arma

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

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Albanian

Noun

arma

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)

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”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaɾma/ [ˈaɾ.ma]
Rhymes: -aɾma
Syllabification: ar‧ma

Noun

arma f (plural armes)

weapon

Derived terms

Related terms

armar

Basque

Etymology

Compare Spanish arma.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /arma/ [ar.ma]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -arma, -a
Hyphenation: ar‧ma

Noun

arma inan

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
inessive	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): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈar.mə]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈaɾ.ma]
IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˈar.ma]
Audio (Catalonia): (file)

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)

weapon

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

arma

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

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish armar (“to arm”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aɾˈma/, [aɾˈma]
Hyphenation: ar‧ma

Verb

armá

to arm

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for arma
	tense	infinitive	present	future
Zamboanga City conjugation	arma	ya arma	ta arma	ay arma
Cavite conjugation	arma	ya arma	ta arma	di arma

Related terms

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aʁ.ma/
Audio (France (Lyon)): (file)
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)

Verb

arma

third-person singular past historic of armer

Anagrams

rama

Fula

Particle

arma

(Literary) forms the future tense

References

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

Galician

Galician Wikipedia has an article on:

arma

Wikipedia ^gl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaɾma/ [ˈaɾ.mɐ]
Rhymes: -aɾma
Hyphenation: ar‧ma

Noun

arma f (plural armas)

weapon, arm

Derived terms

Related terms

References

“arma”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
“arma”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
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/^[1]

Noun

arma f (plural armi)

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

References

^ Mauro Maxia (2012), Fonetica storica del gallurese e delle altre varietà sardocorse (in Sassarese), Editrice Taphros, →ISBN, page 73

Gothic

Romanization

arma

romanization of 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰

Icelandic

Noun

arma

indefinite accusative plural of armur
indefinite genitive plural of armur

Interlingua

Noun

arma (plural armas)

weapon, arm

Related terms

armea

Irish

Noun

arma

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.

Istriot

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin arma (“weapon”), from Latin arma (“defensive arms, weapons of war, war, defense, tools”).

Noun

arma f

weapon

References

Sandro Cergna (2015), Vocabolario del dialetto di Valle d'Istria, →ISBN, page 28

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)

weapon, arms
(military) arm, force

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

arma

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

Anagrams

amar, marà, rama

Latin

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:

arma

Wikipedia ^la

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”).^[1]

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)

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, Ovidius, 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
(metonymic) military action, war (arms as instruments of policy)
(abstract or concrete) warfare, battle (military exploits)
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 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.)
(metonymic) troops, military forces, the army
weapons as means of defence
(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

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

(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

Dalmatian: jarma
Emilian: èrma
Eastern Romance:
- Aromanian: armã
- Istro-Romanian: årmĕ
- Romanian: armă
Extremaduran: arma
Istriot: 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
- Romansh: arma
Sardinian: àrma
Sicilian: arma
- → Maltese: arma
Venetan: arma
→ Albanian: armë
→ Proto-Brythonic: *arβ̃
- Middle Cornish: arvov pl
  - Cornish: arv
- Middle Welsh: arf, aryf
  - Welsh: arf
→ Old Irish: arm
- Irish: arm
- Scottish Gaelic: arm

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “arma, -ōrum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 54

Maltese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈar.ma/
Rhymes: -arma

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmosder.

Latin arma

Italian armabor.

Maltese arma

Borrowed from Italian arma.

Noun

arma f (plural armi)

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

Etymology 2

Verb

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

alternative form of rama

Conjugation

Conjugation of **arma** (i-type unadapted loan)
positive forms
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	armajt	armajt	arma	armajna	armajtu	armaw
perfect	f	armajt	armajt	armat	armajna	armajtu	armaw
imperfect	m	narma	tarma	jarma	narmaw	tarmaw	jarmaw
imperfect	f	narma	tarma	tarma	narmaw	tarmaw	jarmaw
imperative			arma			armaw

negative forms
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	armajtx	armajtx	arma	armajniex	armajtux	armawx
perfect	f	armajtx	armajtx	armatx	armajniex	armajtux	armawx
imperfect	m	narmax	tarmax	jarmax	narmawx	tarmawx	jarmawx
imperfect	f	narmax	tarmax	tarmax	narmawx	tarmawx	jarmawx
imperative			tarmax			tarmawx

Interjection

arma

A command to speed up

Related terms

Occitan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Audio (Béarn): (file)
Audio: (file)

Noun

arma f (plural armas)

weapon

Related terms

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)

weapon; arm

Related terms

Descendants

Fala: arma
Galician: arma
Portuguese: arma

Old Norse

Etymology

From armr.

Noun

arma f (genitive ǫrmu, plural ǫrmur)

pity

Declension

Declension of *arma* (weak ōn-stem)
feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	arma	arman	ǫrmur	ǫrmurnar
accusative	ǫrmu	ǫrmuna	ǫrmur	ǫrmurnar
dative	ǫrmu	ǫrmunni	ǫrmum	ǫrmunum
genitive	ǫrmu	ǫrmunnar	armna	armnanna

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)

weapon

Related terms

armar
armat

Descendants

Occitan: arma

References

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.mɐ/

(Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ah.mɐ/, /ah.ma/
Audio (Brazil (Caipira)): (file)
Audio (Portugal (Porto)): (file)
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)

weapon
Synonym: armamento

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Konkani: आर्म (ārma), आर्मा (ārmā)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

arma

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

Quechua

Noun

arma

basin, sink, bathtub
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

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

to prepare a weapon for firing
to arm, equip
Synonyms: înarma, întrarma
(figuratively) to strengthen by adding reinforcement (e.g. armor, a mineshaft, etc.)

Conjugation

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

number		singular			plural
infinitive			a arma
gerund			armând
past participle			armat
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
subjunctive	present	să armez	să armezi	să armeze	să armăm	să armați	să armeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		armează			armați
	negative		nu arma			nu armați

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Etymology 2

Borrowed from French armer.

Verb

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

to launch a ship in service with all necessary equipment

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

arma

definite nominative/accusative singular of armă

Sicilian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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)

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

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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)

weapon, arms
(military) arm, force

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Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

jarma (diphthongized)

Verb

arma

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaɾma/ [ˈaɾ.ma]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
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)

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.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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.

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Descendants

→ Basque: arma

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

arma

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

Anagrams

amar, rama

Swedish

Adjective

arma

inflection of arm:
1. definite singular
2. plural

Anagrams

aram., mara, rama

Turkish

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Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آرما (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”). Doublet of alarm.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

arma (definite accusative armayı, plural armalar)

coat of arms, an emblem specific to rulers, prominent families or individuals, organizations, or cities
Synonym: ongun
(nautical) rigging, the rope, chains, cables, etc., that support the masts and spars of a sailing vessel

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

Derived terms

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