arm in Old English

IPA: /ɑrm/, [ɑrˠm] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Rhymes: -ɑrm Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“arm”), whence also Old High German arm, Old Norse armr. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*arm}} Proto-West Germanic *arm, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*armaz||arm}} Proto-Germanic *armaz (“arm”), {{cog|goh|arm}} Old High German arm, {{cog|non|armr}} Old Norse armr Head templates: {{ang-noun|m}} arm m, {{tlb|ang|Anglian}} (Anglian) Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|arm}}, {{ang-decl-noun|arm|armas|arm|armas|armes|arma|arme|armum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], arm [nominative, singular], armas [nominative, plural], arm [accusative, singular], armas [accusative, plural], armes [genitive, singular], arma [genitive, plural], arme [dative, singular], armum [dative, plural], earm [alternative]

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    },
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    {
      "form": "armes",
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    },
    {
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arme",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "armum",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "earm",
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      ]
    }
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          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "ang:Anatomy",
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      ],
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        "alternative form of earm"
      ],
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑrm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɑrˠm]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑrm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "arm"
}

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      },
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      "name": "inh"
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "expansion": "Old Norse armr",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“arm”), whence also Old High German arm, Old Norse armr.",
  "forms": [
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "declension",
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "arm",
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "armes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arma",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arme",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "armum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    }
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        "7": "arme",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        }
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        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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        "Pages with 30 entries",
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        "ang:Anatomy"
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      "ipa": "[ɑrˠm]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑrm"
    }
  ],
  "word": "arm"
}

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"arm" meaning in Old English

Noun