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)

(botany) lily
(poetic) woman

Declension

Declension of lilja
f1	singular		plural
f1	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

(index li)

Etymology

From old Swedish lilia, compare modern Swedish lilja.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈliljɑ/
Hyphenation: lil‧ja

Noun

lilja

lily (flower)
(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
accusative	gen.	liljan	liljat
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
instructive		—	liljoin
abessive		liljatta	liljoitta
comitative		—	liljoineen

Compounds

sinililja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Latin lilium (“lily”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɪlja/
Rhymes: -ɪlja

Noun

lilja f (genitive singular lilju, nominative plural liljur)

lily

Declension

declension of lilja

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
f-w1	singular		plural
nominative	lilja	liljan	liljur	liljurnar
accusative	lilju	liljuna	liljur	liljurnar
dative	lilju	liljunni	liljum	liljunum
genitive	lilju	liljunnar	lilja	liljanna

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

liljen

Noun

lilja m, f

definite feminine singular of lilje

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lilja f

definite singular of lilje

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

lilja c

a lily
(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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