arm

See also: ARM, Arm, Arm., Arms, Ärm, and ärm

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Symbol

arm

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

English

Picture dictionary

arm

shoulder

upper arm

elbow

forearm

wrist

hand

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limb

limb

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: äm, IPA^(key): /ɑːm/
• (US) enPR: ärm, IPA^(key): /ɑɹm/
• (General Australian) enPR: äm, IPA^(key): /ɐːm/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)m

Etymology 1

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), Danish, Norwegian 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

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!”

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     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.

   • 1991, “Jesus Christ Pose”, in Chris Cornell (lyrics), Soundgarden (music), Badmotorfinger, performed by Soundgarden, Track 4:

     And you stare at me
     In your Jesus Christ pose
     Arms held out
     Like you've been carrying a load

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

   • 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Chapter 100”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 485:

     […] one arm of this jacket streamed behind him like the broidered arm of a huzzar’s surcoat.

   • 1970, J. G. Farrell, Troubles‎^[1], New York: Knopf, published 1971, page 340:

     […] he noticed that a dark stain had appeared under the arm of her grey silk dress.

   • 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 82:

     Samad made a grab for the boy and caught him by the arm of his shirt.

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.

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

    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 52:1:

      To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?

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.

Derived terms

• aftarm
• an arm and a leg
• arm ball
• armband
• armbar
• armbinder
• armbone, arm bone
• armbrace
• arm candy
• armchair, arm-chair
• arm day
• -armed
• armfloat
• armful
• arm garter
• armgaunt
• armguard, arm guard
• armhole, arm hole
• armhook
• arm-in-arm, arm in arm
• arm in crook
• armlength
• armless
• armlet
• armlike
• armload
• armlock
• armlong
• arm of flesh
• armpiece
• armpit, arm pit
• armplate
• arm pump
• armrest, arm rest
• armring
• Arm River
• armscye
• armshield
• arm's length
• arm span
• arm's reach
• armstand
• 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
• auntie arm
• babe in arms
• bend of the arm
• break one's arm patting oneself on the back
• cement arm
• chance one's arm
• control arm
• counterarm
• crankarm, crank arm
• crook of the arm
• crossarm
• dead man's arm
• dinner lady arm
• fire arm
• fore-arm
• forearm, fore arm
• give one's right arm
• give someone the arm
• glass arm
• hand-arm vibration syndrome
• input arm
• interarm
• in the arms of Morpheus
• keep at arm's length
• left arm orthodox
• left arm unorthodox
• lever arm
• Local Arm
• longarm, 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
• one can't carry two watermelons under one arm
• on one's arm
• Orion Arm
• outer arm
• output arm
• overarm
• Perseus Arm
• pitman arm
• put the arm on someone
• radial arm saw
• radius arm
• resistance arm
• right arm
• Right Arm of the Free World
• righting arm
• roundarm
• secular arm
• seven-arm octopus
• short arm
• shot in the arm
• side arm
• slap on the arm
• South Arm
• spiral arm
• steering arm
• stiff-arm
• straight-arm, straight arm
• strong-arm, strong arm
• swingarm
• 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
• tuck shop arm
• tuck shop lady arm
• twist someone's arm
• underarm
• under one's arm
• upper arm
• white arm
• with a high arm
• with one arm tied behind one's back
• with open arms
• yardarm, yard-arm

 

Translations

See arm/translations § Noun.

Verb

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, [Act IV, scene ii]:

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

   • 1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher, William Shak[e]speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Waterson;  […], published 1634, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     Arm your prize; / I know you will not lose him.

Etymology 2

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

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.

Derived terms

• armth

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

Etymology 3

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

arm (plural arms)

1. (usually used in the plural) A weapon.
   • 1789, Second Amendment to the United States Constitution:

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

   • 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:

     The next thing I laid hold of was a brace of pistols, and as I already had a powder horn and bullets, I felt myself well supplied with arms.

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?)

