argat

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Albanian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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argat m

  1. manual laborer

Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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argat m (plural argats, feminine equivalent argatã)

  1. worker, daily worker, laborer

Synonyms

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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argat n (genitive argait, no plural)

  1. money
  2. silver

Inflection

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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

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Descendants

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

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
argat
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-argat
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Romanian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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argat m (plural argați)

  1. ploughboy

Declension

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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àrgat m (Cyrillic spelling а̀ргат)

  1. (historical, Ottoman empire) laborer
  2. (historical, Ottoman empire) peasant
  3. (figuratively, expressively) hard worker