arg

See also: Arg, ARG, and Arg.

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

arg (plural args)

  1. (programming, informal) An argument; a value passed as a parameter.
    The first arg needs to be an int.

Anagrams

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Arbëreshë; from Proto-Albanian *arga, from Proto-Indo-European *Horgʰi (compare Armenian ոջիլ (oǰil)).

Noun

arg m

  1. (Arbëreshë) nit

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *argaz. Compare German arg. Cognate to Finnish arka.

Adjective

arg (genitive ara, partitive arga, comparative arem, superlative kõige arem)

  1. cowardly, shy

Declension

German

Etymology

From Old High German arg.

Adjective

arg (comparative ärger, superlative am ärgsten)

  1. bad
  1. im Argen liegen ― to be in disorder

Usage notes

Capitalized Arg- with any ending other than -s is in fact the (nominalized) adjective arg, not the noun Arg.


Declension

Comparative forms of arg
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist ärger sie ist ärger es ist ärger sie sind ärger
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative ärgerer ärgere ärgeres ärgere
genitive ärgeren ärgerer ärgeren ärgerer
dative ärgerem ärgerer ärgerem ärgeren
accusative ärgeren ärgere ärgeres ärgere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der ärgere die ärgere das ärgere die ärgeren
genitive des ärgeren der ärgeren des ärgeren der ärgeren
dative dem ärgeren der ärgeren dem ärgeren den ärgeren
accusative den ärgeren die ärgere das ärgere die ärgeren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein ärgerer eine ärgere ein ärgeres (keine) ärgeren
genitive eines ärgeren einer ärgeren eines ärgeren (keiner) ärgeren
dative einem ärgeren einer ärgeren einem ärgeren (keinen) ärgeren
accusative einen ärgeren eine ärgere ein ärgeres (keine) ärgeren

Further reading

  • arg in Duden online

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish orcaid.

Verb

arg (present analytic argann, future analytic argfaidh, verbal noun argain, past participle argtha)

  1. (transitive) destroy, plunder

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
arg n-arg harg not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "arg" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “oirgid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Middle English

Adjective

arg

  1. Alternative form of argh

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *argaz, whence also Old English earg, Old Norse argr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /arɣ/, /arɡ/

Adjective

arg

  1. bad, wicked, godless

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish argher, from Old Norse argr, from Proto-Germanic *argaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃orǵʰ-, *h₃erǵʰ- (“to copulate”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /arj/
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

arg (comparative argare, superlative argast)

  1. angry
    Elin blev mycket arg när hennes hund kissade i köket.
    Elin was very angry when her dog peed in the kitchen.

Declension

Inflection of arg
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular arg argare argast
Neuter singular argt argare argast
Plural arga argare argast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 arge argare argaste
All arga argare argaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Synonyms

Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish arka.

Adjective

arg

  1. shy
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