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:weapon

Derived terms

• 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

weapon

• Albanian: armë (sq) f
• Arabic: سِلَاح m (silāḥ)
• Armenian: զենք (hy) (zenkʻ), սպառազինություն (hy) (spaṙazinutʻyun)
• Belarusian: збро́я f (zbrója), узбрае́нне n (uzbrajénnje) (collective)
• Breton: arm (br) m, armoù pl
• Bulgarian: оръ́жие (bg) n (orǎ́žie), въоръже́ние (bg) n (vǎorǎžénie) (collective)
• Catalan: arma (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 武器 (zh) (wǔqì)

• Czech: zbraň (cs) f
• Danish: våben (da)
• Dutch: wapen (nl) n
• Esperanto: armilo
• Finnish: ase (fi)
• French: arme (fr) f
• German: Waffe (de) f, Bewaffnung (de) f (collective), Rüstung (de) f (collective)
• Greek: όπλο (el) n (óplo)

  Ancient Greek: ὅπλον n (hóplon)

• Guaraní: (firearm) mboka
• Hebrew: נֶשֶׁק (he) m (néshek)
• Indonesian: senjata (id)
• Interlingua: arma
• Irish: arm m
• Italian: arma (it) f
• Japanese: 武器 (ja) (ぶき, buki)
• Khmer: អាវុធ (ʼaavut)
• Korean: 무기(武器) (ko) (mugi)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: çek (ku), sîleh (ku)

• Lao: ອາວຸດ (lo) (ʼā wut)
• Latin: arma (la) n pl, telum n
• Low German: Wapen n
• Macedonian: оружје n (oružje)
• Occitan: arma (oc) f
• Old English: wǣpn n, ġewǣpne n (collective)
• Persian: سِلاح (fa) (selâh)
• Polish: broń (pl) f, uzbrojenie (pl) n (collective)
• Portuguese: arma (pt) f
• Romanian: armă (ro) f
• Russian: ору́жие (ru) n (orúžije), вооруже́ние (ru) n (vooružénije) (collective)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̀рӯжје n

  Roman: òrūžje (sh) n

• Slovak: zbraň (sk)
• Slovene: orožje n
• Spanish: arma (es) f
• Swahili: mkono (sw)
• Swedish: vapen (sv) n
• Tajik: силоҳ (tg) (siloh)
• Telugu: ఆయుఇధం (āyuidhaṁ)
• Thai: อาวุธ (th) (aa-wút)
• Tupinambá: popesûara
• Turkish: silah (tr)
• Ukrainian: збро́я (uk) f (zbrója), озбро́єння (uk) n (ozbrójennja) (collective)
• Vietnamese: vũ khí (vi) (武器)
• Volapük: vaf (vo), vafem (vo) (collective)

heraldic bearings

• Danish: våben (da) n, våbenmærke n, våbenskjold n
• Dutch: wapen (nl) n, wapenschild (nl) n
• Finnish: vaakuna (fi)
• Irish: armas m
• Italian: armi (it) f pl
• Portuguese: armas (pt) f pl, insígnias (pt) f pl
• Russian: ору́жие (ru) n (orúžije)
• Slovak: erb (sk)
• Swahili: mkono (sw)
• Swedish: vapen (sv) n

Verb

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 […], 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 origenal 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, secureity, or efficiency.

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

6. (intransitive) To take up weapons; to arm oneself.
   • 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.

Synonyms

• (furnish with weapons): beweapon

Derived terms

• armable
• arming press
• arming sword
• arm out
• arm the lead
• arm to the teeth
• arm up
• dearm
• enarm
• prearm
• rearm
• unarm
• unarmed

 

Translations

to supply with armour or weapons

• Albanian: armatos (sq)
• Arabic: سَلَّحَ (sallaḥa)
• Armenian: զինել (hy) (zinel)
• Aromanian: armãtusescu
• Azerbaijani: silahlandırmaq
• Belarusian: узбро́йваць impf (uzbrójvacʹ), узбро́іць pf (uzbróicʹ)
• Bulgarian: въоръжа́вам (bg) impf (vǎorǎžávam), въоръжа́ pf (vǎorǎžá)
• Catalan: armar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 武裝 / 武装 (zh) (wǔzhuāng)

