arma

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

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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

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Basque

Etymology

Compare Spanish arma.

Noun

arma

1. weapon

Declension

(inanimate noun) declension of arma indefinite singular plural absolutive arma arma armak ergative armak armak armek dative armari armari armei genitive armaren armaren armen comitative armarekin armarekin armekin causative armarengatik armarengatik armengatik benefactive armarentzat armarentzat armentzat instrumental armaz armaz armez inessive armatan arman armetan locative armatako armako armetako allative armatara armara armetara terminative armataraino armaraino armetaraino directive armatarantz armarantz armetarantz destinative armatarako armarako armetarako ablative armatatik armatik armetatik partitive armarik - - prolative armatzat - -

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan 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 armes)

1. weapon

Derived terms

• arma blanca
• arma de foc

Related terms

• armar
• armada
• armadura
• armer

Verb

arma

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

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French

Verb

arma

1. third-person singular past historic of armer

Anagrams

• rama

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Galician

Etymology

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

Noun

arma f (plural armas)

1. weapon

Derived terms

• arma branca
• arma de fogo

Related terms

• armar
• armada
• armadura

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Gothic

Romanization

arma

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰

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Icelandic

Noun

arma

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

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Interlingua

Noun

arma (plural armas)

1. weapon, arm

Related terms

• armea

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Irish

Noun

arma

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

Mutation

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

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.ma/, [ˈär̺mä]
• Rhymes: -arma
• Stress: àrma
• Hyphenation: ar‧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) (archaic plural arme)

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• arma bianca
• arma da fuoco
• armaiolo

• armeggiare
• armeria

• armiere
• porto d'armi

Related terms

Terms related to arma

• armacollo
• armadio
• armamentario
• armamento

• armare
• armata
• armatore

• armatura
• armigero
• armistizio

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

arma

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

Anagrams

• amar, rama

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Latin

Etymology

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) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ma/

Noun

arma n (genitive armōrum); second declension

1. (plural only) defensive arms, armor/armour, shields, weapons of war.
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 29.4:

     munire urbem, frumentum convehere, tela arma parare

     to strengthen the defences of the city, to accumulate stores of corn, to prepare a supply of weapons and armour

2. (plural only) war
3. (plural only) soldiers, military power
4. (plural only) defence
5. (plural only) tools

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Plural
Nominative	arma
Genitive	armōrum
Dative	armīs
Accusative	arma
Ablative	armīs
Vocative	arma

Derived terms

Derived terms

• armamenta
• armārium
• armifer
• armiger
• armilausa

• armipotens
• armisonus
• armō
• coarmiō
• inermis

Noun

arma f (genitive armae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) weapon

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	arma	armae
Genitive	armae	armārum
Dative	armae	armīs
Accusative	armam	armās
Ablative	armā	armīs
Vocative	arma	armae

Descendants

• Dalmatian: jarma
• Eastern Romance:
  • Aromanian: armã
  • Istro-Romanian: årmĕ
  • Romanian: armă
• Extremaduran: arma
• Italian: arma
• 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 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
• Venetian: arma
• → Albanian: armë
• → Brythonic: *arβ̃
  • Middle Welsh: arf, aryf
    • Welsh: arf
• → Old Irish: arm
  • Irish: arm
  • Scottish Gaelic: arm

References

• 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
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • there seems a prospect of armed violence; things look like violence: res spectat ad vim (arma)
    
  • to call to arms: ad arma conclamare (Liv. 3. 50)
    
  • men of military age: qui arma ferre possunt or iuventus
    
  • men exempt from service owing to age: qui per aetatem arma ferre non possunt or aetate ad bellum inutiles
    
  • to issue a general call to arms: omnes ad arma convocare
    
  • to join forces with some one: copias (arma) cum aliquo iungere or se cum aliquo iungere
    
  • to take up one's arms: arma capere, sumere
    
  • to make ready for battle: arma expedire (Tusc. 2. 16. 37)
    
  • to pile arms (cf. sect. XII. 3, note vestem deponere...): arma ponere (not deponere)
    
  • to wrest weapons from some one's hands: extorquere arma e manibus
    
  • matters have reached the fighting-stage: res ad arma venit
    
  • to be the aggressor in a war; to act on the offensive: bellum or arma ultro inferre
    
  • to surrender weapons: arma tradere
    
  • to rush to arms: ad arma concurrere
    
  • to have recourse to force of arms: ad vim et arma descendere (vid. sect. V. 9, note Similarly...)
    
  • to throw away one's arms: arma abicere
    
  • (ambiguous) practised in arms: exercitatus in armis
    
  • (ambiguous) to disarm a person: armis (castris) exuere aliquem
    
  • (ambiguous) to lay down arms: ab armis discedere (Phil. 11. 33)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be under arms: in armis esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to manœuvre: decurrere (in armis)
    
  • (ambiguous) by force of arms: vi et armis
    
  • (ambiguous) to fight a decisive battle: proelio, armis decertare (B. G. 1. 50)
    
  • (ambiguous) to fight a pitched battle: acie (armis, ferro) decernere
    
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 54

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Occitan

Etymology

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

Noun

arma f (plural armas)

1. weapon

Related terms

• armar
• armada
• armadura

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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

References

• arma in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Old Occitan

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

1. weapon

Related terms

• armar
• armat

Descendants

• Catalan: arma
• Occitan: arma

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “arma”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 250, page 23

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

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
• armar

Descendants

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old 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”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.mɐ/
• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /aɹ.ma/, /aɹ.mɐ/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /aɻ.ma/
• (Carioca) IPA^(key): /aχ.mɐ/
• (Nordestino) IPA^(key): /ah.mɐ/

Noun

arma f (plural armas)

1. weapon

Synonyms

• armamento

Derived terms

• arma automática
• arma biológica
• arma branca
• arma de fogo

• arma nuclear
• arma química
• arma semiautomática
• mostrar as armas

Related terms

• armação
• armado
• armada
• armadilha
• armador

• armadilha
• armamentário
• armamentismo
• armamentista

• armamento
• armar
• armaria
• armeiro

Verb

arma

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of armar
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of armar

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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

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Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin armāre, present active infinitive of armō.

Alternative forms

• înarma

Verb

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

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

• armă
• armătură
• armată

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French armer.

Verb

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

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

Etymology 3

Noun

arma f

1. definite singular nominative and accusative form of armă.

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Usage notes

• The feminine noun arma is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:

el arma

• However, if an adjective, even one that begins with a stressed a sound such as alta or ancha, intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.

Derived terms

• arma blanca f
• arma de fuego f
• armería f
• de armas tomar

Related terms

• armar
• armada
• armadura
• armero

Descendants

• → Basque: arma

Verb

arma

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of armar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of armar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of armar.

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Swedish

Adjective

arma

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of arm.