Ilargia
See also: ilargia
Basque
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Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ilarɡia/ [i.lar.ɣ̞i.a]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /iʎarɡia/ [i.ʎar.ɣ̞i.a]
- Rhymes: -ia
- Hyphenation: I‧lar‧gi‧a
Proper noun
[edit]Ilargia inan
- the Moon
Declension
[edit]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 | — |
Related terms
[edit]- ilargi (“moon, satellite”)
References
[edit]- ^ “*iLe” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading
[edit]- “Ilargia”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia