Ilva
Latin
Etymology
Named after the Ilvates, an Ancient Ligurian tribe.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈil.u̯a/, [ˈɪɫ̪u̯ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈil.va/, [ˈilvä]
Proper noun
Ilva f sg (genitive Ilvae); first declension
- Elba (the largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago, in the Tyrrhenian Sea)
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Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Ilva |
| Genitive | Ilvae |
| Dative | Ilvae |
| Accusative | Ilvam |
| Ablative | Ilvā |
| Vocative | Ilva |
| Locative | Ilvae |
Synonyms
- Aethalia
Descendants
- English: Elba
- French: Elbe
- Italian: Elba
- Portuguese: Elba
- Romanian: Elba
- Russian: Э́льба (Élʹba)
- Spanish: Elba
References
- “Ilva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ilva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 773/1
- “Ilva”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “Ilua” on page 830/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Further reading
Ilva on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1943. Unknown etymology, possibly a phonetic coinage.
Proper noun
Ilva f
- a female given name
See also
- Ilvars
- Ilvija
References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- Population Register of Latvia: Ilva was the only given name of 969 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.