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argat

argat

Albanian

Noun

argat m

  1. 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)

  1. worker, daily worker, laborer

Synonyms


Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • arget
  • arggat

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *argantom (silver), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- (to shine). Cognate with Latin argentum and Old Armenian արծաթ (arcatʿ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈarɡad/

Noun

argat n

  1. money
  2. silver

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Derived terms

  • airgdide

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
argat unchanged n-argat
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Romanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ارغاد (ırgat), itself from Ancient Greek ἐργάτης (ergátēs).

Noun

argat m (plural argați)

  1. ploughboy

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ارغاد (ırgat), from Ancient Greek ἐργάτης (ergátēs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǎrɡat/
  • Hyphenation: ar‧gat

Noun

àrgat m (Cyrillic spelling а̀ргат)

  1. (historical, Ottoman empire) laborer
  2. (historical, Ottoman empire) peasant
  3. (figuratively, expressively) hard worker