Glossary

Arma Reforger Map Markers

The Place Military Marker dialog on the map screen: its fields and buttons, and every unit type in its Type dropdown. Pick a screen, then tap a button to hear the line.

Reference: Wikipedia: NATO Joint Military Symbology

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Place Military Marker Dialog

Dialog Fields & Buttons

Установи́те вое́нную ме́тку

Place a military marker (the dialog's title)

Установи́те · Вы-imperative of установи́ть (pf., "to set up, to place, to install").
ACC ме́тку · Dictionary ме́тка (fem., "mark, marker, tag");
Direct object of установи́те, accusative singular.
ACC вое́нную ("military") · Agrees with ме́тку, accusative feminine singular.
The polite вы-imperative is the normal register for instructions in Russian software, even when the program is addressing one player. Ме́тка is the everyday word for a map pin, and the game uses it for its other marker kinds too, such as Пользова́тельская ме́тка (Custom Marker).

Фра́кция: НЕЗАВИ́СИМЫЕ

Faction: Independent

NOM Фра́кция · Dictionary фра́кция (fem., "faction");
Field label, nominative.
NOM незави́симые ("independent") · A plural adjective used as a noun, nominative plural;
The noun it describes is left unsaid, and the game's field manual pairs it with подразделе́ния, "units".
The four icons on the right of this row switch the faction. The game's other options are BLUFOR and OPFOR, NATO shorthand for friendly and enemy forces that the Russian version keeps in Latin letters, and Неизве́стно (Unknown). The game prints the selected value in capitals.

Катего́рия: Сухопу́тные

Category: Land

NOM Катего́рия · Dictionary катего́рия (fem., "category");
Field label, nominative.
NOM Сухопу́тные ("land, ground") · A plural adjective used as a noun, nominative plural;
The same word as in сухопу́тные войска́, "ground forces".
Сухопу́тный comes from сухо́й путь, a "dry route", meaning travel over land rather than by water. The other two categories are Возду́шные (Air) and Сооруже́ние (Installation).

Тип 1

Type 1 (the unit type, whose dropdown is on the Unit Types tab)

NOM Тип · Dictionary тип (masc., "type");
Field label, nominative. One syllable, so no stress mark.
Тип 1 picks the main symbol for the marker, from the list taught on the Unit Types tab. Тип 2 is a second, optional type field underneath it.

Тип 2

Type 2 (a second, optional type field)

Текст

Text (an optional label typed onto the marker)

Временна́я ме́тка

Timestamp

NOM ме́тка · Dictionary ме́тка (fem., "mark, tag");
Head noun, nominative.
NOM Временна́я ("relating to time") · Agrees with ме́тка, nominative feminine singular.
Watch the stress. Временна́я, stressed on the ending, means "relating to time", and временна́я ме́тка is the standard Russian term for a timestamp. Вре́менная, stressed on the first syllable, means "temporary", so вре́менная ме́тка would be a temporary marker. The spelling is identical, and the game's English label, Timestamp, is what settles it.

Отмени́ть

Cancel (the Esc button at the bottom left, partly behind the location subtitle)

Отмени́ть · Infinitive (pf., "to cancel, to call off"), used as a button label.
The dialog on the Squads page labels the same button with the noun Отме́на, "cancellation". Russian software uses both forms for this button.

Размести́ть

Place (the Enter button at the bottom right, partly behind the location subtitle)

Размести́ть · Infinitive (pf., "to place, to position"), used as a button label.
The game also has Размести́ть то́лько для игрока́, "Place for this player only", which its English calls Place Private: a marker only you can see.

Type Dropdown: Infantry to Mortar

Unit Types

Пехо́та

Infantry

NOM Пехо́та · Dictionary пехо́та (fem., "infantry");
A collective singular noun, nominative, naming the whole arm of service.
It shares its root with пешко́м, "on foot": infantry are the troops who go on foot. The Callouts & Routes page uses it in the accusative, in Загружа́ю пехо́ту.

