argat

Albanian

Etymology

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

Noun

argat m

1. manual laborer

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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

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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)

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

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.

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Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

argat m (plural argați)

1. ploughboy

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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