārmis
      elative (elatīv) armstõ ārmist

      References

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      • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “arm”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[6] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

      Middle Dutch

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      Pronunciation

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      Etymology 1

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      From Old Dutch arm, from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz.

      Noun

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      arm m

      2. arm
      Inflection
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      Strong masculine noun
      singular plural
      nominative arm arme
      accusative arm arme
      genitive arms arme
      dative arme armen
      Alternative forms
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      Descendants
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      Further reading
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      Etymology 2

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      From Old Dutch arm, from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz.

      Adjective

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      arm

      2. poor, having few possessions
      3. unfortunate, pitiable
      Inflection
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      Adjective
      singular plural
      masculine feminine neuter
      nominative indefinite arm arme arm arme
      definite arme arme
      accusative indefinite armen arme arm arme
      definite arme
      genitive indefinite arms armer arms armer
      definite arms, armen arms, armen
      dative armen armer armen armen
      Alternative forms
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      Descendants
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      Further reading
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      Middle English

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      Etymology 1

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        From Old English earm (“arm”), from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“arm”), from Proto-Indo-European *arəm- (“arm”).

        Alternative forms

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        Pronunciation

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        Noun

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        arm (plural arms)

        2. arm
        Descendants
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        References

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        Etymology 2

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        From Old English earm (“poor, wretched”), from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“poor”), from Proto-Indo-European *erm- (“poor, ill”).

        Adjective

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        arm

        2. poor
        3. miserable, wretched
        Descendants
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        References

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        Norwegian Bokmål

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        Etymology

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        From Old Norse armr.

        Adjective

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        arm (neuter singular armt, definite singular and plural arme)

        1. poor

        Synonyms

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        Noun

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        Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
        Wikipedia no

        arm m (definite singular armen, indefinite plural armer, definite plural armene)

        1. (anatomy) an arm

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        Norwegian Nynorsk

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        Pronunciation

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        Etymology 1

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        Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
        Wikipedia nn

        From Old Norse armr m, from Proto-Germanic *armaz m. Akin to English arm.

        Noun

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        arm m (definite singular armen, indefinite plural armar, definite plural armane)

        1. (anatomy) an arm
        Derived terms
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        Etymology 2

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        From Old Norse armr, from Proto-Germanic *armaz.

        Adjective

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        arm (neuter armt, definite singular and plural arme, comparative armare, indefinite superlative armast, definite superlative armaste)

        1. poor, pitiful (to be pitied)
        Derived terms
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        Anagrams

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        Old Dutch

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        Etymology 1

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        From Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz.

        Noun

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        arm m

        2. arm
        Inflection
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        Declension of arm (masculine a-stem noun)
        case singular plural
        nominative arm arma
        accusative arm arma
        genitive armes armo
        dative arme armon
        Descendants
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        Further reading
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        • “arm (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

        Etymology 2

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        From Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz.

        Adjective

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        arm

        2. poor
        Inflection
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        Declension of arm (a-stem)
        strong declension
        case masculine feminine neuter plural
        nominative arm arm arm arma, arme
        accusative arman, armen arma arm arma, arme
        genitive armes armero armes armero
        dative armin, armemo armero armin, armemo armon
        weak declension
        case masculine feminine neuter plural
        nominative armo arma arma armon
        accusative armon armon arma armon
        genitive armin armon armin armono
        dative armin armon armin armon
        Derived terms
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        Descendants
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        Further reading
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        • “arm (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

        Old English

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        Alternative forms

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        Etymology

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        From Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“arm”), whence also Old High German arm, Old Norse armr.

        Pronunciation

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        Noun

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        arm m (Anglian)

        1. alternative form of earm

        Declension

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        Strong a-stem:

        singular plural
        nominative arm armas
        accusative arm armas
        genitive armes arma
        dative arme armum

        Old High German

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        Alternative forms

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        Pronunciation

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        Etymology 1

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        From Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ermos, *h₂ŕ̥mos, whence also Old English arm, Old Norse armr.

        Noun

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        arm m

        2. (anatomy) arm
        Declension
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        Declension of arm (masculine a-stem)
        case singular plural
        nominative arm armā, arma
        accusative arm armā, arma
        genitive armes armo
        dative arme armum
        instrumental armu —
        Derived terms
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        Descendants
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        Etymology 2

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        From Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz, whence also Old English earm, Old Norse armr.

