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Translingual[edit]

Symbol[edit]

arm

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

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• (UK) enPR: äm, IPA(key): /ɑːm/
• (US) enPR: ärm, IPA(key): /ɑɹm/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)m

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English arm, from Old English earm, 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), Norwegian and Swedish arm. Indo-European cognates include Latin armus (“the uppermost part of the arm, shoulder”), Armenian արմունկ (armunk, “elbow”), Ancient Greek ἁρμός (harmós, “joint, shoulder”) and ἅρμα (hárma, “wagon, chariot”), Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬨𐬀‎ (arma), Old Persian [script needed] (arma).

Noun[edit]

arm (plural arms)

1. The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess‎[1]:

     When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.

   She stood with her right arm extended and her palm forward to indicate “Stop!”

2. (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.

3. A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.

   the arms of an octopus

4. The part of a piece of clothing that covers the arm. Synonym: sleeve
   • 1970, J. G. Farrell, Troubles, New York: Knopf, 1971, p. 340,[2][…] he noticed that a dark stain had appeared under the arm of her grey silk dress.
   • 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, New York: Vintage, Chapter 5, p. 94,[3]Samad made a grab for the boy and caught him by the arm of his shirt.
5. A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the arm 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.

6. (geography) A bay or inlet off a main body of water.

   Shelburne Bay is an arm of Lake Champlain.

7. A branch of an organization.

   the cavalry arm of the military service

8. (figuratively) Power; might; strength; support.

   the arm of the law

   the secular arm

   • To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
9. (baseball, slang) A pitcher

   The team needs to sign another arm in the offseason.

10. (genetics) One of the two parts of a chromosome.
11. A group of patients in a medical trial.

Derived terms[edit]

• aftarm
• an arm and a leg
• armband
• armbinder
• armbone
• arm bone
• armbrace
• arm candy
• arm-chair
• armchair
• -armed
• armful
• arm garter
• armguard
• armhole
• arm hole
• arm-in-arm
• arm in arm
• arm in crook
• armlength
• armless
• armlet
• armlike
• armload
• armlock
• armlong
• arm of flesh
• armpiece
• arm pit
• armpit
• arm pump
• armrest
• armring
• arm's length
• arm span
• arm's reach
• arm-twist
• arm twist
• arm-twister
• arm twister
• arm twisting
• arm-twisting
• armwear
• arm-wrestle
• arm wrestle
• arm-wrestler
• arm wrestler
• arm-wrestling
• arm wrestling
• at arm's length
• babe in arms
• bend of the arm
• break one's arm patting oneself on the back
• cement arm
• chance one's arm
• control arm
• crank arm
• crossarm
• dead man's arm
• fire arm
• fore arm
• fore-arm
• forearm
• give one's right arm
• give someone the arm
• glass arm
• input arm
• interarm
• in the arms of Morpheus
• keep at arm's length
• left arm orthodox
• left arm unorthodox
• lever arm
• long arm
• long arm of the law
• long-arm statute
• long arm statute
• long as one's arm
• lower arm
• make a long arm
• man-arm
• midarm
• moment arm
• more power to your arm
• multiarm
• one-arm
• one-arm bandit/one-armed bandit
• one-arm joint
• one-arm lunchroom
• one-arm restaurant
• on one's arm
• Orion Arm
• outer arm
• output arm
• overarm
• pitman arm
• put the arm on someone
• radial arm saw
• radius arm
• resistance arm
• right arm
• righting arm
• roundarm
• secular arm
• seven-arm octopus
• shot in the arm
• side arm
• slap on the arm
• spiral arm
• steering arm
• stiff-arm
• straight-arm
• straight arm
• strong-arm
• sword arm
• take in one's arms
• take someone's arm
• talk someone's arm off
• teeth arm
• tonearm
• tone arm
• trans broken arm syndrome
• twist someone's arm
• underarm
• under one's arm
• upper arm
• white arm
• with one arm tied behind one's back
• with open arms
• yard-arm
• yardarm

Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

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.

   • 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene ii]:

     And make him with our pikes and partisans / A grave: come, arm him.

Etymology 2[edit]

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”).

Adjective[edit]

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.

References[edit]

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

Derived terms[edit]

• armth

Etymology 3[edit]

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[edit]

arm (plural arms)

1. (usually used in the plural) A weapon.

   • 1789, United States Bill of Rights:

     A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
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.

Usage notes[edit]

• Pubs and taverns often use this word in their names, as a reference to heraldic bearings, e.g. The Queen's Arms.

Synonyms[edit]

• See also Thesaurus:weapon

Derived terms[edit]

• arm-chest
• armed
• armrack
• arms factory
• arms race
• army
• bear arms
• brothers in arms
• coat of arms
• disarm
• firearm
• in arms
• lay down one's arms
• outarm
• polearm
• present arms!
• sidearm
• small arm
• take up arms against
• to arms!
• under arms
• up in arms

Translations[edit]

weapon

heraldic bearings

Verb[edit]

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, figuratively) To supply with the equipment, knowledge, authority, or other tools needed for a particular task; to furnish with capability; to equip.
   • 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 or a weapon for action; to activate.

