armë

See also: arme, Arme, and armé

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin arma (“weapon”). A later loan from Italian arma (“weapon”) is also plausible.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aːɾm/

Noun

armë f (plural armë, definite arma, definite plural armët)

  1. weapon
    • 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari:
      I shpie udhësë gjithë armëtë e tī.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. gun
    Synonym: pistoletë
  3. combat arms
  4. (figurative) tool
    Synonym: mjet
  5. army

Declension
Declension of armë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative armë armë arma armët
accusative armën
dative arme armëve armës armëvet
ablative armësh

Derived terms

References
  1. Topalli, K. (2017) “armë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 121
  2. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “armë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 9
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