illa

See also: Illa and -illa

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan illa, from Vulgar Latin *isula (compare Occitan illa~iscla, French île, Spanish isla), from Latin īnsula (compare Portuguese ínsua).

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ʎə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ʎa/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -iʎa

Noun

illa f (plural illes)

island
El Japó té quatre illes principals.
Japan has four main islands.
block (group of urban lots of property)
Synonyms: illa de cases, illa urbana

Derived terms

aïllar
illot
superilla

Corsican

Pronoun

illa

Alternative form of ella

References

“ella, illa, edda, idda” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Faroese

Etymology

From the adjective illur.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɪtla/

Verb

illa (third person singular past indicative illaði, third person plural past indicative illaðu, supine illað)

to backbite, to slag so

Conjugation

Conjugation of illa (group v-30)
infinitive	illa
supine	illað
participle (a6)¹	illandi	illaður
	present	past
first singular	illi	illaði
second singular	illar	illaði
third singular	illar	illaði
plural	illa	illaðu
	imperative
singular	illa!
plural	illið!
¹Only the past participle being declined.

Adverb

illa (comparative verri, superlative verst)

badly, poorly

Antonyms

væl

Galician

Illas Sisargas, Galicia

Alternative forms

ilha (Reintegrationist)

Etymology

Attested: 18th century. From Portuguese ilha, perhaps from Old Catalan illa, from Latin insula. Partially displaced Old Galician and Old Portuguese inssoa (whence the inherited Galician insua, "river island").[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈi.ʎa/

Noun

illa f (plural illas)

island

Derived terms

Illa

References

“ilha” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“illa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“illa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“illa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Cf. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “isla”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Hausa

Etymology 1

From Arabic إِلَّا‎ (ʔillā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔíl.láː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ́l.láː]

Preposition

illā

except

Etymology 2

From Arabic عِلَّة‎ (ʕilla).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔíl.làː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ́l.làː]

Noun

illā̀ f (plural illōlī, possessed form illàr̃)

fault, blemish

Icelandic

Adverb

illa (comparative verr, superlative verst)

badly, poorly
Mér gekkilla.
I did poorly.
Að gangailla.
To do poorly.
Henni gengur illa að finna góðan kærasta.
She has bad luck (does poorly) with finding a good boyfriend.

Derived terms

ganga illa

Interlingua

Pronoun

illa

she

Latin

Pronoun

illa

inflection of ille:
1. nominative feminine singular
2. nominative/accusative neuter plural

Descendants

Aromanian: ea
Asturian: ella, la
Catalan: ella, la
Corsican: ella, edda, illa, idda, la, a
Dalmatian: jala, la
Old French: ele, la
- French: elle, la
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: la
Friulian: jê, la
Istriot: gila
Italian: ella, la
Occitan: ela, la
Old Portuguese: ela, a, -la
- Galician: ela
- Portuguese: ela
- Fala: a
- Galician: a
- Portuguese: a
  - Indo-Portuguese: a
Romanian: ea, aia, a, -a -ua
Romansch: ella, la
Sicilian: iḍḍa, la/a
Spanish: ella, la
Venetian: eła, ła

Pronoun

illā

ablative feminine singular of ille

References

“illa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
illa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) I console myself with..: haec (illa) res me consolatur
- (ambiguous) Plato's ideal republic: illa civitas Platonis commenticia
- (ambiguous) Plato's ideal republic: illa civitas, quam Plato finxit

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Catalan illa), from Vulgar Latin *isula (compare French île, Spanish isla), from Latin īnsula (compare Portuguese ínsua).

Pronunciation

Audio (Languedocien) (file)

Noun

illa f (plural illas)

island

Old Norse

Etymology

From the adjective illr.

Adverb

illa (comparative verr, superlative verst)

badly, ill

References

“illa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

ilha
yslla

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Catalan [Term?], from Late Latin *isula from Latin insula.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈi.ʎa/

Noun

illa f

Alternative form of inssoa
- 1344, Pedro Afonso, Count of Barcelos, Livro de Linhagens do Conde D. Pedro:
  na ilha de Calcus
  in the island of Colchis

Descendants

Galician: illa
Portuguese: ilha
- Kabuverdianu: ilha
→ Leonese: illa
→ Mirandese: ilha

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse ílla, illa, adverb formation of Old Norse íllr, illr (see Old Swedish īlder).

Adverb

īlla

badly, poorly

Descendants

Swedish: illa

Quechua

Noun

illa

lightning, ray, reflected or artificial light
gem, jewel, hidden treasure
a sacred tree or rock struck by lightning
a unit of measurement

Declension

declension of illa

	singular	plural
nominative	illa	illakuna
accusative	illata	illakunata
dative	illaman	illakunaman
genitive	illap	illakunap
locative	illapi	illakunapi
terminative	illakama	illakunakama
ablative	illamanta	illakunamanta
instrumental	illawan	illakunawan
comitative	illantin	illakunantin
abessive	illannaq	illakunannaq
comparative	illahina	illakunahina
causative	illarayku	illakunarayku
benefactive	illapaq	illakunapaq
associative	illapura	illakunapura
distributive	illanka	illakunanka
exclusive	illalla	illakunalla

possessive forms of illa

ñuqap - first-person singular

ñuqap (my)	singular	plural
nominative	illay	illaykuna
accusative	illayta	illaykunata
dative	illayman	illaykunaman
genitive	illaypa	illaykunap
locative	illaypi	illaykunapi
terminative	illaykama	illaykunakama
ablative	illaymanta	illaykunamanta
instrumental	illaywan	illaykunawan
comitative	illaynintin	illaykunantin
abessive	illayninnaq	illaykunannaq
comparative	illayhina	illaykunahina
causative	illayrayku	illaykunarayku
benefactive	illaypaq	illaykunapaq
associative	illaypura	illaykunapura
distributive	illayninka	illaykunanka
exclusive	illaylla	illaykunalla

qampa - second-person singular

qampa (your)	singular	plural
nominative	illayki	illaykikuna
accusative	illaykita	illaykikunata
dative	illaykiman	illaykikunaman
genitive	illaykipa	illaykikunap
locative	illaykipi	illaykikunapi
terminative	illaykikama	illaykikunakama
ablative	illaykimanta	illaykikunamanta
instrumental	illaykiwan	illaykikunawan
comitative	illaykintin	illaykikunantin
abessive	illaykinnaq	illaykikunannaq
comparative	illaykihina	illaykikunahina
causative	illaykirayku	illaykikunarayku
benefactive	illaykipaq	illaykikunapaq
associative	illaykipura	illaykikunapura
distributive	illaykinka	illaykikunanka
exclusive	illaykilla	illaykikunalla

paypa - third-person singular

paypa (his/her/its)	singular	plural
nominative	illan	illankuna
accusative	illanta	illankunata
dative	illanman	illankunaman
genitive	illanpa	illankunap
locative	illanpi	illankunapi
terminative	illankama	illankunakama
ablative	illanmanta	illankunamanta
instrumental	illanwan	illankunawan
comitative	illanintin	illankunantin
abessive	illanninnaq	illankunannaq
comparative	illanhina	illankunahina
causative	illanrayku	illankunarayku
benefactive	illanpaq	illankunapaq
associative	illanpura	illankunapura
distributive	illaninka	illankunanka
exclusive	illanlla	illankunalla

ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural

ñuqanchikpa (our(incl))	singular	plural
nominative	illanchik	illanchikkuna
accusative	illanchikta	illanchikkunata
dative	illanchikman	illanchikkunaman
genitive	illanchikpa	illanchikkunap
locative	illanchikpi	illanchikkunapi
terminative	illanchikkama	illanchikkunakama
ablative	illanchikmanta	illanchikkunamanta
instrumental	illanchikwan	illanchikkunawan
comitative	illanchiknintin	illanchikkunantin
abessive	illanchikninnaq	illanchikkunannaq
comparative	illanchikhina	illanchikkunahina
causative	illanchikrayku	illanchikkunarayku
benefactive	illanchikpaq	illanchikkunapaq
associative	illanchikpura	illanchikkunapura
distributive	illanchikninka	illanchikkunanka
exclusive	illanchiklla	illanchikkunalla

ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural

ñuqaykup (our(excl))	singular	plural
nominative	illayku	illaykukuna
accusative	illaykuta	illaykukunata
dative	illaykuman	illaykukunaman
genitive	illaykupa	illaykukunap
locative	illaykupi	illaykukunapi
terminative	illaykukama	illaykukunakama
ablative	illaykumanta	illaykukunamanta
instrumental	illaykuwan	illaykukunawan
comitative	illaykuntin	illaykukunantin
abessive	illaykunnaq	illaykukunannaq
comparative	illaykuhina	illaykukunahina
causative	illaykurayku	illaykukunarayku
benefactive	illaykupaq	illaykukunapaq
associative	illaykupura	illaykukunapura
distributive	illaykunka	illaykukunanka
exclusive	illaykulla	illaykukunalla

qamkunap - second-person plural

qamkunap (your(pl))	singular	plural
nominative	illaykichik	illaykichikkuna
accusative	illaykichikta	illaykichikkunata
dative	illaykichikman	illaykichikkunaman
genitive	illaykichikpa	illaykichikkunap
locative	illaykichikpi	illaykichikkunapi
terminative	illaykichikkama	illaykichikkunakama
ablative	illaykichikmanta	illaykichikkunamanta
instrumental	illaykichikwan	illaykichikkunawan
comitative	illaykichiknintin	illaykichikkunantin
abessive	illaykichikninnaq	illaykichikkunannaq
comparative	illaykichikhina	illaykichikkunahina
causative	illaykichikrayku	illaykichikkunarayku
benefactive	illaykichikpaq	illaykichikkunapaq
associative	illaykichikpura	illaykichikkunapura
distributive	illaykichikninka	illaykichikkunanka
exclusive	illaykichiklla	illaykichikkunalla

paykunap - third-person plural

paykunap (their)	singular	plural
nominative	illanku	illankukuna
accusative	illankuta	illankukunata
dative	illankuman	illankukunaman
genitive	illankupa	illankukunap
locative	illankupi	illankukunapi
terminative	illankukama	illankukunakama
ablative	illankumanta	illankukunamanta
instrumental	illankuwan	illankukunawan
comitative	illankuntin	illankukunantin
abessive	illankunnaq	illankukunannaq
comparative	illankuhina	illankukunahina
causative	illankurayku	illankukunarayku
benefactive	illankupaq	illankukunapaq
associative	illankupura	illankukunapura
distributive	illankunka	illankukunanka
exclusive	illankulla	illankukunalla

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish īlla, from Old Norse ílla, illa, adverb formation of Old Norse íllr, illr (see Old Swedish īlder).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɪlˌla]
Hyphenation: il‧la
audio (file)

Adverb

illa (comparative sämre, värre, superlative sämst, värst)

Badly, poorly, not well.
Jag blev mycket illa behandlad av mina kollegor.
I was treated very poorly by my colleagues.

Synonyms

dåligt

References

illa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
illa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
illa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
illa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

lila

[1] Cf. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “isla”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

illa

Catalan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Further reading

Corsican

Pronoun

References

Faroese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Adverb

Antonyms

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

References

Hausa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Preposition

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Icelandic

Adverb

Derived terms

Interlingua

Pronoun

Latin

Pronoun

Descendants

See also

Pronoun

References

Occitan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Old Norse

Etymology

Adverb

References

Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Descendants

Old Swedish

Etymology

Adverb

Descendants

Quechua

Noun

Declension

See also

Swedish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adverb

Synonyms

See also

References

Anagrams