Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/argaz

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 This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃orǵʰ-o-s, from *h₃erǵʰ- (“to copulate; ardent”). Cognate with Lithuanian eržùs, aržùs (“ardent, voluptuous, stubborn”), Russian ёрзать (jórzatʹ, “to fidget”), Hittite (arkari, “to mount, cover, copulate”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

*argaz (comparative *argōzô, superlative *argōstaz)

  1. (derogatory, offensive) unmanly, effeminate, indecent
  2. (derogatory, offensive) cowardly, dishonorable, unworthy

Inflection

Declension of *argaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *argaz *argō *argą, -atō *argai *argôz *argō
accusative *arganǭ *argǭ *argą, -atō *arganz *argōz *argō
genitive *argas, -is *argaizōz *argas, -is *argaizǫ̂ *argaizǫ̂ *argaizǫ̂
dative *argammai *argaizōi *argammai *argaimaz *argaimaz *argaimaz
instrumental *arganō *argaizō *arganō *argaimiz *argaimiz *argaimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *argô *argǭ *argô *arganiz *argōniz *argōnō
accusative *arganų *argōnų *argô *arganunz *argōnunz *argōnō
genitive *arginiz *argōniz *arginiz *arganǫ̂ *argōnǫ̂ *arganǫ̂
dative *argini *argōni *argini *argammaz *argōmaz *argammaz
instrumental *arginē *argōnē *arginē *argammiz *argōmiz *argammiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*arga-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 34
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