argat

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

argat m

manual laborer

Aromanian edit

Alternative forms edit

argatu

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

argat m (plural argats, feminine equivalent argatã)

worker, daily worker, laborer

Synonyms edit

lucrãtor

Old Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

arget
arggat

Etymology edit

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 edit

IPA^(key): /ˈarɡad/

Noun edit

argat n (genitive argait, no plural)

money
silver

Inflection edit

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 edit

airgdide

Descendants edit

Irish: airgead
Manx: argid
Scottish Gaelic: airgead

Mutation edit

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 edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ارغاد (ırğat), itself from Ancient Greek ἐργάτης (ergátēs).

Noun edit

argat m (plural argați)

ploughboy

Declension edit

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 edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

àrgat m (Cyrillic spelling а̀ргат)

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

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