From Ottoman Turkish ارغاد (ırgat), itself from Ancient Greek ἐργάτης (ergátēs).
argat m
From Ottoman Turkish ارغاد (ırgat), from Ancient Greek ἐργάτης (ergátēs).
argat m (plural argats, feminine equivalent argatã)
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).
argat n (genitive argait, no plural)
| Neuter o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | argatN | — | — |
| Vocative | argatN | — | — |
| Accusative | argatN | — | — |
| Genitive | argaitL | — | — |
| Dative | argutL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
| |||
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| argat (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-argat |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ارغاد (ırğat), itself from Ancient Greek ἐργάτης (ergátēs).
argat m (plural argați)
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | argat | argatul | argați | argații | |
| genitive-dative | argat | argatului | argați | argaților | |
| vocative | argatule | argaților | |||
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ارغاد (ırgat), from Ancient Greek ἐργάτης (ergátēs).
àrgat m (Cyrillic spelling а̀ргат)