earm
Old English
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *arm, 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) (Bulgarian ра́мо (rámo, “shoulder”)), Latin armus.
Noun
[edit]earm m
Declension
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]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).
Adjective
[edit]earm
- poor, miserable
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
- Ðonne sorg ond slǣp · somod ætgædre
earmne ānhogan · oft ġebindað,- Then sorrow and sleep together at once
oft bind the poor loner,
- Then sorrow and sleep together at once
Declension
[edit]Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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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, earme | earm |
Accusative | earme | earma, earme | earm |
Genitive | earmra | earmra | earmra |
Dative | earmum | earmum | earmum |
Instrumental | earmum | earmum | earmum |
Derived terms
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Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Frisian erm, from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ermos, *h₂ŕ̥mos.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]earm c (plural earms or earmen, diminutive earmke)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “earm (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2
[edit]From Old Frisian *arm, erm, from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erm.
Adjective
[edit]earm
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of earm | ||||
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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
[edit]- “earm (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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