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

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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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