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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

Etymology

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

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