Common Lexeme

opilaz

Keywords: time, time of day

Pronunciation (IPA): 'o.bi.laθ 
Part of Speech: term noun 
Class:  
Forms: opilaz, opilazys, opilazysyn 
Glosses: month, monthly, period, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December 

Description:

The term 'opilaz' is the 'month' as a unit of time, both as a calendar month or as a lunar cycle. In its modifier form 'opilazys', it is an adjective or adverb meaning 'monthly'. It is generally not used as a verb.

Derived as 'opilazysyn', it can be used as a word meaning a woman's period.

The names of the months of the year are formed by using ordinal numbers with the word 'Opilaz', with the ordinal number required to appear immediately before the word 'Opilaz' and also capitalised. So January would be Ates Opilaz. Refer to attached topic for details.

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