   Remember to arm the alarm system before leaving for work.

4. (transitive) To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.

   to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling

1. (intransitive) To take up weapons; to arm oneself.
2. (transitive) To fit (a magnet) with an armature.

Synonyms[edit]

• (furnish with weapons): beweapon

Derived terms[edit]

• armable
• arming press
• arming sword
• arm the lead
• arm to the teeth
• arm up
• dearm
• rearm
• unarmed

Translations[edit]

to supply with armour or weapons

to cover with whatever that will add strength, force, security, or efficiency

to furnish with means of defence; to prepare for resistance; to fortify

to take up weapons; to arm oneself

Anagrams[edit]

• -mar-, AMR, MAR, MRA, Mar, Mar., RAM, RMA, Ram, mar, mar-, ram

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch arm.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

arm (plural arms)

1. arm

Cimbrian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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[edit]

arm m (plural èrme)

1. (Sette Comuni) arm

   An langar arm rékhet béetor. ― A long arm can reach further.

[edit]

• èrmel

Etymology 2[edit]

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[edit]

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.

Declension[edit]

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

Derived terms[edit]

• armakhot, èrmakhot
• èrmar stòkh

References[edit]

• “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

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA(key): /arm/, [ɑːˀm]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

arm c (singular definite armen, plural indefinite arme)

1. (anatomy) arm

Inflection[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

arm

1. (dated) poor, not richSynonym: fattig
2. unfortunate, poorSynonym: stakkels

Inflection[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA(key): /ɑrm/
• Hyphenation: arm
• Rhymes: -ɑrm

Etymology 1[edit]

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[edit]

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)

Derived terms[edit]

• armband
• armlengte
• armsnoer
• bovenarm
• omarmen
• onderarm
• werkarm
• zijarm

Descendants[edit]

• Afrikaans: arm
• Javindo: arrem
• Negerhollands: arm, erm

Etymology 2[edit]

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”).

Adjective[edit]

arm (comparative armer, superlative armst)

2. poor (not rich)

   arme landen ― poor countries

3. poor (unfortunate)

   arme stakker… ― poor soul…

Inflection[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

• armoede
• kansarm
• verarmen
• voedselarm

Descendants[edit]

• Afrikaans: arm
• Berbice Creole Dutch: arum
• Jersey Dutch: arm
• Negerhollands: aerm
• Petjo: arm

Anagrams[edit]

• ram

East Central German[edit]

Verb[edit]

arm

1. (Erzgebirgisch, intransitive) to workSynonym: arbittn

Further reading[edit]

• 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, 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], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, OCLC 932028867, page 17:

Estonian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

arm (genitive armi, partitive armi)

1. scar

Declension[edit]

Declension of arm (type riik)

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

arm (genitive armu, partitive armu)

1. mercy
2. pardon
3. (poetic) love, affection

Declension[edit]

Declension of arm (type riik)

Faroese[edit]

Noun[edit]

arm

1. indefinite accusative singular of armur

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA(key): [ʔaʁm]

Adjective[edit]

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[edit]

Antonyms[edit]

• reich

Derived terms[edit]

• Armenkasse
• Armenkrankenhaus

[edit]

• -arm
• arme Seele
• ärmlich
• armselig
• Armut

Further reading[edit]

• “arm” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “arm” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “arm” in Duden online

Icelandic[edit]

Noun[edit]

arm

1. indefinite accusative singular of armur

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Munster, Aran) IPA(key): /ˈɑɾˠəmˠ/
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈaɾˠəmˠ/

Noun[edit]

arm m (genitive singular airm, nominative plural airm)

1. weapon; implement, tool
2. (collective) arms
3. army

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

• armach (“armed”, adjective)
• armadóir (“armourer”)
• armáil (“armament; army”)
• armáil (“arm”, verb)
• armbheart (“feat of arms”)
• armchúirt (“court martial”)
• arm diúractha (“missile”)
• arm faobhair (“edged weapon”)
• arm géar (“sharp weapon”)
• armghéag (“arm, branch of service”)
• armlann (“armoury, magazine”)
• armlón m (“ammunition”)
• armrua (“fierce in arms”, adjective)
• armshlua m (“armed host”)
• arm tine (“firearm”)
• giolla airm (“armour-bearer”)
• seirbhís airm f (“army service”)

Mutation[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “arm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “arm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “arm”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 40
• Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 10.
• Entries containing “arm” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “arm” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 54

Jersey Dutch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• ārm

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch arm. Cognates include Afrikaans arm.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA(key): /ɑrm/

Adjective[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

arm

1. peace
2. love

Manx[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

arm m (genitive singular arm, plural armyn)

1. arm, weapon, armament

Verb[edit]

arm (verbal noun armal, past participle garmal)

1. arm

References[edit]

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “arm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Middle Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA(key): /arm/

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

arm m

2. arm

Alternative forms[edit]

• ārem
• āerm

Inflection[edit]

Declension of arm (strong)

Descendants[edit]

• Dutch: arm
  • Afrikaans: arm
  • Javindo: arrem
  • Negerhollands: arm, erm
• Limburgish: erm

Further reading[edit]

• “arm (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “arm (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

arm

2. poor, having few possessions
3. unfortunate, pitiable

Inflection[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• ārem

Descendants[edit]

• Dutch: arm
  • Afrikaans: arm
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: arum
  • Jersey Dutch: arm
  • Negerhollands: aerm
  • Petjo: arm
• Limburgish: erm

Further reading[edit]

• “arm (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “arm (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Alternative forms[edit]

• arum, harm, erm, herm

Noun[edit]

arm (plural arms)

2. arm

Descendants[edit]

• English: arm
• Scots: airm
• Yola: arrm

References[edit]

• “arm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

arm

2. poor
3. miserable, wretched

Descendants[edit]

• Scots: arm

References[edit]

• “arm, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse armr.

