lilja
See also: Lilja
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse lilja, from Medieval Latin līlia, plural of līlium, from Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion), from Fayyumic Coptic ϩⲗⲏⲣⲓ (hlēri) (compare Sahidic Coptic ϩⲣⲏⲣⲉ (hrēre)), from Demotic (ḥrry), from Egyptian
(ḥrrt, “flower”).
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Noun
lilja f (genitive singular lilju, plural liljur)
Declension
Declension of lilja | ||||
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f1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | lilja | liljan | liljur | liljurnar |
accusative | lilju | liljuna | liljur | liljurnar |
dative | lilju | liljuni | liljum | liljunum |
genitive | lilju | liljunnar | lilja | liljanna |
Derived terms
- blálilja
- páskalilja (Narcissus pseudonarcissus)
- várblálilja
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Swedish lilia, from Old Norse lilja, from Medieval Latin līlia, plural of līlium, from Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion), from Fayyumic Coptic ϩⲗⲏⲣⲓ (hlēri) (compare Sahidic Coptic ϩⲣⲏⲣⲉ (hrēre)), from Demotic (ḥrry), from Egyptian
(ḥrrt, “flower”). Compare modern Swedish lilja.
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Pronunciation
Noun
lilja
- lily (flower)
- (heraldry) fleur-de-lis
Declension
Inflection of lilja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | lilja | liljat | |
genitive | liljan | liljojen | |
partitive | liljaa | liljoja | |
illative | liljaan | liljoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | lilja | liljat | |
accusative | nom. | lilja | liljat |
gen. | liljan | ||
genitive | liljan | liljojen liljain rare | |
partitive | liljaa | liljoja | |
inessive | liljassa | liljoissa | |
elative | liljasta | liljoista | |
illative | liljaan | liljoihin | |
adessive | liljalla | liljoilla | |
ablative | liljalta | liljoilta | |
allative | liljalle | liljoille | |
essive | liljana | liljoina | |
translative | liljaksi | liljoiksi | |
abessive | liljatta | liljoitta | |
instructive | — | liljoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Compounds
Icelandic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
lilja f (genitive singular lilju, nominative plural liljur)
Declension
Declension of lilja | ||||
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f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | lilja | liljan | liljur | liljurnar |
accusative | lilju | liljuna | liljur | liljurnar |
dative | lilju | liljunni | liljum | liljunum |
genitive | lilju | liljunnar | lilja | liljanna |
Derived terms
Derived terms
- amasónlilja (“Amazon lily”)
- bjöllulilja (“wintergreen”)
- blálilja (“oysterleaf, oysterplant, sea bluebell”)
- dalalilja (“lily of the valley”)
- dverglilja (“crocus”)
- eldlilja (“fire lily”)
- friðarlilja (“peace lily”)
- goðalilja (“common hyacinth”)
- hvítasunnulilja (“poet's daffodil”)
- jómfrúlilja (“gladiolus, gladiola”)
- krummalilja (“Kamchatka fritillary”)
- liljuætt (“lily family”)
- pálmalilja (“yucca”)
- páskalilja (“daffodil, narcissus”)
- perlulilja (“grape hyacinth”)
- sverðlilja (“iris”)
- sælilja (“crinoid, sea-lily”)
- vatnalilja (“water lily”)
- vepjulilja (“snakeshead”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
lilja m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
lilja f
Old Norse
Noun
lilja f (genitive lilju)
Declension
Declension of lilja (weak jōn-stem)
Descendants
References
- “lilja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
lilja c
- a lily
- (heraldry) a fleur-de-lis
Declension
Declension of lilja | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | lilja | liljan | liljor | liljorna |
Genitive | liljas | liljans | liljors | liljornas |
Categories:
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Faroese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Faroese terms derived from Fayyumic Coptic
- Faroese terms derived from Demotic
- Faroese terms derived from Egyptian
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese nouns
- Faroese feminine nouns
- fo:Botany
- Faroese poetic terms
- Finnish terms borrowed from Old Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Old Norse
- Finnish terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Finnish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Finnish terms derived from Fayyumic Coptic
- Finnish terms derived from Demotic
- Finnish terms derived from Egyptian
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/iljɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/iljɑ/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish entries with topic categories using raw markup
- fi:Heraldry
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- fi:Flowers
- Icelandic terms derived from Latin
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɪlja
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɪlja/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic entries with topic categories using raw markup
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- is:Lily family plants
- Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Bokmål noun forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk noun forms
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse feminine nouns
- Old Norse jōn-stem nouns
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- sv:Heraldry
- sv:Heraldic charges