earm
Old English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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
earm m
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
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).
Adjective
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
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
Descendants
West Frisian
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Etymology 1
From Old Frisian erm, from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ermos, *h₂ŕ̥mos.
Pronunciation
Noun
earm c (plural earms or earmen, diminutive earmke)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “earm (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2
From Old Frisian *arm, erm, from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erm.
Adjective
earm
Inflection
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
- “earm (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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