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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/argaz

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-, *h₃erǵʰ- (“to copulate”). Cognate with Lithuanian aržùs, Russian ёрзать (jórzatʹ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑr.ɣɑz/

Adjective

*argaz[1]

  1. unmanly, effeminate, indecent
  2. cowardly, dishonorable, unworthy

Inflection
Declension of *argaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural
Nominative *argaz *argai *argō *argôz *argą, -atō *argō
Accusative *arganǭ *arganz *argǭ *argōz *argą, -atō *argō
Genitive *argas, -is *argaizǫ̂ *argaizōz *argaizǫ̂ *argas, -is *argaizǫ̂
Dative *argammai *argaimaz *argaizōi *argaimaz *argammai *argaimaz
Instrumental *arganō *argaimiz *argaizō *argaimiz *arganō *argaimiz
Weak declension
Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural
Nominative *argô *arganiz *argǭ *argōniz *argô *argōnō
Accusative *arganų *arganunz *argōnų *argōnunz *argô *argōnō
Genitive *arginiz *arganǫ̂ *argōniz *argōnǫ̂ *arginiz *arganǫ̂
Dative *argini *argammaz *argōni *argōmaz *argini *argammaz
Instrumental *arginē *argammiz *argōnē *argōmiz *arginē *argammiz


Derived terms

Descendants

References
  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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