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armă
weapon /ˈar.mə/
noun#233 most common
Also: firearm, gun
Example sentences
Polițistul are o armă.
The policeman has a weapon.
Soldatul curăță arma în fiecare seară.
The soldier cleans his weapon every evening.
Armele au fost confiscate de poliție.
The weapons were confiscated by the police.
Comerțul ilegal cu arme este pedepsit aspru de lege.
Illegal arms trafficking is severely punished by law.
Tratatul internațional interzice folosirea armelor chimice în conflicte armate.
The international treaty bans the use of chemical weapons in armed conflicts.
Diplomația a reușit să dezamorseze criza înainte ca vreo armă să fie folosită, deși tensiunile militare rămâneau ridicate.
Diplomacy managed to defuse the crisis before any weapon was used, though military tensions remained high.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | arma | armele |
| Genitive | armei | armelor |
| Accusative | arma | armele |
| Vocative | armo | armelor |
Word family
înarmato arm, to equip with weapons
dezarmato disarm
armatăarmyarmamentarmament, weaponry
înarmarethe act of arming
Etymology
Romanian armă comes from Latin arma, armorum, a neuter plural noun meaning tools of war or weapons. Romance languages reshaped this plural into a feminine singular noun, which is why French has arme and Italian has arma. The Latin word itself goes back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning to fit or join together, the same root behind English arm.
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