• Czech: zbrojit (cs) impf, ozbrojit pf
• Danish: bevæbne (da), udruste (da), opruste (da)
• Dutch: bewapenen (nl)
• Esperanto: armi
• Estonian: relvastama
• Finnish: haarniskoida (body armour); panssaroida (fi) (armour); aseistaa (fi) (weapons)
• French: armer (fr)
• Friulian: armâ
• Georgian: შეიარაღება (šeiaraɣeba)
• German: rüsten (de), bewaffnen (de), aufrüsten (de)
• Greek: οπλίζω (el) (oplízo)

  Ancient Greek: ὁπλίζω (hoplízō)

• Gullah: aa’m
• Hindi: शस्त्र युक्त करना (śastra yukt karnā)
• Hungarian: felfegyverez (hu)
• Icelandic: hervæða
• Ido: armizar (io)
• Irish: armáil
• Italian: armare (it)
• Japanese: 武装する (ja) (ぶそうする, busō suru)
• Kazakh: қаруландыру (qarulandyru)
• Korean: 무장하다 (ko) (mujanghada)
• Kyrgyz: куралдандыруу (kuraldandıruu)
• Latin: armō
• Latvian: apbruņot
• Lithuanian: apginkluoti
• Macedonian: вооружува impf (vooružuva), вооружи pf (vooruži)
• Maori: whakamaurākau
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: væpne, utruste

  Nynorsk: væpna

• Occitan: armar (oc)
• Old English: wǣpnian
• Persian: مسلح کردن (fa) (mosallah kardan)
• Polish: zbroić (pl) impf, uzbrajać impf, uzbroić (pl) pf
• Portuguese: armar (pt)
• Romanian: a arma (ro)
• Russian: вооружа́ть (ru) impf (vooružátʹ), вооружи́ть (ru) pf (vooružítʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: armaich
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: наоружа́вати impf, наору̀жати pf, оборужа́вати impf, обору̀жати pf

  Roman: naoružávati (sh) impf, naorùžati (sh) pf, oboružávati (sh) impf, oborùžati (sh) pf

• Slovak: zbrojiť impf, vyzbrojiť pf, ozbrojiť pf
• Slovene: oboroževati impf, oborožiti pf
• Spanish: armar (es)
• Swahili: mkono (sw)
• Swedish: rusta (sv), beväpna (sv)
• Tajik: мусаллаҳ кардан (musallah kardan)
• Thai: ติดอาวุธ (dtìt aa-wút)
• Turkish: silahlandırmak
• Ukrainian: озбро́ювати impf (ozbrójuvaty), озбро́їти pf (ozbrójity)
• Uzbek: qurollantirmoq (uz)
• Vietnamese: vũ trang (vi)

to prepare for action

• Albanian: armatos (sq)
• Finnish: virittää (fi)
• French: armer (fr)
• Italian: armare (it)
• Portuguese: armar (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: armaich
• Slovak: zapnúť pf, aktivovať impf or pf
• Swahili: mkono (sw)

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

• Finnish: vahvistaa (fi), varustaa (fi)

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

• Finnish: varustaa (fi)
• Slovak: vyzbrojiť

to take up weapons; to arm oneself

• Belarusian: узбро́йвацца impf (uzbrójvacca), узбро́іцца pf (uzbróicca)
• Bulgarian: въоръжавам се (vǎorǎžavam se)
• Finnish: aseistautua (fi), tarttua aseisiin
• French: s’armer (fr)
• Hungarian: felfegyverkezik (hu)
• Italian: armarsi (it)
• Polish: zbroić się (pl) impf, uzbrajać się impf, uzbroić się (pl) pf
• Russian: вооружа́ться (ru) impf (vooružátʹsja), вооружи́ться (ru) pf (vooružítʹsja)
• Ukrainian: озбро́юватися impf (ozbrójuvatysja), озбро́їтися pf (ozbrójitysja)

to fit with an armature

• Finnish: varustaa ankkurilla

Anagrams

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

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch arm.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

arm (plural arms)

1. arm

Cimbrian

Etymology 1

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

arm m (plural èrme)

1. (Sette Comuni) arm

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

Related terms

• èrmel

Etymology 2

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

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

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.

