Ilargia

See also: ilargia

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *(h)iLe (moon, month) +‎ argi (light).[1] The analysis as hil (dead) +‎ argi (light), literally light of the dead is a folk etymology.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ilarɡia/ [i.lar.ɣ̞i.a]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /iʎarɡia/ [i.ʎar.ɣ̞i.a]
  • Rhymes: -ia, -a
  • Hyphenation: I‧lar‧gi‧a

Proper noun

Ilargia inan

  1. the Moon

Declension

Declension of Ilargia (inanimate with article, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular
absolutive Ilargi Ilargia
ergative Ilargiak
dative Ilargiari
genitive Ilargiaren
comitative Ilargiarekin
causative Ilargiarengatik
benefactive Ilargiarentzat
instrumental Ilargiaz
inessive Ilargian
locative Ilargiko
allative Ilargira
terminative Ilargiraino
directive Ilargirantz
destinative Ilargirako
ablative Ilargitik
partitive Ilargirik
prolative Ilargitzat
  • ilargi (moon, satellite)

References

  1. ^ R. L. Trask (2008) “*iLe”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 223

Further reading

  • Ilargia”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]