lile

See also: Lile and lilë

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin līlium, from Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion), from Fayyumic Coptic ϩⲗⲏⲣⲓ (hlēri), variant of ϩⲣⲏⲣⲉ (hrēre), from Demotic ḥrrj (“flower”), from Egyptian ḥrrt (“flower”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲɪlʲə/

Noun

lile f (genitive singular lile, nominative plural lilí or lilíocha)

  1. lily (flower in the genus Lilium)

Declension

Alternative plural form: lilíocha

Derived terms

  • lile bhreac (“tiger lily”)
  • lile na ngleanntán (“lily of the valley”)

Noun

lile

  1. (obsolete) inflection of lil:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative and vocative plural

Further reading

  • “lile” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “lile” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 437.
  • "lile" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “lile” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “lile” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Swahili

Adjective

lile

  1. Ji class inflected form of -le.

Volapük

Noun

lile

  1. dative singular of lil
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