        Adjective

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        arm

        2. poor, miserable
        Declension
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        Strong declension of arm
        singular masculine feminine neuter
        nominative armēr, arm armiu, arm armaȥ, arm
        accusative arman arma armaȥ, arm
        genitive armes armera armes
        dative armemu armeru armemu
        instrumental armu — armu
        plural masculine feminine neuter
        nominative arme, arm armo, arm armiu, arm
        accusative arme armo armiu, arm
        genitive armero armero armero
        dative armēm armēm armēm
        Weak declension of arm
        singular masculine feminine neuter
        nominative armo arma arma
        accusative armon armūn arma
        genitive armen armūn armen
        dative armen armūn armen
        plural masculine feminine neuter
        nominative armon armūn armon
        accusative armon armūn armon
        genitive armōno armōno armōno
        dative armōm armōm armōm
        Declension of comparative of arm
        singular masculine feminine neuter
        nominative armōro armōra armōra
        accusative armōron armōrūn armōra
        genitive armōren armōrūn armōren
        dative armōren armōrūn armōren
        plural masculine feminine neuter
        nominative armōron armōrūn armōron
        accusative armōron armōrūn armōron
        genitive armōrōno armōrōno armōrōno
        dative armōrōm armōrōm armōrōm
        Strong declension of superlative arm
        singular masculine feminine neuter
        nominative armōstēr, armōst armōstiu, armōst armōstaȥ, armōst
        accusative armōstan armōsta armōstaȥ, armōst
        genitive armōstes armōstera armōstes
        dative armōstemu armōsteru armōstemu
        instrumental armōstu — armōstu
        plural masculine feminine neuter
        nominative armōste, armōst armōsto, armōst armōstiu, armōst
        accusative armōste armōsto armōstiu, armōst
        genitive armōstero armōstero armōstero
        dative armōstēm armōstēm armōstēm
        Weak declension of superlative arm
        singular masculine feminine neuter
        nominative armōsto armōsta armōsta
        accusative armōston armōstūn armōsta
        genitive armōsten armōstūn armōsten
        dative armōsten armōstūn armōsten
        plural masculine feminine neuter
        nominative armōston armōstūn armōston
        accusative armōston armōstūn armōston
        genitive armōstōno armōstōno armōstōno
        dative armōstōm armōstōm armōstōm
        Derived terms
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        Descendants
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        References

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        • Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer

        Old Saxon

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        Etymology 1

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        From Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz, whence also Old English earm, Old Norse armr.

        Noun

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        arm m

        1. arm
        Declension
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        arm (masculine a-stem)
        singular plural
        nominative arm armos
        accusative arm armos
        genitive armes armō
        dative arme armum
        instrumental — —
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        • Middle Low German: arm
          • Low German:
            • German Low German:
              Hamburgisch: Arm
              Westphalian:
              Ravensbergisch: Ārm
              Lippisch: Arm
              Sauerländisch: Ārm, Ārem, Oarm
              Westmünsterländisch: Arm
            • Plautdietsch: Oam, Oarm

        Etymology 2

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        From Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz, whence also Old English earm, Old Norse armr.

        Adjective

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        arm (comparative armoro, superlative armost)

        1. miserable, poor
        Declension
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        Declension of arm
        Strong declension
        singular plural
        masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
        nominative arm arm arm arme armu arme
        accusative armana arm arma arme armu arme
        genitive armes armes armaro armarō armarō armarō
        dative armumu armumu armaro armum armum armum
        Weak declension
        singular plural
        masculine neuter feminine
        nominative armo arma arma armu
        accusative armun arma armun armun
        genitive armun armun armun armonō
        dative armun armun armun armum
        Comparative forms of arm (weak only)
        singular plural
        masculine neuter feminine
        nominative armoro armora armora armoru
        accusative armorun armora armorun armorun
        genitive armorun armorun armorun armoronō
        dative armorun armorun armorun armorum
        Superlative forms of arm
        Strong declension
        singular plural
        masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
        nominative armost armost armost armoste armoste armostu
        accusative armostana armost armosta armoste armoste armostu
        genitive armostes armostes armostaro armostarō armostarō armostarō
        dative armostumu armostumu armostaro armostum armostum armostum
        Weak declension
        singular plural
        masculine neuter feminine
        nominative armosto armosta armosta armostu
        accusative armostun armosta armostun armostun
        genitive armostun armostun armostun armostonō
        dative armostun armostun armostun armostum
        Descendants
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        • Low German: arm (also Lippisch)

        Romanian

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        Etymology

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        From Latin armus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to join”).

