argat

Albanian

Etymology

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

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

• lucrãtor

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): /ˈaɾ.ɣəd̪/
  • (Blasse) [ˈaɾ.ɣad̪]
  • (Griffith) [ˈaɾ.ɣəd̪]

Noun

argat n (genitive argait, no plural)

1. money
2. silver

Inflection

Neuter o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	argatN	—	—
vocative	argatN	—	—
accusative	argatN	—	—
genitive	argaitL	—	—
dative	argutL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• airgdide

Descendants

• Irish: airgead
• Manx: argid
• Scottish Gaelic: airgead

Mutation

Mutation of argat

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)

1. ploughboy

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)

1. (historical, Ottoman empire) laborer
2. (historical, Ottoman empire) peasant
3. (figurative, expressive) hard worker