ilargi
Appearance
See also: Ilargi
Basque
[edit]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]Audio: (file)
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ilarɡi/ [i.lar.ɣ̞i]
- IPA(key): (Southern) /iʎarɡi/ [i.ʎar.ɣ̞i]
- Rhymes: -arɡi, -i
- Hyphenation: i‧lar‧gi
Noun
[edit]ilargi inan
Declension
[edit]indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | ilargi | ilargia | ilargiak |
ergative | ilargik | ilargiak | ilargiek |
dative | ilargiri | ilargiari | ilargiei |
genitive | ilargiren | ilargiaren | ilargien |
comitative | ilargirekin | ilargiarekin | ilargiekin |
causative | ilargirengatik | ilargiarengatik | ilargiengatik |
benefactive | ilargirentzat | ilargiarentzat | ilargientzat |
instrumental | ilargiz | ilargiaz | ilargiez |
inessive | ilargitan | ilargian | ilargietan |
locative | ilargitako | ilargiko | ilargietako |
allative | ilargitara | ilargira | ilargietara |
terminative | ilargitaraino | ilargiraino | ilargietaraino |
directive | ilargitarantz | ilargirantz | ilargietarantz |
destinative | ilargitarako | ilargirako | ilargietarako |
ablative | ilargitatik | ilargitik | ilargietatik |
partitive | ilargirik | — | — |
prolative | ilargitzat | — | — |
Derived terms
[edit]- ilargi berri (“new moon”)
- ilargi bete (“full moon”)
- ilargi zahar (“full moon”)
- ilargi zuri (“moonlight”)
- ilargi-aldarte (“transient mood”)
- ilargi-arrain (“moonfish”)
- ilargi-eklipse (“lunar eclipse”)
- ilargi-erdi (“crescent”)
- ilargi-eri (“lunatic”)
- ilargi-hilabete (“lunar month”)
- ilargi-jo (“lunatic”)
- ilargi-urte (“lunar year”)
- ilargialde (“lunar month”)
- ilargian egon (“to have one's head in the clouds”)
- ilargierdi (“half-moon”)
- ilargiratu (“to land on the Moon”)
- ilargiratze (“landing on the Moon”)
- ilargitar (“Selenite”)
- ilargite (“moonlight”)
References
[edit]- ^ “*iLe” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading
[edit]- “ilargi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “ilargi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005