earm
Old English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æɑ̯rm/, [æɑ̯rˠm]
Etymology 1
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) (Russian рамо (ramo, “shoulder”)), Latin armus.
Declension
Declension of earm (strong a-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | earm | earmas |
| accusative | earm | earmas |
| genitive | earmes | earma |
| dative | earme | earmum |
Etymology 2
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).
Declension
Declension of earm — Strong
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, -e | earm |
| Accusative | earme | earma, -e | earm |
| Genitive | earmra | earmra | earmra |
| Dative | earmum | earmum | earmum |
| Instrumental | earmum | earmum | earmum |
Declension of earm — Weak
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | earma | earme | earme |
| Accusative | earman | earman | earme |
| Genitive | earman | earman | earman |
| Dative | earman | earman | earman |
| Instrumental | earman | earman | earman |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | earman | earman | earman |
| Accusative | earman | earman | earman |
| Genitive | earmra, earmena | earmra, earmena | earmra, earmena |
| Dative | earmum | earmum | earmum |
| Instrumental | earmum | earmum | earmum |
Derived terms
West Frisian
Derived terms
Further reading
- “earm (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Inflection
| Inflection of earm | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- “earm (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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