arm

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

Translingual

Symbol

arm

(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

Pronunciation

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

arm (plural arms)

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:
  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!”
(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.
A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
the arms of an octopus
The part of a piece of clothing that covers the arm.
Synonym: sleeve
- 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, OCLC 57395299, page 485:
  […] one arm of this jacket streamed behind him like the broidered arm of a huzzar’s surcoat.
- 1970, J. G. Farrell, Troubles, New York: Knopf, 1971, p. 340,
  […] 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,
  Samad made a grab for the boy and caught him by the arm of his shirt.
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.
(geography) A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
Shelburne Bay is an arm of Lake Champlain.
A branch of an organization.
the cavalry arm of the military service
(figurative) Power; might; strength; support.
the arm of the law
the secular arm
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Isaiah 52:1:
  To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
(baseball, slang) A pitcher
The team needs to sign another arm in the offseason.
(genetics) One of the two parts of a chromosome.
A group of patients in a medical trial.

Derived terms

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
South 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

See arm/translations § Noun.

Verb

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

(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.
- 1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher; William Shak[e]speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Waterson; […], published 1634, OCLC 1170464517, (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)

(UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Poor; lacking in riches or wealth.
(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)

(usually used in the plural) A weapon.
- 1789, Second Amendment to the United States Constitution:
  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.
- 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, OCLC 702939134:
  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.
(in the plural) Heraldic bearings or insignia.
The Duke's arms were a sable gryphon rampant on an argent field.
(in the plural, obsolete) War; hostilities; deeds or exploits of war.

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) (zenkʿ), սպառազինություն (hy) (spaṙazinutʿyun)
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 (nésheq)
Indonesian: senjata (id)
Interlingua: arma
Irish: arm m
Italian: arma (it) f
Japanese: 武器 (ja) (ぶき, buki)
Khmer: អាវុធ (km) (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: سلاح‎ (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)

Verb

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

(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].
(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, 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 964384981, 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.
(transitive) To prepare (a tool, weapon, or system) for action; to activate.
Remember to arm the alarm system before leaving for work.
(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)‎, archived from the original on 17 October 2022, retrieved 6 November 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.
(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
(intransitive) To take up weapons; to arm oneself.
(transitive) To fit (a magnet) with an armature.

Synonyms

(furnish with weapons): beweapon

Derived terms

armable
arming press
arming sword
arm the lead
arm to the teeth
arm up
dearm
rearm
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, opruste
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, security, 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)
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 (file)

Noun

arm (plural arms)

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)

(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)

(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
number & gender		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
number & gender		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
number & gender		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)

(anatomy) arm

Inflection

Declension of arm

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	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

(dated) poor, not rich
Synonym: fattig
unfortunate, poor
Synonym: stakkels

Inflection

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.

Dutch

Picture dictionary

arm

schouder

bovenarm

elleboog

onderarm

pols

hand

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑrm/
Audio (file)
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)

arm
Iemand kneep in mijn arm.
Someone pinched my arm.
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)

poor (not rich)
arme landen ― poor countries
poor (unfortunate)
arme stakker… ― poor soul…

Inflection

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

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

(Erzgebirgisch, intransitive) to work
Synonym: arbittn

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)

scar

Declension

Declension of arm (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	arm	armid
genitive	armi	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)

mercy
pardon
(poetic) love, affection

Declension

Declension of arm (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	arm	armud
genitive	armu	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

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): [ʔaʁm]
Audio (Germany) (file)
Audio (Austria) (file)

Adjective

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

poor (having little money)
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)
low (having a small amount)

Declension

Positive forms of arm

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
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
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
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
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
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

Related terms

-arm
arme Seele
ärmlich
armselig
Armut

Icelandic

Noun

arm

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)

weapon; implement, tool
(collective) arms
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

armach (“armed”, a)
armadóir (“armourer”)
armáil (“arm”, v)
armáil (“armament; army”)
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”, a)
armshlua m (“armed host”)
arm tine (“firearm”)
giolla airm (“armour-bearer”)
seirbhís airm f (“army service”)

Mutation

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.

Jersey Dutch

Alternative forms

ārm

Etymology

From Dutch arm. Cognates include Afrikaans arm.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑrm/

Adjective

arm

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

peace
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)

arm, weapon, armament

Verb

arm (verbal noun armal, past participle garmal)

arm

References

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /arm/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

arm m

arm

Inflection

Declension of arm (strong)

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

Alternative forms

ārem
āerm

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

arm

poor, having few possessions
unfortunate, pitiable

Inflection

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

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)

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

poor
miserable, wretched

Descendants

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)

poor

Noun

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

(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)

(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)

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

arm

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

arm

poor

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

armo

Descendants

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

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

Alternative form of earm

Declension

Declension of arm (strong a-stem)

Case	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

(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
  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

poor, miserable

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

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)

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)

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

Related terms

întrema

Scots

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)

arm
arm of the sea
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)

poor; wretched
weak; thin; sickly

Verb

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

(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)

to arm, outfit with weapons or armour

Etymology 4

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

Alternative forms

aarm

Noun

arm (plural arms)

(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)

army
Synonym: armailt
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

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.

Swedish

Picture dictionary

arm

skuldra

överarm

armbåge

underarm

handled

hand

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limb

Pronunciation

audio (file)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

arm c

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

Declension

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

Derived terms

armbåge
underarm
ärm
överarm

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

arm (comparative armare, superlative armast)

(dated) poor; to be pitied
Synonym: stackars
(dated) poor; with no possessions or money
Synonym: fattig

Declension

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

utarma

Anagrams

mar, ram

Yimas

Noun

arm

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.'

arm

Translingual

Symbol

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

Etymology 2

Adjective

Derived terms

References

Etymology 3

Noun

Usage notes

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Cimbrian

Etymology 1

Noun

Related terms

Etymology 2

Adjective

Declension

Derived terms

References

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Inflection

Etymology 2

Adjective

Inflection

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Adjective

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

Anagrams

East Central German

Verb

Further reading

Estonian

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Faroese

Noun

German

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Declension

Antonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading