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

Further reading
  • "Ilargia" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
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