arm

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , from , a suffixed form of.

Akin to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬. Indo-European cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
 * 2)  The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.
 * 3) A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
 * 4) The part of a piece of clothing that covers the arm.
 * 5) A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the armrest of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.
 * 6)  A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
 * 7) A branch of an organization.
 * 8)  Power; might; strength; support.
 * 9)  A pitcher
 * 10)  One of the two parts of a chromosome.
 * 11) A group of patients in a medical trial.
 * 1) A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the armrest of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.
 * 2)  A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
 * 3) A branch of an organization.
 * 4)  Power; might; strength; support.
 * 5)  A pitcher
 * 6)  One of the two parts of a chromosome.
 * 7) A group of patients in a medical trial.
 * 1)  Power; might; strength; support.
 * 2)  A pitcher
 * 3)  One of the two parts of a chromosome.
 * 4) A group of patients in a medical trial.
 * 1)  A pitcher
 * 2)  One of the two parts of a chromosome.
 * 3) A group of patients in a medical trial.
 * 1)  One of the two parts of a chromosome.
 * 2) A group of patients in a medical trial.

Verb

 * 1)  To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.

Etymology 2
From, from , from , from , from.

Akin to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1)  ; lacking in riches or wealth.
 * 2)  To be pitied; pitiful; wretched.

Etymology 3
, from, from , from 🇨🇬, from , a suffixed form of , hence ultimately cognate with etymology 1.

Noun

 * 1)  A weapon.
 * 2)   bearings or insignia.
 * 3)  ; hostilities; deeds or exploits of war.
 * 1)   bearings or insignia.
 * 2)  ; hostilities; deeds or exploits of war.
 * 1)  ; hostilities; deeds or exploits of war.

Usage notes

 * Pubs and taverns often use this word in their names, as a reference to heraldic bearings, e.g. The Queen's Arms.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:weapon

Verb

 * 1)  To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.
 * 2)  To supply with the equipment, knowledge, authority, or other tools needed for a particular task; to furnish with capability; to equip.
 * 3) * 1801(?), John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress ... to which is Added, the Life and Death of the Author, page 359:
 * Many following him, and, in his journeyings, he visited many at their houses, and gave them consolation, arming them with steady resolves, to be patient in suffering and trust to God for their reward;
 * 1)  To prepare (a tool, weapon, or system) for action; to activate.
 * 2)  To become prepared for action; to activate.
 * 3)  To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.
 * 4)  To take up weapons; to arm oneself.
 * 5)  To fit (a magnet) with an armature.
 * 1)  To prepare (a tool, weapon, or system) for action; to activate.
 * 2)  To become prepared for action; to activate.
 * 3)  To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.
 * 4)  To take up weapons; to arm oneself.
 * 5)  To fit (a magnet) with an armature.
 * 1)  To become prepared for action; to activate.
 * 2)  To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.
 * 3)  To take up weapons; to arm oneself.
 * 4)  To fit (a magnet) with an armature.
 * 1)  To take up weapons; to arm oneself.
 * 2)  To fit (a magnet) with an armature.

Etymology
From.

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  arm

Etymology 2
From, from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1)  poor

Declension
This adjective has irregular declension; positive inflected forms also have umlaut.

Etymology 1
From, from , from.

Etymology 2
From, from.

Adjective

 * 1)  poor, not rich
 * 2) unfortunate, poor
 * 1) unfortunate, poor

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , from , a suffixed form of. Cognate to 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Etymology 2
From, from , from , from , perhaps from.

Adjective

 * 1)  poor (not rich)
 * 2) poor (unfortunate)
 * 1) poor (unfortunate)

Verb

 * 1)  to work

Etymology 1
From ; arm is an irregular variant of the root; the expected arb can be seen in dialects.

Noun

 * 1) scar

Etymology 2
From. Most likely derived from. Cognate to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) mercy
 * 2) pardon
 * 3)  love, affection

Etymology
From, from , perhaps from or alternatively from , whence 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) poor having little money
 * 2) poor to be pitied
 * 3) low having a small amount
 * 1) low having a small amount
 * 1) low having a small amount

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) weapon; implement, tool
 * 2)  arms
 * 3) army

Etymology
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) poor
 * 2) * 1912, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsche taal— en letterkunde, volumes 31-32, page 309:
 * Hāi waz nît tevrêde täus en dârkîs tû râkni arm. |He was not content at home and therefore he became poor.

Etymology
From. Akin to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) peace
 * 2) love

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * , weapon, armament

Etymology 1
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1)   arm

Alternative forms

 * ārem
 * āerm

Etymology 2
From, from , from.

Adjective

 * 1)  poor, having few possessions
 * 2) unfortunate, pitiable

Alternative forms

 * ārem

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from.

Etymology 2
From, from , from , from.

Adjective

 * 1)  poor
 * 2) miserable, wretched

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1) poor

Noun

 * 1)  an

Etymology 1
From, from. Akin to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  an

Etymology 2
From, from.

Adjective

 * 1) poor, pitiful to be pitied

Etymology 1
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)   arm

Etymology 2
From, from.

Adjective

 * 1)  poor

Etymology
From, from , whence also 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Etymology 1
From, from , from , , whence also 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)   arm

Etymology 2
From, from , whence also 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Etymology 1
From, from , whence also 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Descendants

 * Hamburgisch:
 * Westphalian:
 * Ravensbergisch:
 * Lippisch:
 * Sauerländisch:, ,
 * Westmünsterländisch:
 * Lippisch:
 * Sauerländisch:, ,
 * Westmünsterländisch:

Etymology 2
From, from , whence also 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  an animal's haunch, or a thigh on a person

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) arm of the sea
 * 2) bar, beam
 * 1) bar, beam

Etymology 2
From, from , from , from , from.

Adjective

 * 1) poor; wretched
 * 2) weak; thin; sickly

Verb

 * 1)  to crawl about miserably.

Etymology 3
From, from , from. More at arm.

Verb

 * 1) to, outfit with weapons or armour

Etymology 4
From.

Noun

 * 1)  the tail end of something, especially of fishing line

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) army
 * , weapon
 * , weapon

Usage notes

 * Arm is usually used to refer to the entire fighting force of a nation etc, while armailt usually refers to the an "army" involved in a particular battle etc:

Etymology 1
From, from , from ,.

Noun

 * 1)  ; the body part
 * 2) ; something extending from a body

Etymology 2
From, from , from.

Adjective

 * 1)  poor; to be pitied
 * 2)  poor; with no possessions or money
 * 1)  poor; with no possessions or money

Noun

 * 1) water