Мотопехо́та

Motorized infantry (the game's English says Motorized)

NOM Мотопехо́та · Dictionary мотопехо́та (fem., "motorized infantry");
Nominative singular, a compound noun.
A contraction of моторизо́ванная пехо́та, infantry moved by truck, and the game's map symbols spell out that full phrase elsewhere. Russian military vocabulary builds many words this way. Unlike a shortening with a full stop, it is a complete dictionary word and is read exactly as written.

Брониро́ванные

Armored (the game's English says Armor)

NOM Брониро́ванные ("armored") · A plural adjective used as a noun, nominative plural;
From брониро́ванный, the past passive participle of бронирова́ть, "to armor".
Most of the options in this list are plural adjectives with no noun after them. The noun is understood, подразделе́ния or войска́ ("units", "troops"), so each one reads as "the armored ones". A plural adjective has one ending for all three genders, so nothing about the missing noun has to be guessed.
Watch the stress here too. Брони́ровать, stressed on the ни, is a different verb meaning "to reserve, to book", so брони́рованный means "reserved". Both come from броня́, which means armor in one sense and a reservation in the other.

Противота́нковые

Anti-tank (the game's English says Anti-armor)

NOM Противота́нковые ("anti-tank") · A plural adjective used as a noun, nominative plural;
Built from про́тив, "against", and танк, "tank".
The Squads page teaches the neuter singular Противота́нковое as a squad role, agreeing with отделе́ние, "squad". The Russian names the tank where the game's English says armor.

Миномёт

Mortar

NOM Миномёт · Dictionary миномёт (masc., "mortar");
Nominative singular. A noun rather than an adjective, like Самолёт and Пулемёт further down the list.
From ми́на, "mine, mortar bomb", and мета́ть, "to throw", so a mortar is literally a mine-thrower. The game prints Миномет without the ё, and the audio says -мёт, as the word is actually pronounced. The Squads page teaches the adjective миномётное.

Type Dropdown: Artillery to Supply

Unit Types

Артилле́рия

Artillery

NOM Артилле́рия · Dictionary артилле́рия (fem., "artillery");
A collective singular noun, nominative. Spelled with a double л, like the English word.

Самолёт

Aircraft (the game's English says Fixed Wing)

NOM Самолёт · Dictionary самолёт (masc., "aeroplane");
Nominative singular.
From сам, "self", and лёт, "flight". It is the everyday word for a plane, and here it stands for fixed-wing aircraft as a class. The game prints Самолет without the ё.

Винтокры́лые

Rotary-wing (the game's English says Rotary Wing)

NOM Винтокры́лые ("rotary-winged") · A plural adjective used as a noun, nominative plural;
From винт, "screw, rotor", and крыло́, "wing".
A technical term. The game's own field manual says helicopters are also known as винтокры́лые лета́тельные аппара́ты, "rotary-wing flying machines", while вертолёт stays the everyday word.

Разве́дка

Reconnaissance (the game's English says Recon)

NOM Разве́дка · Dictionary разве́дка (fem., "reconnaissance, intelligence");
Nominative singular.
From разве́дать, "to find out by scouting". The same word covers battlefield scouting and an intelligence service. It is also on the Arma Vocabulary page, with its full declension.

Снабже́ние

Supply

NOM Снабже́ние · Dictionary снабже́ние (neut., "supply, provisioning");
Nominative singular, a verbal noun from снабжа́ть, "to supply".
The Build: Structures page uses it in the genitive, in Склад снабже́ния, "supply depot".

Type Dropdown: Maintenance to Sniper

Unit Types

Техобслу́живание

Maintenance

NOM Техобслу́живание · Dictionary техобслу́живание (neut., "maintenance, servicing");
Nominative singular.
A contraction of техни́ческое обслу́живание, "technical servicing", written as one word. Like мотопехо́та it is a full dictionary word, not a shortening, so it is read exactly as written. The Build: Structures page uses its genitive, техобслу́живания.

