arma

See also: armá, armà, armâ, armã, and armă

Albanian

Noun

arma

1. definite nominative singular of armë

Aragonese

Etymology

From Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾma/
• Syllabification: ar‧ma
• Rhymes: -aɾma

Noun

arma f (plural armas)

1. weapon

References

• “arma”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “arma”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms”).

Noun

arma f (plural armes)

1. weapon

Derived terms

• arma blanca
• arma de fueu

Related terms

• armar

Basque

Etymology

Compare Spanish arma.

Pronunciation

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Noun

arma inan

1. weapon

Declension

Declension of arma (inan a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	arma	arma	armak	armok
ergative	armak	armak	armek	armok
dative	armari	armari	armei	armoi
genitive	armaren	armaren	armen	armon
comitative	armarekin	armarekin	armekin	armokin
causative	armarengatik	armarengatik	armengatik	armongatik
benefactive	armarentzat	armarentzat	armentzat	armontzat
instrumental	armaz	armaz	armez	armotaz
innesive	armatan	arman	armetan	armotan
locative	armatako	armako	armetako	armotako
allative	armatara	armara	armetara	armotara
terminative	armataraino	armaraino	armetaraino	armotaraino
directive	armatarantz	armarantz	armetarantz	armotarantz
destinative	armatarako	armarako	armetarako	armotarako
ablative	armatatik	armatik	armetatik	armotatik
partitive	armarik	—	—	—
prolative	armatzat	—	—	—

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈar.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈaɾ.ma]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join”).

Noun

arma f (plural armes)

1. weapon

Derived terms

• arma blanca
• arma de foc
• cota d'armes

Related terms

• armada
• armadura
• armar
• armer

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

arma

1. inflection of armar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “arma”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “arma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “arma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “arma” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.ma/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Verb

arma

1. third-person singular past historic of armer

Anagrams

• rama

Fula

Particle

arma

1. (Literary) forms the future tense

References

• Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese arma, from Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms”). Compare Portuguese arma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɾmɐ]

Noun

arma f (plural armas)

1. weapon, arm

Derived terms

• arma branca
• arma de fogo

Related terms

• armada
• armadura
• armar

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “arma”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “arma”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arma”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “arma”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “arma”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Gallurese

Pronunciation

• (La Maddalena) IPA^(key): /ˈarma/

Noun

arma f (plural armi)

1. (dialectal) alternative form of alma (“weapon”)

Gothic

Romanization

arma

1. romanization of 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰

Icelandic

Noun

arma

1. indefinite accusative plural of armur
2. indefinite genitive plural of armur

Interlingua

Noun

arma (plural armas)

1. weapon, arm

Related terms

• armea

Irish

Noun

arma

1. inflection of arm:
   1. vocative plural
   2. (archaic) nominative plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of arma

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
arma	n-arma	harma	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.ma/
• Rhymes: -arma
• Hyphenation: àr‧ma

Etymology 1

From Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms, weapons of war, war, defense, tools”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join”).

Noun

arma f (plural armi or (archaic or poetic) arme)

1. weapon, arms
2. (military) arm, force

Derived terms

• arma bianca
• arma da fuoco
• armaiolo
• armeggiare
• armeria
• armiere
• porto d'armi

Related terms

• armacollo
• armadio
• armamentario
• armamento
• armare
• armata
• armatore
• armatura
• armigero
• armistizio

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

arma

1. inflection of armare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• amar, marà, rama

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join”). armentum is an independent derivation from the same root, as if from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mn̥-tom. Cognates include Sanskrit ऋत (ṛtá, “order; right; agreement etc.”) and अरम् (áram, “fitting”), Ancient Greek ἀραρίσκω (ararískō, “to fit together”) and Old Armenian արարի (arari, “I made”).

