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 (arcatʻ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaɾ.ɣəd̪/
- (Blasse) [ˈaɾ.ɣad̪]
- (Griffith) [ˈaɾ.ɣəd̪]

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

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)

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)

(historical, Ottoman empire) laborer
(historical, Ottoman empire) peasant
(figurative, expressive) hard worker