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, -i
• Hyphenation: i‧lar‧gi

Noun

ilargi inan

1. moon, satellite

Declension

Declension of ilargi (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	ilargi	ilargia	ilargiak	ilargiok
ergative	ilargik	ilargiak	ilargiek	ilargiok
dative	ilargiri	ilargiari	ilargiei	ilargioi
genitive	ilargiren	ilargiaren	ilargien	ilargion
comitative	ilargirekin	ilargiarekin	ilargiekin	ilargiokin
causative	ilargirengatik	ilargiarengatik	ilargiengatik	ilargiongatik
benefactive	ilargirentzat	ilargiarentzat	ilargientzat	ilargiontzat
instrumental	ilargiz	ilargiaz	ilargiez	ilargiotaz
innesive	ilargitan	ilargian	ilargietan	ilargiotan
locative	ilargitako	ilargiko	ilargietako	ilargiotako
allative	ilargitara	ilargira	ilargietara	ilargiotara
terminative	ilargitaraino	ilargiraino	ilargietaraino	ilargiotaraino
directive	ilargitarantz	ilargirantz	ilargietarantz	ilargiotarantz
destinative	ilargitarako	ilargirako	ilargietarako	ilargiotarako
ablative	ilargitatik	ilargitik	ilargietatik	ilargiotatik
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] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “ilargi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005