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

Derived terms

References

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

Further reading

  • “armë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “armë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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