arm

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

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)m

From Middle English arm, from Old English earm (“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”).

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:

     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. 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.

5. (geography) A bay or inlet off a main body of water.

   Shelburne Bay is an arm of Lake Champlain.

6. A branch of an organization.

   the cavalry arm of the military service

7. (figuratively) Power; might; strength; support.

   the arm of the law

   the secular arm

   • Bible, Isa. lii. 1

     To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?

8. (baseball, slang) A pitcher

   The team needs to sign another arm in the offseason.

9. (genetics) One of the two parts of a chromosome.
10. A group of patients in a medical trial.

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

1. To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
   • Shakespeare

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

   • Two N. Kins

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

2. To supply with arms or limbs.
   • Beaumont and Fletcher

     His shoulders broad and strong, / Armed long and round.

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

arm (comparative armer or more arm, superlative armest or most arm)

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

   He's neither poor nor arm.

2. (Britain dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To be pitied; pitiful; wretched.

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

• armth

Back-formation from arms (plural), from Middle English armes, from Old French armes, from Latin arma (“weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *ar-mo-, a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to fit together”), hence ultimately cognate with etymology 1.

arm (plural arms)

1. (usually used in the plural) A weapon.
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

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

2. (in the plural) heraldic bearings or insignia

   The Duke's arms were a sable gryphon rampant on an argent field.

• Capitalized, the word is often used in the names of pubs, taverns and the like.

• See also Thesaurus:weapon

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

1. To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.
2. To prepare a tool or a weapon for action; to activate.

   Remember to arm an alarm system.

3. 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

4. (figuratively) To furnish with means of defence; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
   • Bible, 1 Peter iv. 1

     Arm yourselves […] with the same mind.

5. To fit (a magnet) with an armature.

• (furnish with weapons): beweapon

• arm to the teeth

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

From Dutch arm.

arm (plural arms)

1. arm

From Middle High German arm, from Old High German arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“arm”). Cognate with German Arm, Dutch arm, English arm, Icelandic armur.

arm m (plural èrme)

1. (Sette Comuni, anatomy) arm

   An langar arm rékhet béetor.

   A long arm can reach further.

From Middle High German arm, from Old High German arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“poor, pitiful”). Cognate with German arm, Dutch arm, English arm, Icelandic armur.

arm

1. (Sette Comuni) poor

   Bèar is arm hat nicht so borliran.

   He who is poor has nothing to lose.

• armakhot

• “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

• IPA^(key): /arm/, [ɑːˀm]

From Old Norse armr (“arm”), from Proto-Germanic *armaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ar-mo- (“arm”).

arm c (singular definite armen, plural indefinite arme)

1. (anatomy) arm

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

arm

1. (dated) poor, not rich

   Synonym: fattig

2. unfortunate, poor

   Synonym: stakkels

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

• IPA^(key): /ɑrm/

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• Hyphenation: arm
• Rhymes: -ɑrm

From Middle Dutch arm, from Old Dutch 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).

arm m (plural armen, diminutive armpje n)

1. arm

   Iemand kneep in mijn arm.

   Someone pinched my arm.

2. branch (especially of streams and organisations)

• Afrikaans: arm

From Middle Dutch arm, from Old Dutch arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erH- (“to be sparse”).

arm (comparative armer, superlative armst)

1. poor (not rich)

   'arme landen ― poor countries

2. poor (unfortunate)

   arme stakker… ― poor soul…

• Afrikaans: arm

• ram

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

arm (genitive armi, partitive armi)

1. scar

Most likely derived from armas. Cognate to Votic armo (“grace, mercy”).

arm (genitive armu, partitive armu)

1. mercy

From Proto-Germanic *armaz, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erH- (“to be sparse”).

• IPA^(key): [ʔaʁm]

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arm (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)

• reich

• arm in Duden online

arm

1. indefinite accusative singular of armur

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

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

arm m (genitive singular airm, nominative plural airm)

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

• "arm" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “arm” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “arm” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 40.
• Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 10.
• Entries containing “arm” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “arm” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Cognate to Dutch arm (“poor”). Compare German arm (“poor”).

arm

1. poor
   • 1912, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsche taal— en letterkunde, volumes 31-32, page 309:

     Hai waz nît tevrêde täus en dârkîs tû râkni arm. […]

     He was not content at home and therefore he became poor. […]

Akin to Finnish armas.

arm

1. peace
2. love

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

arm m (genitive singular arm, plural armyn)

1. arm, weapon, armament

arm (verbal noun armal, past participle garmal)

1. arm

• “arm” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

• IPA^(key): /arm/

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

arm m

1. arm

• ārem
• āerm

• Dutch: arm
  • Afrikaans: arm
• Limburgish: erm

• “arm (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “arm (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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

arm

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

• ārem

• Dutch: arm
• Limburgish: erm

• “arm (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “arm (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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

arm (plural arms)

1. arm

• Scots: arm, airm, arme, harme, areme, airme
• English: arm

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

arm

1. poor
2. miserable, wretched

From Old Norse armr.

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

1. poor

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

1. (anatomy) an arm

• “arm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ɑrm/

From Old Norse armr.

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

1. poor, pitiful (to be pitied)

• arming

From Old Norse armr. Akin to English arm.

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

1. (anatomy) an arm

• “arm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *armaz.

arm m

1. arm

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Middle Dutch: arm
  • Dutch: arm

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

From Proto-Germanic *armaz.

arm

1. poor

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

• armo

• Middle Dutch: arm
  • Dutch: arm

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

• earm

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

arm m

1. arm

• aram

• IPA^(key): /arm/

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

arm m

1. (anatomy) arm

• 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)

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

arm

1. poor, miserable

• German: arm

• Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer

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

arm m

1. arm

• Middle Low German: arm
  • Low German:
    • German Low German:

      Hamburgisch: Arm

    • Westphalian:

      Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Ārm

      Sauerländisch: Ārm, Ārem, Oarm

      Westmünsterländisch: Arm

  • Plautdietsch: Oam, Oarm

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

arm (comparative armoro, superlative armost)

1. miserable, poor