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.
  2. (mathematics) argument function

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-Finnic *arka, from Proto-Germanic *argaz. Compare German arg.

Adjective

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

  1. cowardly, shy

Declension


German

Etymology

From Old High German arg, from Proto-Germanic *argaz.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

arg (comparative ärger, superlative am ärgsten)

  1. bad
    im Argen liegento be in disorder
  2. intense

Usage notes

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

Declension

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
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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


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/
  • (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

From Proto-Finnic *arka.

Adjective

arg

  1. shy
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