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isilmë ilcalassë

in the moon gleaming

The seventeenth line of the Markirya poem (MC/222). The first word is isilmë “moonlight” followed by the active-participle (“-ing”) of the verb ilca- “to gleam” with the locative suffix -ssë (“in”), which modifies the entire phrase, as suggested by Helge Fauskanger (AL/Markirya).

Decomposition: Broken into its constituent elements, this phrase would be:

> isilmë ilca-la-ssë = “✱moonlight gleam-ing-in”

Element in

Elements

WordGloss
isilmë“moonlight”
ilca-“to gleam (white)”

Variations

  • isilme ilkalasse ✧ MC/222