Медици́нские

Medical

NOM Медици́нские ("medical") · A plural adjective used as a noun, nominative plural;
From медици́на, "medicine".
The Squads page teaches the neuter singular Медици́нское as a squad role.

Гранатомётные

Grenade launcher units (the game's English says Grenade)

NOM Гранатомётные ("grenade-launcher") · A plural adjective used as a noun, nominative plural;
From гранатомёт, "grenade launcher", itself грана́та, "grenade", plus мета́ть, "to throw".
The game prints Гранатометные without the ё.

Пулемёт

Machine gun

NOM Пулемёт · Dictionary пулемёт (masc., "machine gun");
Nominative singular.
From пу́ля, "bullet", and мета́ть, "to throw", with the same -мёт as миномёт. The game prints Пулемет without the ё.

Сна́йпер

Sniper

NOM Сна́йпер · Dictionary сна́йпер (masc., "sniper");
Nominative singular, borrowed from English.

Type Dropdown: Light to Airborne

The Тип 1 dropdown scrolled further, listing Снайпер, Легкие, Мобильный командный пункт, Ретранслятор (highlighted), Возрождение and Воздушные.

Unit Types

Лёгкие

Light

NOM Лёгкие ("light") · A plural adjective used as a noun, nominative plural;
Dictionary лёгкий, "light, easy".
The г before к is pronounced х, so it sounds like лёхкие. The game prints Легкие without the ё. As a noun, the same word means "lungs".

Моби́льный кома́ндный пункт

Mobile command post (the game's English says Mobile Command Unit)

NOM пункт · Dictionary пункт (masc., "point, post, station");
Head noun, nominative singular. One syllable, so no stress mark.
NOM кома́ндный ("command") · Agrees with пункт, nominative masculine singular.
NOM Моби́льный ("mobile") · Agrees with пункт, nominative masculine singular.
In the game this is the post deployed from a command truck, which lets your side respawn near it and extends your radio range. The game's own verbs for it are разверну́ть, "to deploy", and сверну́ть, "to pack up".

Ретрансля́тор

Radio relay (the game's English says Relay)

NOM Ретрансля́тор · Dictionary ретрансля́тор (masc., "relay, repeater");
Nominative singular.
From ре-, "re-", and трансли́ровать, "to broadcast". In the game it is a large signal tower that extends the radio network. The field manual notes that relays are not bases and give no respawn points.

Возрожде́ние

Respawn

NOM Возрожде́ние · Dictionary возрожде́ние (neut., "rebirth, revival");
Nominative singular.
The Menu References page teaches it as the respawn screen's title, and here it marks a respawn point on the map. Outside games it means a revival, and э́поха Возрожде́ния is the Russian name for the Renaissance.

Возду́шные

Airborne

NOM Возду́шные ("air, airborne") · A plural adjective used as a noun, nominative plural;
From во́здух, "air".
In this list it means airborne troops, and the game's English says Airborne. The same word is also one of the three Катего́рия options, where its English is Air. Russia's airborne forces are more fully возду́шно-деса́нтные войска́, known by their initials as the ВДВ.

Type Dropdown: Amphibious to Combined Arms

Unit Types

Амфи́бия

Amphibious

NOM Амфи́бия · Dictionary амфи́бия (fem., "amphibian; amphibious vehicle");
Nominative singular. A noun, where the game's English uses an adjective.

Сигна́льные

Signal

NOM Сигна́льные ("signal") · A plural adjective used as a noun, nominative plural;
From сигна́л, "signal".
Elsewhere in the game the same adjective appears in сигна́льные раке́ты, "signal flares". The arm of the Russian military that runs communications is more usually called войска́ свя́зи.

Общевойсковы́е

Combined arms (the game's English says Combined)

NOM Общевойсковы́е ("combined-arms") · A plural adjective used as a noun, nominative plural;
From о́бщий, "general, common", and войска́, "troops".
Общевойсково́й describes a force built from several arms working together, as in общевойскова́я а́рмия, "a combined-arms army". It is the last option in the list.