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)

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 (arcatʿ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈarɡad/

Noun

argat n (genitive argait, no plural)

money
silver

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	argat^N	—	—
Vocative	argat^N	—	—
Accusative	argat^N	—	—
Genitive	argait^L	—	—
Dative	argut^L	—	—
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

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 (ırğat), itself from Ancient Greek ἐργάτης (ergátēs).

Noun

argat m (plural argați)

ploughboy

Declension

Declension of argat

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) argat	argatul	(niște) argați	argații
genitive/dative	(unui) argat	argatului	(unor) argați	argaților
vocative	argatule		argaților

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)

(historical, Ottoman empire) laborer
(historical, Ottoman empire) peasant
(figuratively, expressively) hard worker

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