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árklas m ‎(plural arklaĩ) stress pattern 3

(agriculture, historical) ard plough (simple plough consisting of a spike dragged through the soil.)

declension of arklas

↑ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ISBN 978 90 04 27898 1, page 60

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *árˀtla; compare Latvian ar̂kls, Proto-Slavic *òrdlo. From Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rh₃-tlom ‎(“plough”), from *h₂erh₃- ‎(“to plough”). The word is equivalent to arti ‎(“plough”) +‎ -klas; see for more. Cognates include Old Armenian արաւր ‎(arawr), Old Norse arðr, Ancient Greek ἄροτρον ‎(árotron). The Greek and Armenian terms may reflect the zero-grade, in which case the Proto-Balto-Slavic full-grade may be analogical after *arˀ- ‎(“to plough”); compare ìrklas ‎(“oar”).^[1]