Arm

Arm

1. Abbreviation of Armenian.

• -mar-, AMR, MAR, MRA, Mar, Mar., RAM, RMA, Ram, mar, mar-, ram

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• Armb (obsolete)

From Middle High German arm, from Old High German arm, from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ermos, *h₂ŕ̥mos, an extension of *h₂er- (“to fit together, to link, to join”).

Cognate with Dutch arm, English arm, Swedish arm. The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin armus and arma.

• IPA^(key): /arm/, [ʔaʁm], [ʔaɐ̯m], [ʔaːm]

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• Homophones: arm (general), ahm (some speakers)

Arm m (strong, genitive Armes or Arms, plural Arme, diminutive Ärmchen n or Ärmlein n)

1. (anatomy) an arm
2. (figurative) anything that resembles an arm
   1. (textiles, technical use or informal) a sleeve

      Synonym: Ärmel

      mit langem Arm ― long-sleeved (technical)

      sich die Arme hochkrempeln ― to roll up one's sleeves (informal)

   2. a long protusion on a device or machine, e.g. a lever
   3. a branch, a section of a structure

      Synonyms: Zweig, Filiale, Branche

   4. (geography) an arm of a creek or a river
   5. influence, might

• Körper m

• “Arm” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Arm” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Arm” in Duden online