Meaning of the word arms

arm1

arm ¹

 (ärm)

n.

1. An upper limb of the human body, connecting the hand and wrist to the shoulder.

2. A part similar to a human arm, such as the forelimb of an animal or a long part projecting from a central support in a machine.

3. Something, such as a sleeve on a garment or a support on a chair, that is designed to cover or support the human arm.

4. A relatively narrow extension jutting out from a large mass: an arm of the sea. See Synonyms at branch.

5. An administrative or functional branch, as of an organization.

6. Power or authority: the long arm of the law.

7. Sports The skill of throwing or pitching a ball well.

Idioms:

an arm and a leg Slang

An excessively high price: a cruise that cost an arm and a leg.

arm in arm

With arms linked together: They walked across the beach arm in arm.

at arm’s length

At such a distance that physical or social contact is discouraged: kept the newcomer at arm’s length at first.

with open arms

With great cordiality and hospitality.

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armed (ärmd) adj.

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arm ²

 (ärm)

n.

1. A weapon, especially a firearm: troops bearing arms; ICBMs, bombs, and other nuclear arms.

2. A branch of a military force: infantry, armor, and other combat arms.

3. arms

a. Warfare: a call to arms against the invaders.

b. Military service: several million volunteers under arms; the profession of arms.

4. arms

a. Heraldry Bearings.

b. Insignia, as of a state, an official, a family, or an organization.

v. armed, arm·ing, arms

v.intr.

1. To supply or equip oneself with weaponry.

2. To prepare oneself for warfare or conflict.

v.tr.

1. To equip with weapons: armed themselves with loaded pistols; arm a missile with a warhead; arm a nation for war.

2. To equip with what is needed for effective action: tax advisers who were armed with the latest forms.

3. To provide with something that strengthens or protects: a space reentry vehicle that was armed with a ceramic shield.

4. To prepare (a weapon or electronic system, such as an alarm) for use or operation, as by releasing a safety device.

Idiom:

up in arms

Extremely upset; indignant.

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[From Middle English armes, weapons, from Old French, pl. of arme, weapon, from Latin arma, weapons; see ar- in Indo-European roots. Verb, Middle English armen, from Old French armer, from Latin armāre, from arma.]

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armed (ärmd) adj.

arm′er n.

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ARM

abbr.

adjustable-rate mortgage

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arms

(ɑːmz)

pl n

1. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) weapons collectively. See also small arms

2. (Military) military exploits: prowess in arms.

3. (Heraldry) the official heraldic symbols of a family, state, etc, including a shield with distinctive devices, and often supports, a crest, or other insignia

4. (Military) to carry weapons

5. (Military) to serve in the armed forces

6. (Heraldry) to have a coat of arms

7. (Military) in arms under arms armed and prepared for war

8. (Military) lay down one’s arms to stop fighting; surrender

9. (Military) present arms military

a. a position of salute in which the rifle is brought up to a position vertically in line with the body, muzzle uppermost and trigger guard to the fore

b. the command for this drill

10. (Military) take arms take up arms to prepare to fight

11. to arms! arm yourselves!

12. up in arms indignant; prepared to protest strongly

[C13: from Old French armes, from Latin arma; see arm²]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

Translations

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/
• (General Australian) enPR: äm, IPA^(key): /ɐːm/
• 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”).

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. (figurative) 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]

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, [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.

Derived terms[edit]

• armth

References[edit]

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

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.
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]

Translations[edit]

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, figurative) 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, 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, Guadalcanal Campaign — The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN)‎^[4], archived from the original on 17 October 2022, 14:43 from the start:

     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 hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling

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

Synonyms[edit]

• (furnish with weapons): beweapon

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

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.

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• 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 rich

   Synonym: fattig

2. unfortunate, poor

   Synonym: stakkels

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of arm
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Common singular	arm	—	—2
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[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]

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]

Inflection 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[edit]

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 work

   Synonym: 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^[5], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, 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]

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]

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
• Arme Ritter

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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]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
arm	n-arm	harm	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

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

Inflection[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• ārem
• āerm

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]

Adjective
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	Indefinite	arm	arme	arm	arme
Definite	arme	arme
Accusative	Indefinite	armen	arme	arm	arme
Definite	arme
Genitive	arms	armer	arms	armer
Dative	armen	armer	armen	armen

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]

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]

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

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. Alternative form of earm

Declension[edit]

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]

Derived terms[edit]

• armboug
• armil

Descendants[edit]

