arma

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

Aragonese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾma/
• Rhymes: -aɾma
• Syllabification: ar‧ma

Noun

arma f (plural armas)

1. 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”).

Noun

arma f (plural armes)

1. weapon

Derived terms

• arma blanca
• arma de fueu

Related terms

• armar

Basque

Etymology

Compare Spanish arma.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

arma inan

1. weapon

Declension

Declension of arma (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	arma	arma	armak
ergative	armak	armak	armek
dative	armari	armari	armei
genitive	armaren	armaren	armen
comitative	armarekin	armarekin	armekin
causative	armarengatik	armarengatik	armengatik
benefactive	armarentzat	armarentzat	armentzat
instrumental	armaz	armaz	armez
inessive	armatan	arman	armetan
locative	armatako	armako	armetako
allative	armatara	armara	armetara
terminative	armataraino	armaraino	armetaraino
directive	armatarantz	armarantz	armetarantz
destinative	armatarako	armarako	armetarako
ablative	armatatik	armatik	armetatik
partitive	armarik	—	—
prolative	armatzat	—	—

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈar.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈaɾ.ma]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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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)

1. weapon

Derived terms

• arma blanca
• arma de foc
• cota d'armes

 

Related terms

• armada
• armadura
• armar
• armer

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

arma

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

Further reading

• “arma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “arma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “arma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “arma” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.ma/

• Audio:

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Verb

arma

1. third-person singular past historic of armer

Anagrams

• rama

Fula

Particle

arma

1. (Literary) forms the future tense

References

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

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɾmɐ]

Noun

arma f (plural armas)

1. weapon, arm

Derived terms

• arma branca
• arma de fogo

Related terms

• armada
• armadura
• armar

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “arma”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “arma”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• 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/

Noun

arma f (plural armi)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of alma (“weapon”)

Gothic

Romanization

arma

1. Romanization of 𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌰

Icelandic

Noun

arma

1. indefinite accusative plural of armur
2. indefinite genitive plural of armur

Interlingua

Noun

arma (plural armas)

1. weapon, arm

Related terms

• armea

Irish

Noun

arma

1. inflection of arm:
   1. vocative plural
   2. (archaic) nominative plural

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
arma	n-arma	harma	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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)

1. weapon, arms
2. (military) arm, force

Derived terms

• arma bianca
• arma da fuoco
• armaiolo
• armeggiare
• armeria
• armiere
• porto d'armi

 

Related terms

• armacollo
• armadio
• armamentario
• armamento
• armare
• armata
• armatore
• armatura
• armigero
• armistizio

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

arma

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

Anagrams

• amar, marà, rama

Latin

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”).

Semantic development was "that what is fitted together" → "tools" → "weapons". Also related to ars, artus, rītus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ma/, [ˈärmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ma/, [ˈärmä]

Noun

arma n pl (genitive armōrum); second declension

(plural only)

1. arms, weapons of war, weaponry, instruments (implements of warfare)

   Hypernym: tēla (“offensive weapons”)

   • 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, Ovid, 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

2. (metonymically) military action, war (arms as instruments of policy)
3. (abstract or concrete) warfare, battle (military exploits)
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 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.)

4. (metonymically) troops, military forces, the army
5. weapons as means of defence
6. (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

• armāmenta
• armārium
• armiductor
• armifer
• armiger
• armilausa
• armipotēns
• armisonus
• armō
• coarmiō
• inermis

 

Etymology 2

Nominative plural → feminine singular transfer common during the period.

Noun

arma f (genitive armae); first declension

1. (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

Descendants

• Dalmatian: jarma
• Eastern Romance:
  • Aromanian: armã
  • Istro-Romanian: årmĕ
  • Romanian: armă
• Extremaduran: arma
• Italian: arma
• 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
  • Romansch: arma
• Sardinian: àrma
• Sicilian: arma
  • → Maltese: arma
• Venetan: arma
• → Albanian: armë
• → Proto-Brythonic: *arβ̃
  • Middle Welsh: arf, aryf
    • Welsh: arf
• → Old Irish: arm
  • Irish: arm
  • Scottish Gaelic: arm

References

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 54
• “arma” on page 187 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

Further reading

• "arma", in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• arma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.ma/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian arma.

