earm
Old English edit
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Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mos (“joint”).
Cognate with Old Frisian arm, Old Saxon arm, Dutch arm, Old High German arm (German Arm), Old Norse armr (Swedish arm), Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐍃 (arms). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Old Church Slavonic рамо (ramo) (Bulgarian ра́мо (rámo, “shoulder”)), Latin armus.
Noun edit
earm m
Declension edit
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Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *armaz, further etymology uncertain.
Cognate with Old Frisian erm, Old Saxon arm, Dutch arm, Old High German arm (German arm), Old Norse armr (Danish and Swedish arm), Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐍃 (arms).
Adjective edit
earm
Declension edit
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | earm | earm | earm |
Accusative | earmne | earme | earm |
Genitive | earmes | earmre | earmes |
Dative | earmum | earmre | earmum |
Instrumental | earme | earmre | earme |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | earme | earma, earme | earm |
Accusative | earme | earma, earme | earm |
Genitive | earmra | earmra | earmra |
Dative | earmum | earmum | earmum |
Instrumental | earmum | earmum | earmum |
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West Frisian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Frisian erm, from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ermos, *h₂ŕ̥mos.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
earm c (plural earms or earmen, diminutive earmke)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “earm (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Frisian *arm, erm, from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erm.
Adjective edit
earm
Inflection edit
Inflection of earm | ||||
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uninflected | earm | |||
inflected | earme | |||
comparative | earmer | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | earm | earmer | it earmst it earmste | |
indefinite | c. sing. | earme | earmere | earmste |
n. sing. | earm | earmer | earmste | |
plural | earme | earmere | earmste | |
definite | earme | earmere | earmste | |
partitive | earms | earmers | — |
Further reading edit
- “earm (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011