argain

Irish

Alternative forms

• orgain

Etymology

From Middle Irish orcan, organ, argan, from Old Irish orcun.

Noun

argain f (genitive singular argana)

1. verbal noun of arg
2. destruction, plunder

Declension

Declension of argain (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative argain vocative a argain genitive argana dative argain forms with the definite article case singular nominative an argain genitive na hargana dative leis an argain don argain

Derived terms

• dúnorgain (“manslaughter”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of argain

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
argain	n-argain	hargain	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “argain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “argain”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025