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English

Etymology

An acronym for "not a real gentleman" Someone who discusses matters of business when not working. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

narg (plural nargs)

1. (Internet) A nerd, someone with extensive knowledge of a particular technical field.
   • 1994 November 7, "purvis" (username), "Postal Tiddlywinks", in alt.games.tiddlywinks, Usenet:

     Perhaps I can be of some assistance here, as I appear to be a member of the Rules subcommittee and am therefore (and for other reasons to numerous to mention) a narg.

   • 1997, November 4, Sunday lunch, cam.misc

     I don't work in the computer industry, either, but all my friends are sad nargs who sit around talking about things like HHGTTG.

   • 1998, June 11, Unusual job for talented computer programmer, cam.misc

     ... most of my adult life going out with a succession of computer programmers, physicists, engineers, budding mathematicians and general nargs of both sexes.

   • 2001 February 2, "Vicky Larmour" (username), "Any americans reading this? - HELP!!!!", in cam.misc, Usenet:

     > Tried that myself as a kid (must be an inquisitive nargy engineering

     > thing).

     Oi! Brown! Are you calling me a narg? Oh well, fair enough I suppose :-)

Derived terms

• nargery

References

• Eric S[teven] Raymond, editor (29 December 2003) , “narg”, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7

Anagrams

• ARNG, gRNA, garn, gnar, gran, grna, rang

Translingual

Symbol

arg

1. (mathematics) The symbol for the argument function, which finds the polar angle of a complex number.

Usage notes

The symbol arg is defined in ISO 80000-2:2019 to represent the principal value of the argument function. However, arg is often used to represent the multi-valued argument function, with Arg representing the principal value specifically.

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

• GAR, Gra, RGA, Rag, gar, rag

Interjection

arg

1. (informal) Expressing frustration or disappointment.
2. Synonym of blarg (“an expression of frustration”)

Albanian

Alternative forms

• argull (Tosk), ergjëz (standard), ergjiz

Etymology

Arbëreshë; from Proto-Albanian *arga, from Proto-Indo-European *Horg?i (compare Armenian ???? (o?il)).

Noun

arg m

1. (Arbëresh) nit

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish argh, from Old Norse argr, from Proto-Germanic *argaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?or??-, *h?er??- (“to copulate”).

Adjective

arg (neuter argt, plural and definite singular attributive arge)

1. fierce, stubborn, unyielding, ardent
2. (rare) bitter, bad, angry

References

• “arg” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “arg” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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. Compare English eerie.

Pronunciation

Adjective

arg (comparative ärger, superlative am ärgsten)

1. bad

2. intense

Usage notes

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

Declension

Related terms

• Arg
• ärgern
• Arglist
• arglistig
• arglos
• Argwohn
• argwöhnen
• argwöhnisch
• verargen

Further reading

• “arg” in Duden online
• “arg” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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

References

• "arg" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “oirgid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Middle English

Adjective

arg

1. Alternative form of argh

Old High German

Alternative forms

• arc, arga

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ar?/, /ar?/

Adjective

arg

1. bad, wicked, godless

Derived terms

• arg?

Descendants

• Middle High German: arc
  • Central Franconian: ärch, arch
  • German: arg
  • Luxembourgish: uerg
  • ? Medieval Latin: arga

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 *h?or??-, *h?er??- (“to copulate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arj/

Adjective

arg (comparative argare, superlative argast)

1. angry

Declension

Synonyms

• vred
• ilsken

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *arka.

Adjective

arg

1. shy

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse argr, from Proto-Germanic *argaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?re/, /?æ?r?/, /?ær??/, /?ær?j/

  Rhymes: -ár?

Adjective

arg

1. Apt, skilful, energetic, capable.

2. Angry.

References