lilja

See also: Lilja

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse lilja, from Medieval Latin līlia, plural of līlium, from Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion), from Coptic (dial. Fayyumic) ϩⲗⲏⲣⲓ (hlēri), variant of ϩⲣⲏⲣⲉ (hrēre), from Demotic (ḥrrj, “flower”), from Egyptian



ḥrrt (“flower”).

Noun

lilja f (genitive singular lilju, plural liljur)

  1. (botany) lily
  2. (poetic) woman

Declension
Declension of lilja
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

Finnish

(index li)

Etymology

From Old Swedish lilia, compare modern Swedish lilja.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈliljɑ/
  • Hyphenation: lil‧ja

Noun

lilja

  1. lily (flower)
  2. (heraldry) fleur-de-lis

Declension
Inflection of lilja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
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
instructive — liljoin
abessive liljatta liljoitta
comitative — liljoineen

Compounds

Icelandic

Etymology

From Latin lilium (“lily”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪlja/
  • Rhymes: -ɪlja

Noun

lilja f (genitive singular lilju, nominative plural liljur)

  1. lily

Declension
declension of lilja
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

  1. definite feminine singular of lilje

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lilja f

  1. definite singular of lilje

Swedish

Pronunciation
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Noun

lilja c

  1. a lily
  2. (heraldry) a fleur-de-lis

Declension
Declension of lilja 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lilja liljan liljor liljorna
Genitive liljas liljans liljors liljornas
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