illa

See also: Illa, illâ, ilʹlʹa, -illa, and -illä

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈi.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈi.ʎa]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iʎa

Noun

illa f (plural illes)

1. island

   El Japó té quatre illes principals.

   Japan has four main islands.

2. block (group of urban lots of property)

   Synonyms: illa de cases, illa urbana

Derived terms

• aïllar
• illot
• superilla

Further reading

• “illa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “illa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “illa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “illa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Corsican

Pronoun

illa

1. 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)

1. to backbite, to slag so

Conjugation

Conjugation of illa (group v-30)

infinitive	illa
supine	illað
	present	past
first singular	illi	illaði
second singular	illar	illaði
third singular	illar	illaði
plural	illa	illaðu
participle (a6)1	illandi	illaður
	imperative
singular	illa!
plural	illið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Adverb

illa (comparative verri, superlative verst)

1. badly, poorly

Antonyms

• væl

Galician

Illas Sisargas, Galicia

Alternative forms

• ilha (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiɟa/ [ˈi.ɟɐ]
• Rhymes: -iɟa
• Hyphenation: i‧lla

Etymology 1

First attested in the 18th century. From Portuguese ilha, perhaps from Old Catalan illa, from Latin insula. Partially displaced Old Galician-Portuguese inssoa (whence the inherited Galician insua, "river island").

Noun

illa f (plural illas)

1. island

Derived terms

• Illa

Etymology 2

Verb

illa

1. inflection of illar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ilha”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “illa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “illa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “illa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “illa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Hausa

Etymology 1

From Arabic إِلَّا (ʔillā).

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

illā

1. 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)

1. fault, blemish

Icelandic

Adverb

illa (comparative verr, superlative verst)

1. badly, poorly

   Mér gekk illa.

   I did poorly.

   Að ganga illa.

   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

1. she

Latin

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɪl.la]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈil.la]

Determiner

illa

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

Pronoun

illa

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

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɪl.laː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈil.la]

Determiner

illā

1. ablative feminine singular of ille

Pronoun

illā

1. ablative feminine singular of ille

Descendants

• Aromanian: ea
• Asturian: ella, la
• Catalan: ella, la
• Corsican: ella, edda, illa, idda, la, a
• Dalmatian: jala, la
• Franco-Provençal: el, la
• Old French: ele, la
  • French: elle, la
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: la
• Friulian: jê, la
• Istriot: gila
• Italian: ella, la
• Judeo-Italian: לַה (lah /⁠la⁠/)
• Occitan: ela, la
• Mirandese: eilha, la
• Old Galician-Portuguese: ela, a, -la
  • Fala: ela, a
  • Galician: ela, a
  • Portuguese: ela, a
• Romanian: ea, aia, a, -a -ua
• Romansh: ella, la
• Sicilian: iḍḍa, la/a
• Spanish: ella, la
• Venetan: eła, ła

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^[4], 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

Alternative forms

• illo (Mistralian)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈillo/

• Audio (Languedoc):

  (file)

Noun

illa f (plural illas)

1. island

Old Galician-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 (plural illas)

1. 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 (see there for further descendants)
• → Leonese: illa
• → Mirandese: ilha

Old Norse

Adverb

illa (comparative verr, superlative verst)

1. nonstandard form of ílla

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Adverb

īlla

1. badly, poorly

Descendants

• Swedish: illa

Quechua

Noun

illa

1. lightning, ray, reflected or artificial light
2. gem, jewel, hidden treasure
3. a sacred tree or rock struck by lightning
4. 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

See also

• illay

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish īlla, from Old Norse ílla, illa, adverb formation of Swedish ill, Old Swedish īlder, Old Norse íllr, illr. Related to English ill.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -²ɪla

Adverb

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

1. badly

   vara illa skadad

   be badly injured

2. poorly, not well

   Jag blev mycket illa behandlad av mina kollegor

   I was treated very poorly by my colleagues

   Det kommer gå illa

   It won't go well

   Tala illa om någon

   Speak poorly / ill of someone

   Inte illa!

   Not bad!

3. (physically) unpleasantly

   Jag mår illa

   I feel sick

Synonyms

• dåligt

See also

• fara illa
• göra sig illa
• ill-
• illa däran
• inte illa (“not bad”)
• ligga illa till
• må illa

References

• “illa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “illa”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “illa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• illa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• lila

Tetum

Etymology

From Portuguese ilha.

Noun

illa

1. island

Turkish

Alternative forms

• illaki, ille

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish الا (illā), from Arabic إِلَّا (ʔillā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈil.laː/
• Hyphenation: il‧la

Adverb

illa

1. no matter what, in any case, under any circumstances

   Synonyms: her hâlde, ne olursa olsun

2. especially, specifically

Related terms

• bilakayduşart
• illallah
• lahavle
• lakayıt
• laubali

Further reading

• “illa”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “illa”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2149