harm

harm

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English

Alternative forms

  • harme (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English harm, herm, from Old English hearm, from Proto-West Germanic *harm, from Proto-Germanic *harmaz (harm; shame; pain). Cognate with Dutch harm (harm), German Harm (harm), Swedish harm (anger, indignation, harm), Icelandic harmur (sorrow, grief).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɑːm/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /hɑɹm/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)m

Noun

harm (countable and uncountable, plural harms)

  1. Physical injury; hurt; damage.
  2. Emotional or figurative hurt.
  3. Detriment; misfortune.
  4. That which causes injury, damage, or loss.

Usage notes

Translations

Verb

harm (third-person singular simple present harms, present participle harming, simple past and past participle harmed)

  1. To cause injury to another; to hurt; to cause damage to something.

Translations

Derived terms

Anagrams

  • Hmar, mahr

Icelandic

Noun

harm

  1. indefinite accusative singular of harmur

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaɾˠəmˠ/

Noun

harm

  1. h-prothesized form of arm

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • harem, arme, herme

Etymology

From Old English hearm, from Proto-West Germanic *harm.

Noun

harm (plural harms)

  1. harm, injury, ruination

Descendants

  • English: harm
  • Scots: herm, hairm
  • Yola: harrm

References

  • “harm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old Norse

Noun

harm

  1. accusative singular of harmr

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *harmaz.

Noun

harm m

  1. harm

Descendants

  • Middle Low German: harm, herm

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish harmber, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *harmaz. Cognate with English harm.

Noun

harm c

  1. angry indignation (at something considered unjust)
  2. (archaic) (physical or emotional) harm

Declension

References

  • harm in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • harm in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • harm in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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