Semantic development was "that what is fitted together" → "tools" → "weapons". Also related to ars, artus, rītus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈar.ma]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈar.ma]

Noun

arma n pl (genitive armōrum); second declension (plural only)

1. arms, weapons of war, weaponry, instruments (implements of warfare)

   Hypernym: tēla (“offensive weapons”)

   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 7.14:

     […] : mulis strata detrahi iubet binisque tantum centunculis relictis agasones partim captivis, partim aegrorum armis ornatos imponit.

     […] : he orders the mules to be stripped off their saddles and, leaving them only some two small pieces of patchwork to be sat on, be mounted with their muleteers carrying weapons taken from either the prisoners or the sick.

   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 29.4.2.3:

     mūnīre urbem, frūmentum convehere, tēla arma parāre

     to strengthen the defences of the city, to accumulate stores of corn, to prepare a supply of missiles and arms

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.393–394:

     respicit intereā clāvam spoliumque leōnis,
     ‘vir’ que ait ‘hīs armīs, armaque digna virō!’

     Meanwhile, [Chiron] looks at the club and the spoils of the lion, and says, “Man [worthy] for these arms, and arms worthy for the man!”
     (The centaur Chiron addresses Hercules who has slain the Nemean lion in close combat.)

   • 1839 [8th century CE], Paulus Diaconus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 2, line 13:

     Arma propriē dīcuntur ab armīs, id est humerīs, dēpendentia, ut scūtum, gladius, pūgiō, sīca; ut ea, quibus procul proeliāmur, tēla.

     'Arma' 'weapons' are, properly speaking, that which hangs from the 'armi', that is 'shoulders,' such as the shield, sword, dirk, dagger; and such as that using which we fight at a distance, missiles.

   1. defensive arms: armour, shields (etc.)
   2. close-quarter weapons (offensive or defensive)

      Antonym: tēla (“missiles”)

   3. (poetic) missile weapons

      Synonym: tēla

2. (metonymic) military action, war (arms as instruments of policy)
3. (abstract or concrete) warfare, battle (military exploits)
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.86-87:

     [...] nōn arma iuventūs / exercet, [...].

     [...] nor do young [soldiers] practice their military drills, [...].
     (Carthage becomes vulnerable once its youth stop training for combat; figuratively, the queen has lowered her own defenses.)

4. (metonymic) troops, military forces, the army
5. weapons as means of defence
6. (by extension) tools, equipment

   Synonym: armāmenta

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

	plural
nominative	arma
genitive	armōrum armum
dative	armīs
accusative	arma
ablative	armīs
vocative	arma

Derived terms

• armāmenta
• armāmentum
• armārium
• armiductor
• armifer
• armiger
• armilausa
• armipotēns
• armisonus
• armō
• coarmiō
• inermis

Etymology 2

A nominative plural → feminine singular transfer from the "weapons" sense of Etymology 1, common during the Late Latin period.

Noun

arma f (genitive armae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) a piece of weaponry

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	arma	armae
genitive	armae	armārum
dative	armae	armīs
accusative	armam	armās
ablative	armā	armīs
vocative	arma	armae

Descendants

Descendants

• Dalmatian: jarma
• Eastern Romance:
  • Aromanian: armã
  • Istro-Romanian: årmĕ
  • Romanian: armă
• Extremaduran: arma
• Italian: arma
• Old Navarro-Aragonese:
  • Aragonese: arma
• Old French: arme
  • Middle French: arme
    • French: arme
  • Norman: arme
  • → Breton: arm
  • → Middle English: armes (via the plural)
    • English: arms
      • ⇒ English: arm (back-formation)
    • → Middle Irish: armas
      • Irish: armas
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: arma
  • Mirandese: arma
• Old Occitan: arma
  • Catalan: arma
  • Occitan: arma
• Old Galician-Portuguese: arma
  • Fala: arma
  • Galician: arma
  • Portuguese: arma
• Old Spanish:
  • Spanish: arma
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: arme
  • Ladin: erma
  • Romansch: arma
• Sardinian: àrma
• Sicilian: arma
  • → Maltese: arma
• Venetan: arma
• → Albanian: armë
• → Proto-Brythonic: *arβ̃
  • Middle Cornish: arvov pl
  • Middle Welsh: arf, aryf
    • Welsh: arf
• → Old Irish: arm
  • Irish: arm
  • Scottish Gaelic: arm

Further reading

• "arma", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “arma”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “arma” on page 187 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.ma/
• Rhymes: -arma

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian arma.

