argane

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish argamaint, argamint f (“argument, evidence, reason”) (compare Irish argóint, Scottish Gaelic argainn), from Old Irish argumeint, argumint, from Latin argūmentum.

Noun

argane m (genitive singular argane, plural arganeyn)

1. argument, dispute

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “argam(a)int”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language