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Most common English words: broken « trouble « die « #644: arm » wrong » afraid » merely
A human male’s arm.

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From Middle English < Old English earm, from Germanic *armi- or *arma-, from Proto-Indo-European *ar-mo-, a suffixed form of *ar- (to fit together). Cognate to Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬨𐬀 (arma) and Old Persian arma.

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Singular
arm

Plural
arms

arm (plural arms)

  1. 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!”
  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 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.
  4. A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
    Shelburne Bay is an arm of Lake Champlain.
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Middle English < Old French arme < Latin arma (weapons), from Proto-Indo-European *ar-mo-, a suffixed form of *ar- (to fit together), hence ultimately cognate with etymology 1.

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Singular
arm

Plural
arms

arm (plural arms)

  1. (usually used in the plural) A weapon.
  2. (in plural) heraldic bearings or insignia
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Infinitive
to arm

Third person singular
arms

Simple past
armed

Past participle
armed

Present participle
arming

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

  1. To supply with a weapon or weapons.
  2. To prepare a tool or a weapon for action, to activate.
    Remember to arm an alarm system.
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==Dutch==

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from Germanic *armi- or *arma-, from Proto-Indo-European *ar-mo-, a suffixed form of *ar- (to fit together). Cognates to Avestan arma and Old Persian arma.

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arm m. (plural armen, diminutive armpje, diminutive plural armpjes)

  1. (anatomy) arm
    Iemand kneep in mijn arm. — Someone pinched my arm.
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From Germanic *arma-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h2erH- (to be sparse)

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arm, arme (comparative armer, armere; superlative armst, armste)

  1. poor (not rich)
    arme landen — poor nations
  2. poor (unfortunate)
    arme stakker… — poor soul…
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(inflection) uninflected inflected
positive arm arme
comparative armer armere
superlative armst armste
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From German

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arm

  1. mercy
  2. scar

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From Germanic *arma-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h2erH- (to be sparse)

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arm (comparative ärmer, superlative am ärmsten)

  1. poor (having little money)
  2. poor (to be pitied)

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arm m. (definite singular armen; indefinite plural armer; definite plural armene)

  1. arm

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Common Germanic *armaz, whence also Old High German arm, Old Norse armr

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arm m.

  1. arm

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Common Germanic *armaz, whence also Old English earm, Old Norse armr

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arm

  1. poor

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Common Germanic *armaz, whence also Old English arm, Old Norse armr

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arm m.

  1. arm

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arm c.

Inflection for arm Singular Plural
common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Base form arm armen armar armarna
Possessive form arms armens armars armarnas
  1. (anatomy) arm; the body part
  2. arm; something extending from a body

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Inflections of
arm
Absolute Comparative Superlative
Attributive Predicative
Indefinite
singular
Common arm armare armast
Neuter armt
Definite
singular
Masc. arme armaste
All arma armaste
Plural arma armaste

arm

  1. (obsolete) poor; to be pitied
  2. (obsolete) poor; with no possessions or money

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