argat
Albanian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ارغاد (ırgat), itself from Ancient Greek ἐργάτης (ergátēs).
Noun
argat m
- manual laborer
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- argatu
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ارغاد (ırgat), from Ancient Greek ἐργάτης (ergátēs).
Noun
argat m (plural argats, feminine equivalent argatã)
Synonyms
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- arget
- arggat
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *argantom (“silver”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm (“silver”, literally “that which is shining”), from the root *h₂erǵ- (“to shine”). Cognate with Latin argentum and Old Armenian արծաթ (arcatʻ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈarɡad/
Noun
argat n (genitive argait, no plural)
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | argatN | — | — |
| vocative | argatN | — | — |
| accusative | argatN | — | — |
| genitive | argaitL | — | — |
| dative | argutL | — | — |
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
- airgdide
Descendants
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| argat (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
argat | n-argat |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ارغاد (ırğat), itself from Ancient Greek ἐργάτης (ergátēs).
Noun
argat m (plural argați, feminine equivalent argată)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | argat | argatul | argați | argații | |
| genitive-dative | argat | argatului | argați | argaților | |
| vocative | argatule | argaților | |||
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ارغاد (ırgat), from Ancient Greek ἐργάτης (ergátēs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǎrɡat/
- Hyphenation: ar‧gat
Noun
àrgat m anim (Cyrillic spelling а̀ргат)