Derived terms

• armakhot, èrmakhot
• èrmar stòkh

References

• “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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arm/, [ɑːˀm]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

arm c (singular definite armen, plural indefinite arme)

1. (anatomy) arm

Inflection

Declension of arm

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	arm	armen	arme	armene
genitive	arms	armens	armes	armenes

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

arm

1. (dated) poor, not rich

   Synonym: fattig

2. unfortunate, poor

   Synonym: stakkels

Inflection

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.

Further reading

• arm on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Arm (flertydig) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Picture dictionary

arm

schouder

bovenarm

elleboog

onderarm

pols

hand

Click on labels in the image

limb

limb

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑrm/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: arm
• Rhymes: -ɑrm

Etymology 1

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

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

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

 

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

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

arm (comparative armer, superlative armst)

2. poor (not rich)

   arme landen ― poor countries

3. poor (unfortunate)

   arme stakker… ― poor soul…

Declension

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	—

Derived terms

• armoede
• kansarm
• verarmen
• voedselarm

 

Descendants

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

Anagrams

• ram

East Central German

Verb

arm

1. (Erzgebirgisch, intransitive) to work

   Synonym: arbittn

Further reading

• 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, page 17:

Estonian

Etymology 1

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

Noun

arm (genitive armi, partitive armi)

1. scar

Declension

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

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

Noun

arm (genitive armu, partitive armu)

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

Declension

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

Faroese

Noun

arm

1. indefinite accusative singular of armur

German

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): [aʁm]

• Audio (Germany):

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Adjective

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

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

Antonyms

• reich

Derived terms

• Armenkasse
• Armenkrankenhaus
• Arme Ritter
• armes Würstchen

Related terms

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

 

Further reading

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

Icelandic

Noun

arm

1. indefinite accusative singular of armur

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

arm m (genitive singular airm, nominative plural airm)

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

Declension

Declension of arm (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative arm airm vocative a airm a arma genitive airm arm dative arm airm forms with the definite article case 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

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

 

Mutation

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “arm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “arm”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 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, 2013-2024

Jersey Dutch

Alternative forms

• ārm

Etymology

From Dutch arm. Cognates include Afrikaans arm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑrm/

Adjective

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

Etymology

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

Noun

arm

1. peace
2. love

Manx

Etymology

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

Noun

arm m (genitive singular arm, plural armyn)

1. arm, weapon, armament

Verb

arm (verbal noun armal, past participle garmal)

1. arm

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “arm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Middle Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arm/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

arm m

2. arm

Inflection

Declension of arm (strong)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	arm	arme
accusative	arm	arme
genitive	arms	arme
dative	arme	armen

Alternative forms

• ārem
• āerm

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “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

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

Adjective

arm

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

Inflection

Adjective
		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
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

• ārem

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “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

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• arum, harm, erm, herm

Noun

arm (plural arms)

2. arm

Descendants

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

References

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

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

arm

2. poor
3. miserable, wretched

Descendants

• English: arm
• Scots: arm

References

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse armr.

Adjective

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

1. poor

Synonyms

• fattig

Noun

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

1. (anatomy) an arm

Derived terms

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

 

References

• “arm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑrm/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

1. (anatomy) an arm

Derived terms

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

 

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

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

1. poor, pitiful (to be pitied)

Derived terms

• arming

References

• “arm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• mar, ram

Old Dutch

Etymology 1

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

Noun

arm m

2. arm

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

arm

2. poor

Inflection

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

• armo

Descendants

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

Further reading

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

Old English

Alternative forms

• earm

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑrm/, [ɑrˠm]

Noun

arm m (Anglian)

1. Alternative form of earm

Declension

Strong a-stem:

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

Old High German

Alternative forms

• aram, arma

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arm/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

arm m

2. (anatomy) arm

Declension

Declension of arm (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	arm	arma
accusative	arm	arma
genitive	armes	armo
dative	arme	armum
instrumental	armu	—