Noun

arma f (plural armi)

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

Etymology 2

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of rama

Conjugation

Conjugation of arma
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	armajt	armajt	arma		armajna	armajtu	armaw
	f			armat
imperfect	m	narma	tarma	jarma		narmaw	tarmaw	jarmaw
	f			tarma
imperative			arma				armaw

Interjection

arma

1. A command to speed up

Related terms

• armament
• armar
• armata
• armatur
• armatura
• armerija
• armier
• rama

 

Occitan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

arma f (plural armas)

1. weapon

Related terms

• armada
• armadura
• armar

 

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)

1. weapon; arm

Related terms

• armado
• armadura
• armar

 

Descendants

• Fala: arma
• Galician: arma
• Portuguese: arma

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "arma"

Old Norse

Etymology

From armr.

Noun

arma f (genitive ǫrmu, plural ǫrmur)

1. pity

Declension

  Declension of arma (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	arma	arman	ǫrmur	ǫrmurnar
accusative	ǫrmu	ǫrmuna	ǫrmur	ǫrmurnar
dative	ǫrmu	ǫrmunni	ǫrmum	ǫrmunum
genitive	ǫrmu	ǫrmunnar	armna	armnanna

References

• “arma”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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)

1. weapon

Related terms

• armar
• armat

Descendants

• Occitan: arma

References

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaʁ.mɐ/ [ˈaɦ.mɐ]

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.mɐ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ah.mɐ/, /ah.ma/

• Audio (São Paulo):

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• 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)

1. weapon

   Synonym: armamento

Derived terms

• arma automática
• arma biológica
• arma branca
• arma de fogo
• arma nuclear
• arma química
• arma semiautomática
• mostrar as armas

 

Related terms

• armação
• armada
• armadilha
• armadilha
• armado
• armador
• armamentário
• armamentismo
• armamentista
• armamento
• armar
• armaria
• armeiro

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

arma

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

Further reading

• “arma”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “arma”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Quechua

Noun

arma

1. basin, sink, bathtub
2. 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

See also

• armay

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin armāre, French armer, or Italian armare.

Verb

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

1. to prepare a weapon for firing
2. to arm, equip

   Synonyms: înarma, întrarma

3. (figuratively) to strengthen by adding reinforcement (e.g. armor, a mineshaft, etc.)

Conjugation

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

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

Related terms

• armadă
• armare
• armată
• armă
• armătură

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French armer.

Verb

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

1. to launch a ship in service with all necessary equipment

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

arma

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of armă

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾma/ [ˈaɾ.ma]

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• 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)

1. weapon, arm

   El arma secreta ― the secret weapon

   Las armas secretas ― the secret weapons

Usage notes

• Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like arma take the singular definite article 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.

These nouns also usually take the indefinite article un that is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine form una is also permitted): 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.) must be used: la mejor arma, una buena arma.

• If an adjective follows the noun, it must agree with the noun's gender regardless of the article used: el arma única, un(a) arma buena.
• In the plural, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (las, unas etc.) are always used.

Derived terms

• a las armas
• al arma
• antiarma
• arma biológica
• arma blanca
• arma de destrucción masiva
• arma de doble filo
• arma de dos filos
• arma de fogueo
• arma de fuego
• arma de percusión
• arma homicida
• arma nuclear
• arma química
• armería
• armero
• con las armas en la mano
• de armas tomar
• dejar las armas
• descansar armas
• descansar las armas
• descansar sobre las armas
• en armas
• entregar las armas
• escudo de armas
• fiesta de armas
• hacha de armas
• hecho de armas
• hombre de armas
• maestro de armas
• medir las armas
• paje de armas
• plaza de armas
• ponerse en arma
• probar las armas
• rendir las armas
• rey de armas
• sobre las armas
• suspensión de armas
• tomar armas
• tomar las armas
• trance de armas
• ujier de armas
• velar las armas

 

Related terms

• alarma
• armada
• armadura
• armar
• armario
• armiguero

 

Descendants

• → Basque: arma

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

arma

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

Further reading

• “arma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Anagrams

• amar, rama

Swedish

Adjective

arma

1. inflection of arm:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Anagrams

• aram., mara, rama

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آرما, آرمه (arma), from Italian arma.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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Noun

arma (definite accusative armayı, plural armalar)

1. coat of arms

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	arma
Definite accusative	armayı
	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