        Noun

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        arm n (plural armuri)

        1. (chiefly Oltenia) an animal's haunch, or a thigh on a person
          Synonyms: coapsă, șold
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        See also

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        Scots

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        Pronunciation

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        Etymology 1

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        From Middle English arm, from Old English earm (“arm”), from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“arm”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mo- (“arm”).

        Alternative forms

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        Noun

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        arm (plural arms)

        1. arm
        2. arm of the sea
        3. bar, beam

        Etymology 2

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        From Middle English arm (“poor”), from Old English earm (“poor”), from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“poor”), from Proto-Indo-European *erm- (“poor, ill”).

        Adjective

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        arm (comparative mair arm, superlative maist arm)

        1. poor; wretched
        2. weak; thin; sickly

        Verb

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        arm (third-person singular simple present arms, present participle armin, simple past and past participle armt)

        1. (intransitive) to crawl about miserably.

        Etymology 3

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        From Middle English armen (“to arm”), from Old French armer (“to arm”), from Latin armō (“to arm”). More at arm.

        Verb

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        arm (third-person singular simple present arms, present participle armin, simple past and past participle armt)

        1. to arm, outfit with weapons or armour

        Etymology 4

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        From Old Norse armr (“wing of a body”).

        Alternative forms

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        Noun

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        arm (plural arms)

        1. (Shetland) the tail end of something, especially of fishing line

        Scottish Gaelic

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        Etymology

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        From Old Irish arm n (“armour, battle-equipment, panoply; weapon; army”), from Latin arma.

        Pronunciation

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        Noun

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        arm m (genitive singular airm, plural airm)

        1. army
          Synonym: armailt
        2. arm, weapon

        Usage notes

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        • Arm is usually used to refer to the entire fighting force of a nation etc, while armailt usually refers to the an "army" involved in a particular battle etc:
          Arm Bhreatainn anns a' Chogadh Mhòr ― British Army in the First World War (the armed forces as a whole)
          armailt Bhreatannach ann an Afraga ― British Army in Africa

        Derived terms

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        Mutation

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        Mutation of arm
        radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
        arm n-arm h-arm t-arm

        Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
        All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

        Further reading

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        • Edward Dwelly (1911), “arm”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
        • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “arm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

        Swedish

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        Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
        Wikipedia sv

        Pronunciation

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        Etymology 1

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        From Old Norse armr (“arm”), from Proto-Germanic *armaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ermos, *h₂ŕ̥mos.

        Noun

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        arm c

        1. (anatomy) arm; the body part
        2. arm; something extending from a body
        Declension
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        Declension of arm
        nominative genitive
        singular indefinite arm arms
        definite armen armens
        plural indefinite armar armars
        definite armarna armarnas
        Derived terms
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        See also

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        Etymology 2

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        From Old Norse armr (“poor”), from Proto-Germanic *armaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ormos.

        Adjective

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        arm (comparative armare, superlative armast)

        1. (dated) poor; to be pitied
          Synonym: stackars
        2. (dated) poor; with no possessions or money
          Synonym: fattig
        Declension
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        Inflection of arm
        Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
        common singular arm armare armast
        neuter singular armt armare armast
        plural arma armare armast
        masculine plural2 arme armare armast
        Definite positive comparative superlative
        masculine singular3 arme armare armaste
        all arma armare armaste

        1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
        2 Dated or archaic.
        3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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        Anagrams

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        Tashelhit

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        Etymology

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          Inherited from Proto-Berber *arəm (“to try”).

          Pronunciation

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          Verb

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          arm (intensive aorist ttarm, preterite urm, verbal noun arram, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵎ, Arabic spelling آرم)

          1. to try, to attempt
          2. to taste
            Synonym: mḍi

          References

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          • Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN

          Yimas

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          Noun

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          arm

          1. water

          References

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          • The Papuan Languages of New Guinea (1986, →ISBN) (as arɨm)
          • William A. Foley, The Yimas Language of New Guinea (1991, →ISBN), page 296:
            arm tark kantk-rm ima-na-tɨ-n
            water coldness with-water water S-DEF-becomes-PRES
            'The water is getting cold.'
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