Adjective[edit]

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

1. poor

Noun[edit]

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

1. (anatomy) an arm

Derived terms[edit]

• armbind
• armbånd
• armhule
• armlene
• fjordarm
• lovens lange arm
• overarm
• underarm

References[edit]

• “arm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA(key): /ˈɑrm/

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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

1. (anatomy) an arm

Derived terms[edit]

• armbind
• armlene
• fjordarm
• lovas lange arm
• overarm
• underarm

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

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

1. poor, pitiful (to be pitied)

Derived terms[edit]

• arming

References[edit]

• “arm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams[edit]

• mar, ram

Old Dutch[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

arm m

2. arm

Inflection[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants[edit]

• Middle Dutch: arm
  • Dutch: arm
    • Afrikaans: arm
    • Javindo: arrem
    • Negerhollands: arm, erm
  • Limburgish: erm

Further reading[edit]

• “arm (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

arm

2. poor

Inflection[edit]

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms[edit]

• armo

Descendants[edit]

• Middle Dutch: arm
  • Dutch: arm
    • Afrikaans: arm
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: arum
    • Jersey Dutch: arm
    • Negerhollands: aerm
    • Petjo: arm
  • Limburgish: erm

Further reading[edit]

• “arm (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• earm

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA(key): /ɑrm/, [ɑrˠm]

Noun[edit]

arm m

1. arm

Declension[edit]

Declension of arm (strong a-stem)

Old High German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• aram, arma

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA(key): /arm/

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

arm m

2. (anatomy) arm

Declension[edit]

Declension of arm (masculine a-stem)

Derived terms[edit]

• armboug
• armil

Descendants[edit]

• Middle High German: arm, arn
  • Alemannic German: Aare, Arm, Are, Arme
  • Bavarian: OarmCimbrian: arm
  • Central Franconian: Ärm, Arm, OrmHunsrik: Aarem
  • German: Arm
  • Luxembourgish: Aarm
  • Rhine Franconian:
    • Pennsylvania German: Aarm
  • Yiddish: אָרעם‎ (orem)

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

arm

2. poor, miserable

Derived terms[edit]

• arming

Descendants[edit]

• Middle High German: arm
  • Cimbrian: arm
  • German: arm
  • Luxembourgish: aarm
  • Plautdietsch: aarem
  • Yiddish: אָרעם‎ (orem)

References[edit]

• Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer

Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

arm m

1. arm

Declension[edit]

Declension of arm (masculine a-stem)

Descendants[edit]

• Middle Low German: arm
  • Low German:
    • German Low German: Hamburgisch: ArmWestphalian: Ravensbergisch: ĀrmLippisch: ArmSauerländisch: Ārm, Ārem, OarmWestmünsterländisch: Arm
    • Plautdietsch: Oam, Oarm

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

arm (comparative armoro, superlative armost)

1. miserable, poor

Declension[edit]

Comparative forms of arm (weak only)

Descendants[edit]

• Low German: arm (also Lippisch)

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

arm n (plural armuri)

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

[edit]

• întrema

See also[edit]

• armă
• spată

Scots[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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[edit]

• airm, arme, harme, areme, airme

Noun[edit]

arm (plural arms)

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

Etymology 2[edit]

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[edit]

arm (comparative mair arm, superlative maist arm)

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

Verb[edit]

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

1. (intransitive) to crawl about miserably.

Etymology 3[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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

1. to arm, outfit with weapons or armour

Etymology 4[edit]

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

Alternative forms[edit]

• aarm

Noun[edit]

arm (plural arms)

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

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA(key): /ˈaɾam/

Noun[edit]

arm m (genitive singular airm, plural airm)

1. armySynonym: armailt
2. arm, weapon

Usage notes[edit]

• 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[edit]

• taigh-airm

[edit]

• armaich
• dì-armaich

Mutation[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

arm c

1. (anatomy) arm; the body part
2. arm; something extending from a body

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

• armbåge
• underarm
• ärm
• överarm

See also[edit]

• axel
• hand
• handled

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

arm (comparative armare, superlative armast)

1. (dated) poor; to be pitiedSynonym: stackars
2. (dated) poor; with no possessions or moneySynonym: fattig

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

• utarma

Anagrams[edit]

• mar, ram

Yimas[edit]

Noun[edit]

arm

1. water

References[edit]

• 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-nwater coldness with-water water S-DEF-becomes-PRES'The water is getting cold.'

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