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
Declension
| Declension of Ilargia (inanimate with article, ending in vowel) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
| 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 | — | — |
References
- “*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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