Noun

arma f (plural armi)

1. weapon (instrument of attack or defense in combat)
2. weapon (means of harming or exerting control)
3. (heraldry) coat of arms

Etymology 2

Verb

arma (imperfect jarma, past participle armat, verbal noun armar)

1. alternative form of rama

Conjugation

Conjugation of arma (i-type unadapted loan)

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	armajt	armajt	arma	armajna	armajtu	armaw
	f			armat
imperfect	m	narma	tarma	jarma	narmaw	tarmaw	jarmaw
	f			tarma
imperative			arma			armaw
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	armajtx	armajtx	arma	armajniex	armajtux	armawx
	f			armatx
imperfect	m	narmax	tarmax	jarmax	narmawx	tarmawx	jarmawx
	f			tarmax
imperative			tarmax			tarmawx

Interjection

arma

1. A command to speed up

Related terms

• armament
• armar
• armata
• armatur
• armatura
• armerija
• armier
• rama

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan arma, from Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Noun

arma f (plural armas)

1. weapon

Related terms

• armada
• armadura
• armar

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.ma/

Noun

arma f (plural armas)

1. weapon; arm

Related terms

• armado
• armadura
• armar

Descendants

• Fala: arma
• Galician: arma
• Portuguese: arma

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "arma"

Old Norse

Etymology

From armr.

Noun

arma f (genitive ǫrmu, plural ǫrmur)

1. pity

Declension

Declension of arma (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	arma	arman	ǫrmur	ǫrmurnar
accusative	ǫrmu	ǫrmuna	ǫrmur	ǫrmurnar
dative	ǫrmu	ǫrmunni	ǫrmum	ǫrmunum
genitive	ǫrmu	ǫrmunnar	armna	armnanna

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “arma”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms”).

Noun

arma f (oblique plural armas, nominative singular arma, nominative plural armas)

1. weapon

Related terms

• armar
• armat

Descendants

• Occitan: arma

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “arma”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 23

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaʁ.mɐ/ [ˈaɦ.mɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaʁ.mɐ/ [ˈaɦ.mɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.mɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈaʁ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaɻ.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.mɐ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ah.mɐ/, /ah.ma/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aʁmɐ, (Portugal) -aɾmɐ
• Hyphenation: ar‧ma

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese arma, from Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join”). Compare Galician arma.

Noun

arma f (plural armas)

1. weapon

   Synonym: armamento

Derived terms

• arma automática
• arma biológica
• arma branca
• arma de fogo
• arma nuclear
• arma química
• arma semiautomática
• mostrar as armas

Related terms

• armação
• armada
• armadilha
• armado
• armador
• armamentário
• armamentismo
• armamentista
• armamento
• armar
• armaria
• armeiro

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

arma

1. inflection of armar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “arma”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “arma”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Quechua

Noun

arma

1. basin, sink, bathtub
2. the Big Dipper

Declension

Declension of arma

	singular	plural
nominative	arma	armakuna
accusative	armata	armakunata
dative	armaman	armakunaman
genitive	armap	armakunap
locative	armapi	armakunapi
terminative	armakama	armakunakama
ablative	armamanta	armakunamanta
instrumental	armawan	armakunawan
comitative	armantin	armakunantin
abessive	armannaq	armakunannaq
comparative	armahina	armakunahina
causative	armarayku	armakunarayku
benefactive	armapaq	armakunapaq
associative	armapura	armakunapura
distributive	armanka	armakunanka
exclusive	armalla	armakunalla

