ilargi

See also: Ilargi

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

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• 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”)

 

Further reading

• “ilargi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “ilargi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005