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

    Cimbrian: arm

  • Central Franconian: Ärm, Arm, Orm

    Hunsrik: 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

Declension[edit]

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]

Descendants[edit]

• 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[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]

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. army

   Synonym: 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

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Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
arm	n-arm	h-arm	t-arm
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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]

Declension of arm
	Singular	Plural
Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	arm	armen	armar	armarna
Genitive	arms	armens	armars	armarnas

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

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 pitied

   Synonym: stackars

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

   Synonym: fattig

Declension[edit]

Inflection of arm
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	arm	armare	armast
Neuter singular	armt	armare	armast
Plural	arma	armare	armast
Masculine plural3	arme	armare	armast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	arme	armare	armaste
All	arma	armare	armaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

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-n

  water coldness with-water water S-DEF-becomes-PRES

  ‘The water is getting cold.’

рука, рычаг, рукав, рукоятка, ветвь, вооружиться, вооружать, вооружаться

существительное ↓

глагол ↓

Словосочетания

arming women with the right to vote — предоставление женщинам своего рода оружия в виде права голоса  
the arm of the record player — тонарм проигрывателя  
combat arm — род войск  
ear arm — дужка у очков  
one good arm — здоровая рука  
to grasp smb. by the arm — схватить кого-л. за руку  
a soapy arm — намыленная рука  
guard arm — отбойная траверса опоры  
height arm — линейка высот  
index arm — алидада квадранта  
leading arm — маятниковая вилка толкающего типа  
lower arm — нижняя тяга  

Примеры с переводом

Возможные однокоренные слова

disarm  — разоружать, разоружаться, обезвреживать, обезоруживать, умиротворять
inarm  — обнимать, заключать в объятия
overarm  — саженки, с выносом руки
rearm  — перевооружать, перевооружаться
armed  — вооруженный, укрепленный
armful  — охапка, большое количество
arming  — вооружение, боевое снаряжение
armless  — безрукий, безоружный, не имеющий ветвей
armor  — броня, доспехи, латы, панцирь, вооружение, бронировать, покрывать броней
unarm  — разоружать, разоружаться

Формы слова

verb
I/you/we/they: arm
he/she/it: arms
ing ф. (present participle): arming
2-я ф. (past tense): armed
3-я ф. (past participle): armed

noun
ед. ч.(singular): arm
мн. ч.(plural): arms

1	0   0 An appendage in anatomy and in clinical trials. See: Arm.

2	0   0 Arms A soft tissue tumor that is most common in older children and teenagers. It begins in embryonic muscle cells (cells that develop into muscles in the body). It can occur at many places in the body, but [..]

3	0   0 Arms See: Adjustable-rate mortgage securities

4	0   0 Arms An appendage in anatomy and in clinical trials. See: Arm.

5	0   0 Arms weapons.

6	0   0 Arms weaponry: weapons considered collectively coat of arms: the official symbols of a family, state, etc. (arm) a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow b [..]

7	0   0 Arms war-weapons, such as guns and cannons

8	0   0 Arms Those elements of letters that branch out from the stem of a letter, such as in «K» and «Y.»

9	0   0 Arms gever

10	0   0 Arms (n) weapons considered collectively(n) the official symbols of a family, state, etc.

11	0   0 Arms In the Bayeux tapestry, the Saxons fight on foot with javelin and battle-axe, and bear shields with the British characteristic of a boss in the centre. The men were moustached.

12	0   0 Arms The superior part of the Upper Extremity between the SHOULDER and the ELBOW.

13	0   0 Arms The extremities of anything, as yard arms.   Ashore.— A vessel is said to be ashore when she is aground. To go ashore is to leave the ship for the land.

14	0   0 Arms A soft tissue tumor that is most common in older children and teenagers. It begins in embryonic muscle cells (cells that develop into muscles in the body). It can occur at many places in the body, but usually occurs in the trunk, arms, or legs. Also called alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma.

15	0   0 Arms Those elements of letters that branch out from the stem of a letter, such as in «K» and «Y.»

16	0   0 Arms Those elements of letters that branch out from the stem of a letter, such as: «K» and «Y».

17	0   0 Arms Those elements of letters that branch out from the stem of a letter, such as: «K» and «Y».

18	0   0 Arms Those elements of letters that branch out from the stem of a letter, such as in «K» and «Y.»

19	0   0 Arms Those elements of letters that branch out from the stem of a letter, such as: «K» and «Y».

20	0   0 Arms Arm||gen|s|lang=de

21	0   0 Arms See: Adjustable-rate mortgage securities

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