Possessive forms of arma

ñuqap - first-person singular ñuqap (my) singular plural nominative armay armaykuna accusative armayta armaykunata dative armayman armaykunaman genitive armaypa armaykunap locative armaypi armaykunapi terminative armaykama armaykunakama ablative armaymanta armaykunamanta instrumental armaywan armaykunawan comitative armaynintin armaykunantin abessive armayninnaq armaykunannaq comparative armayhina armaykunahina causative armayrayku armaykunarayku benefactive armaypaq armaykunapaq associative armaypura armaykunapura distributive armayninka armaykunanka exclusive armaylla armaykunalla qampa - second-person singular qampa (your) singular plural nominative armayki armaykikuna accusative armaykita armaykikunata dative armaykiman armaykikunaman genitive armaykipa armaykikunap locative armaykipi armaykikunapi terminative armaykikama armaykikunakama ablative armaykimanta armaykikunamanta instrumental armaykiwan armaykikunawan comitative armaykintin armaykikunantin abessive armaykinnaq armaykikunannaq comparative armaykihina armaykikunahina causative armaykirayku armaykikunarayku benefactive armaykipaq armaykikunapaq associative armaykipura armaykikunapura distributive armaykinka armaykikunanka exclusive armaykilla armaykikunalla paypa - third-person singular paypa (his/her/its) singular plural nominative arman armankuna accusative armanta armankunata dative armanman armankunaman genitive armanpa armankunap locative armanpi armankunapi terminative armankama armankunakama ablative armanmanta armankunamanta instrumental armanwan armankunawan comitative armanintin armankunantin abessive armanninnaq armankunannaq comparative armanhina armankunahina causative armanrayku armankunarayku benefactive armanpaq armankunapaq associative armanpura armankunapura distributive armaninka armankunanka exclusive armanlla armankunalla ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural ñuqanchikpa (our(incl)) singular plural nominative armanchik armanchikkuna accusative armanchikta armanchikkunata dative armanchikman armanchikkunaman genitive armanchikpa armanchikkunap locative armanchikpi armanchikkunapi terminative armanchikkama armanchikkunakama ablative armanchikmanta armanchikkunamanta instrumental armanchikwan armanchikkunawan comitative armanchiknintin armanchikkunantin abessive armanchikninnaq armanchikkunannaq comparative armanchikhina armanchikkunahina causative armanchikrayku armanchikkunarayku benefactive armanchikpaq armanchikkunapaq associative armanchikpura armanchikkunapura distributive armanchikninka armanchikkunanka exclusive armanchiklla armanchikkunalla ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural ñuqaykup (our(excl)) singular plural nominative armayku armaykukuna accusative armaykuta armaykukunata dative armaykuman armaykukunaman genitive armaykupa armaykukunap locative armaykupi armaykukunapi terminative armaykukama armaykukunakama ablative armaykumanta armaykukunamanta instrumental armaykuwan armaykukunawan comitative armaykuntin armaykukunantin abessive armaykunnaq armaykukunannaq comparative armaykuhina armaykukunahina causative armaykurayku armaykukunarayku benefactive armaykupaq armaykukunapaq associative armaykupura armaykukunapura distributive armaykunka armaykukunanka exclusive armaykulla armaykukunalla qamkunap - second-person plural qamkunap (your(pl)) singular plural nominative armaykichik armaykichikkuna accusative armaykichikta armaykichikkunata dative armaykichikman armaykichikkunaman genitive armaykichikpa armaykichikkunap locative armaykichikpi armaykichikkunapi terminative armaykichikkama armaykichikkunakama ablative armaykichikmanta armaykichikkunamanta instrumental armaykichikwan armaykichikkunawan comitative armaykichiknintin armaykichikkunantin abessive armaykichikninnaq armaykichikkunannaq comparative armaykichikhina armaykichikkunahina causative armaykichikrayku armaykichikkunarayku benefactive armaykichikpaq armaykichikkunapaq associative armaykichikpura armaykichikkunapura distributive armaykichikninka armaykichikkunanka exclusive armaykichiklla armaykichikkunalla paykunap - third-person plural paykunap (their) singular plural nominative armanku armankukuna accusative armankuta armankukunata dative armankuman armankukunaman genitive armankupa armankukunap locative armankupi armankukunapi terminative armankukama armankukunakama ablative armankumanta armankukunamanta instrumental armankuwan armankukunawan comitative armankuntin armankukunantin abessive armankunnaq armankukunannaq comparative armankuhina armankukunahina causative armankurayku armankukunarayku benefactive armankupaq armankukunapaq associative armankupura armankukunapura distributive armankunka armankukunanka exclusive armankulla armankukunalla

