argat

Albanian

Etymology

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

Noun

argat m

1. 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)

1. 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): /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 (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

Etymology

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

Noun

argat m (plural argați)

1. 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

Borrowed 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