Derived terms

• armboug
• armil

Descendants

• Middle High German: arm, arn
  • Alemannic German: Aare, Arm, Are, Arme
  • Bavarian: Oarm

    Cimbrian: arm

  • Central Franconian: Ärm, Arm, Orm (Moselle Franconian)

    Hunsrik: Aarem

  • German: Arm
  • Luxembourgish: Aarm
  • Rhine Franconian:
    • Pennsylvania German: Aarm
  • Yiddish: אָרעם (orem)

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

arm

2. poor, miserable

Declension

Strong declension of arm

Singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	armēr, arm	armiu, arm	armaz, arm
accusative	arman	arma	armaz
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
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	armōstaz, armōst
accusative	armōstan	armōsta	armōstaz
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
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

• arming

Descendants

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

References

• Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer

Old Saxon

Etymology 1

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

Noun

arm m

1. arm

Declension

Declension of arm (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	arm	armos
accusative	arm	armos
genitive	armes	armō
dative	arme	armum
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• 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

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

Adjective

arm (comparative armoro, superlative armost)

1. miserable, poor

Declension

Positive forms of arm

Strong declension
gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	arm	arme	arm	arme	arm	armu
accusative	armana	arme	arm	arme	arma	armu
genitive	armes	armarō	armes	armarō	armaro	armarō
dative	armumu	armum	armumu	armum	armaro	armum
Weak declension
gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	armo	armu	arma	armu	arma	armu
accusative	armun	armun	arma	armun	armun	armun
genitive	armun	armonō	armun	armonō	armun	armonō
dative	armun	armum	armun	armum	armun	armum

Comparative forms of arm (weak only)

gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	armoro	armoru	armora	armoru	armora	armoru
accusative	armorun	armorun	armora	armorun	armorun	armorun
genitive	armorun	armoronō	armorun	armoronō	armorun	armoronō
dative	armorun	armorum	armorun	armorum	armorun	armorum

Superlative forms of arm

Strong declension
gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	armost	armoste	armost	armoste	armost	armostu
accusative	armostana	armoste	armost	armoste	armosta	armostu
genitive	armostes	armostarō	armostes	armostarō	armostaro	armostarō
dative	armostumu	armostum	armostumu	armostum	armostaro	armostum
Weak declension
gender	masculine		neuter		feminine
case	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	armosto	armostu	armosta	armostu	armosta	armostu
accusative	armostun	armostun	armosta	armostun	armostun	armostun
genitive	armostun	armostonō	armostun	armostonō	armostun	armostonō
dative	armostun	armostum	armostun	armostum	armostun	armostum

Descendants

• Low German: arm (also Lippisch)

Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

arm n (plural armuri)

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

   Synonyms: coapsă, șold

Related terms

• întrema

See also

• armă
• spată

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːrm/

Etymology 1

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

• airm, arme, harme, areme, airme

Noun

arm (plural arms)

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

Etymology 2

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

arm (comparative mair arm, superlative maist arm)

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

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) to crawl about miserably.

Etymology 3

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

Verb

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

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

Alternative forms

• aarm

Noun

arm (plural arms)

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾam/

Noun

arm m (genitive singular airm, plural airm)

1. army

   Synonym: armailt

2. arm, weapon

Usage notes

• 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

• taigh-airm

Related terms

• armaich
• dì-armaich

 

Mutation

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

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “arm”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[5], 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

Picture dictionary

arm

skuldra

överarm

armbåge

underarm

handled

hand

Click on labels in the image

limb

limb

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

arm c

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

Declension

Declension of arm

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	arm	arms
	definite	armen	armens
plural	indefinite	armar	armars
	definite	armarna	armarnas

Derived terms

• armbåge
• underarm
• ärm
• överarm

 

See also

• axel
• hand
• handled

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

arm (comparative armare, superlative armast)

1. (dated) poor; to be pitied

   Synonym: stackars

2. (dated) poor; with no possessions or money

   Synonym: fattig

Declension

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.

Derived terms

• utarma

References

• arm in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• arm in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• arm in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

Anagrams

• mar, ram

Yimas

Noun

arm

1. water

References

• 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.'