lilla

See also: Lilla and lillà

Danish

Etymology

From French lilas (“lilac”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlela/, [ˈle̝læ]

Adjective

lilla (neuter lilla, plural and definite singular attributive lilla)

1. purple (colour)
2. mauve
3. lilac

See also

Colors in Danish · farver (layout · text)

hvid	grå	sort
rød; højrød, mørkerød	orange; brun	gul; flødefarvet
lime, lysegrøn	grøn, mørkegrøn	mintgrøn
cyan; turkis, lyseblå	azurblå, himmelblå	blå, mørkeblå
violet; indigo	magenta; lilla	lyserød, rosa

Dutch

Etymology

Unknown, possibly Oriental

Noun

lilla ? (plural lilla's, diminutive lillatje n)

1. alternative form of lilla, a light type of fieldpiece known from the East Indies

East Central German

Etymology

From French lila. Compare German lila.

Adjective

lilla

1. (Erzgebirgisch) violet, purple

References

Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[1] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 81

Estonian

Etymology

From German lila.

Adjective

lilla (genitive lilla, partitive lillat, comparative lillam, superlative kõige lillam)

1. violet, purple (color)

Declension

Declension of lilla (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		lilla	lillad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	lilla
genitive			lillade
partitive		lillat	lillasid
illative		lillasse	lilladesse
inessive		lillas	lillades
elative		lillast	lilladest
allative		lillale	lilladele
adessive		lillal	lilladel
ablative		lillalt	lilladelt
translative		lillaks	lilladeks
terminative		lillani	lilladeni
essive		lillana	lilladena
abessive		lillata	lilladeta
comitative		lillaga	lilladega

See also

Colors in Estonian · värvid (layout · text)

valge	hall	must
punane; karmiinpunane	oranž; pruun	kollane; kreem
laimiroheline, kollakasroheline	roheline	mündiroheline; tumeroheline
tsüaansinine, rohekassinine; sinakasroheline, siniroheline	taevasinine, taevassinine	sinine
lilla, violetne; potisinine, indigosinine	fuksia, magentapunane; lilla, purpurne, purpurpunane	roosa

Noun

lilla (genitive lilla, partitive lillat)

1. (slang, derogatory) male homosexual

Declension

Declension of lilla (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		lilla	lillad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	lilla
genitive			lillade
partitive		lillat	lillasid
illative		lillasse	lilladesse
inessive		lillas	lillades
elative		lillast	lilladest
allative		lillale	lilladele
adessive		lillal	lilladel
ablative		lillalt	lilladelt
translative		lillaks	lilladeks
terminative		lillani	lilladeni
essive		lillana	lilladena
abessive		lillata	lilladeta
comitative		lillaga	lilladega

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪlːa/

Adjective

lilla (not comparable) (indeclinable)

1. purple

   Synonym: lillaður, lillalittur, lillavorðin, purpurlittur

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlil.la/
• Rhymes: -illa
• Hyphenation: lìl‧la

Noun

lilla m (invariable)

1. the lilac (Syringa)
2. lilac

Synonyms

• (plant, color): lillà
• (plant): syringa

Adjective

lilla (invariable)

1. lilac

   Synonym: lillà

Livonian

Etymology

Borrowed from German lilla, likely via Latvian lillā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlilːɑ/, [ˈlilːːɑ]

Adjective

Lilla

lilla (comparative (ve’l) jo lilla, superlative amā lilla)

1. violet, lilac

Declension

Declension of lilla (56)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	lilla	lillad
genitive (genitīv)	lilla	lillad
partitive (partitīv)	lilla	lillidi
dative (datīv)	lillan	lilladõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	lillaks	lilladõks
illative (illatīv)	lillaz	lilliž
inessive (inesīv)	lillas	lillis
elative (elatīv)	lillast	lillist

See also

• valdziklilla

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “lilla”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[2] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Arabic لِيلَك (līlak), via French lilas.

Adjective

lilla (indeclinable)

1. lilac, purple (colour)

References

• “lilla” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Arabic لِيلَك (līlak), via French lilas.

Adjective

lilla (indeclinable)

1. lilac, purple (colour)

See also

Colors in Norwegian Nynorsk · fargar (layout · text)

kvit	grå	svart
raud	oransje; brun	gul
	grøn
(turkis)		blå
	rosa; lilla	rosa

References

• “lilla” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Audio (Gotland):

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Adjective

lilla

1. definite singular of liten

See also

• lille

Further reading

• liten in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)