"argal" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈɑːɹɡəl/
Etymology: A corruption of the Latin ergō (“therefore, thus”) by William Shakespeare for The Gravedigger in his famous play, Hamlet. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|ergō||therefore, thus}} Latin ergō (“therefore, thus”) Head templates: {{head|en|adverb}} argal
  1. thus, therefore
    Sense id: en-argal-en-adv-5h3E63Ik Categories (other): English undefined derivations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɑːɹɡəl/ Forms: argals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} argal (usually uncountable, plural argals)
  1. crude tartar. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-argal-en-noun-Fa3qF0mW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɑːɹɡəl/ Forms: argals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} argal (plural argals)
  1. An argali (species of sheep, ammon ovis from the subfamily caprinae from family bovidae).
    Sense id: en-argal-en-noun-4460bhOo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 19 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 10 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 6 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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