lilja
See also: Lilja
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
lilja f (genitive singular lilju, plural liljur)
Declension edit
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 edit
- blálilja
- páskalilja (Narcissus pseudonarcissus)
- várblálilja
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
lilja
- lily (flower)
- (heraldry) fleur-de-lis
Declension edit
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 liljainrare | ||
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. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “lilja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lilja f (genitive singular lilju, nominative plural liljur)
Declension edit
declension of lilja
Derived terms edit
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 edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
lilja m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
lilja f
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lilja f (genitive lilju)
Declension edit
Declension of lilja (weak jōn-stem)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “lilja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
lilja c
- lily
- (heraldry) a fleur-de-lis
Declension edit
Declension of lilja | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | lilja | liljan | liljor | liljorna |
Genitive | liljas | liljans | liljors | liljornas |