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ilargi

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Basque

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Etymology

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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

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  • 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

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ilargi inan

  1. moon, satellite

Declension

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Declension of ilargi (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
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

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References

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  1. ^ *iLe” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading

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  • 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