See also

• armay

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin armāre, French armer, or Italian armare.

Verb

a arma (third-person singular present armează, past participle armat) 1st conjugation

1. to prepare a weapon for firing
2. to arm, equip

   Synonyms: înarma, întrarma

3. (figuratively) to strengthen by adding reinforcement (e.g. armor, a mineshaft, etc.)

Conjugation

    conjugation of arma (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a arma
gerund			armând
past participle			armat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	armez	armezi	armează	armăm	armați	armează
	imperfect	armam	armai	arma	armam	armați	armau
	simple perfect	armai	armași	armă	armarăm	armarăți	armară
	pluperfect	armasem	armaseși	armase	armaserăm	armaserăți	armaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să armez	să armezi	să armeze	să armăm	să armați	să armeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		armează			armați
	negative		nu arma			nu armați

Related terms

• armadă
• armare
• armată
• armă
• armătură

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French armer.

Verb

a arma (third-person singular present armează, past participle armat) 1st conjugation

1. to launch a ship in service with all necessary equipment

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

arma

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of armă

Sicilian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.ma/, [ˈaɾ.ma]
• Rhymes: -aɾma
• Hyphenation: àr‧ma

Etymology 1

Possibly borrowed from Old Spanish alma, otherwise from Vulgar Latin *alima, dissimilation of Latin anima. Compare Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese alma. Doublet of ànima, borrowed from the same source.

Alternative forms

• ànima

Noun

arma f (plural armi)

1. (religion, philosophy, also figurative) soul
2. the innermost part of something:
   1. (botany) synonym of cori (“heartwood”)

Derived terms

• arma giameḍḍa
• arma mia
• arma to'
• armalu
• armuzza
• bon'arma
• bon'armuzza
• paci a l'arma so'

Related terms

• animali
• animari
• animatu
• animazziuni
• animàrisi
• ànimu

Etymology 2

From Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms, weapons of war, war, defense, tools”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join”). Compare Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese arma.

Noun

arma f (plural armi)

1. weapon, arms
2. (military) arm, force

Derived terms

• armamentu
• armamintaru
• armari
• armatu
• armàrisi

Related terms

• muarra
• murtaru

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• jarma (diphthongized)

Verb

arma

1. inflection of armari:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾma/ [ˈaɾ.ma]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾma
• Syllabification: ar‧ma

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish arma, from Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”), from the root *h₂er- (“to join”).

Noun

arma f (plural armas)

1. weapon, arm

   El arma secreta ― the secret weapon

   Las armas secretas ― the secret weapons

   • 2023 July 24, Paul LeBlanc, Annette Choi, “ANÁLISIS | Estados Unidos supera los 400 tiroteos masivos en lo que va de 2023”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     Casi 1 de cada 5 adultos estadounidenses ha tenido un familiar muerto por arma de fuego, incluidos homicidios y suicidios, según una encuesta realizada en 2023 por la KFF (antes conocida como Kaiser Family Foundation). […] “Este es el único país del mundo en el que los hombres que rompen con la realidad exorcizan sus demonios mediante matanzas masivas”, declaró a CNN a principios de este año el senador demócrata Chris Murphy, de Connecticut, que ha hecho de la legislación sobre seguridad de las armas uno de los ejes de su trabajo tras el tiroteo de 2012 en la escuela primaria Sandy Hook.

