ilargi

See also: Ilargi

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
  • Audio(file)
  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ilarɡi/ [i.lar.ɣ̞i]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /iʎarɡi/ [i.ʎar.ɣ̞i]
  • Rhymes: -arɡi
  • Hyphenation: i‧lar‧gi

Noun

ilargi inan

  1. moon, satellite

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

Further reading
  • "ilargi" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “ilargi” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus
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