Ilargia

See also: ilargia

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *(h)iLe (“moon, month”) +‎ argi (“light”). 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	—

Related terms

• ilargi (“moon, satellite”)

 

Further reading

• “Ilargia”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia