армия

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See also: армія and армија

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Noun

а́рмия (ármijaf (relational adjective арме́йски)

  1. army (large, highly organised military force concerned mainly with ground operations)
  2. army, armed forces (the complete military organization of a nation for land warfare)
    Synonym: въоръжени сили (vǎorǎženi sili)
  3. army (a large group of people or animals working toward the same purpose)
  4. multitude, army, host, crowd, mass
    Synonyms: множество (množestvo), тълпа (tǎlpa), маса (masa)

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic ارميا
Cyrillic армия
Latin armia

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian а́рмия (ármija), from French armée (army; armed forces) or via German Armee (army).

Noun

армия (armiä)

  1. army, armed forces (the complete military organization of a nation, including land, sea and air forces)
  2. army (specifically the land-based forces of a nation's military)
  3. army, field army (a large military formation subdivided into several corps, divisions, or brigades)

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Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier армѣя (arměja)/армея (armeja), directly from French armée (army; armed forces) or via German Armee (army).

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Noun

а́рмия (ármijaf inan (genitive а́рмии, nominative plural а́рмии, genitive plural а́рмий, relational adjective арме́йский)

  1. army, armed forces (the complete military organization of a nation, including land, sea and air forces)
  2. army (specifically the land-based forces of a nation's military)
  3. army, field army (a large military formation subdivided into several corps, divisions, or brigades)

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “армия”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “армия”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 52