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Usage notes

• Before feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like arma, the singular definite article takes the form of el (otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usual la: el arma. This includes the contracted forms al and del (instead of a la and de la, respectively): al arma, del arma.

This also applies to the indefinite article, which takes the form of un, which is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine form una also occurs): un arma or una arma. The same is true with determiners algún/alguna and ningún/ninguna, as well as for numerals ending with 1 (e.g., veintiún/veintiuna).

However, if another word intervenes between the article and the noun, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (la, una etc.) are used: la mejor arma, una buena arma.

• In these cases, el and un are not masculine but feminine, deriving from Latin illa and una, respectively, even though they are identical in form to the corresponding masculine singular articles. Thus, they are allomorphs of the feminine singular articles la and una.
• The use of these allomorphs does not change the gender agreement of the adjectives modifying the feminine noun: el arma única, un(a) arma buena.
• In the plural, the usual feminine plural articles and determiners (las, unas, etc.) are always used.

Derived terms

• a las armas
• al arma
• antiarma
• arma arrojadiza
• arma biológica
• arma blanca
• arma de asedio
• arma de destrucción masiva
• arma de doble filo
• arma de dos filos
• arma de fogueo
• arma de fuego
• arma de percusión
• arma homicida
• arma nuclear
• arma química
• armería
• armero
• con las armas en la mano
• de armas tomar
• dejar las armas
• descansar armas
• descansar las armas
• descansar sobre las armas
• en armas
• entregar las armas
• escudo de armas
• fiesta de armas
• hacha de armas
• hecho de armas
• hombre de armas
• maestro de armas
• medir las armas
• paje de armas
• plaza de armas
• ponerse en arma
• probar las armas
• rendir las armas
• rey de armas
• sobre las armas
• suspensión de armas
• tomar armas
• tomar las armas
• trance de armas
• ujier de armas
• velar las armas

Related terms

• alarma
• armada
• armadura
• armar
• armario
• armiguero

Descendants

• → Basque: arma

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

arma

1. inflection of armar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “arma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Anagrams

• amar, rama

Swedish

Adjective

arma

1. inflection of arm:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Anagrams

• aram., mara, rama

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آرما, آرمه (arma), from Italian arma, from Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms, weapons of war, war, defense, tools”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“fitting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈma/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ar‧ma

• Audio:

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Noun

arma (definite accusative armayı, plural armalar)

1. coat of arms

Declension

Declension of arma

singular plural nominative arma armalar definite accusative armayı armaları dative armaya armalara locative armada armalarda ablative armadan armalardan genitive armanın armaların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular armam armalarım 2nd singular arman armaların 3rd singular arması armaları 1st plural armamız armalarımız 2nd plural armanız armalarınız 3rd plural armaları armaları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular armamı armalarımı 2nd singular armanı armalarını 3rd singular armasını armalarını 1st plural armamızı armalarımızı 2nd plural armanızı armalarınızı 3rd plural armalarını armalarını dative singular plural 1st singular armama armalarıma 2nd singular armana armalarına 3rd singular armasına armalarına 1st plural armamıza armalarımıza 2nd plural armanıza armalarınıza 3rd plural armalarına armalarına locative singular plural 1st singular armamda armalarımda 2nd singular armanda armalarında 3rd singular armasında armalarında 1st plural armamızda armalarımızda 2nd plural armanızda armalarınızda 3rd plural armalarında armalarında ablative singular plural 1st singular armamdan armalarımdan 2nd singular armandan armalarından 3rd singular armasından armalarından 1st plural armamızdan armalarımızdan 2nd plural armanızdan armalarınızdan 3rd plural armalarından armalarından genitive singular plural 1st singular armamın armalarımın 2nd singular armanın armalarının 3rd singular armasının armalarının 1st plural armamızın armalarımızın 2nd plural armanızın armalarınızın 3rd plural armalarının armalarının