lile
See also: Lile and lilë
Hungarian
Etymology
An onomatopoeia imitating the sound of the bird.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlilɛ]
- Hyphenation: li‧le
- Rhymes: -lɛ
Noun
lile (plural lilék)
- plover (any bird of genus Charadrius)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | lile | lilék |
| accusative | lilét | liléket |
| dative | lilének | liléknek |
| instrumental | lilével | lilékkel |
| causal-final | liléért | lilékért |
| translative | lilévé | lilékké |
| terminative | liléig | lilékig |
| essive-formal | lileként | lilékként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | lilében | lilékben |
| superessive | lilén | liléken |
| adessive | lilénél | liléknél |
| illative | lilébe | lilékbe |
| sublative | lilére | lilékre |
| allative | liléhez | lilékhez |
| elative | liléből | lilékből |
| delative | liléről | lilékről |
| ablative | lilétől | liléktől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | liléé | liléké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | lilééi | lilékéi |
| Possessive forms of lile | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | lilém | liléim |
| 2nd person sing. | liléd | liléid |
| 3rd person sing. | liléje | liléi |
| 1st person plural | lilénk | liléink |
| 2nd person plural | lilétek | liléitek |
| 3rd person plural | liléjük | liléik |
Derived terms
Expressions
- apró lile
- ékfarkú lile
- ékfarkú lile
- havasi lile
- hosszúcsőrű lile
- kanadai lile
- kis lile
- madagaszkári lile
- parti lile
- sivatagi lile
- széki lile
- sztyeppi lile
- tibeti lile
- vörösfejű lile
- Wilson-lile
References
- lile in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- lile in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Irish
Alternative forms
- lil (obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin līlium, from Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion), from Fayyumic Coptic ϩⲗⲏⲣⲓ (hlēri), variant of ϩⲣⲏⲣⲉ (hrēre), from Demotic ḥrry (“flower”), from Egyptian ḥrrt (“flower”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈl̠ʲɪlʲə/
Noun
lile f (genitive singular lile, nominative plural lilí or lilíocha)
- lily (flower in the genus Lilium)
Declension
Declension of lile
Fourth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
|
Alternative plural form: lilíocha
Derived terms
- lile bhreac (“tiger lily”)
- lile na ngleanntán (“lily of the valley”)
Noun
lile
- (obsolete) inflection of lil:
- genitive singular
- nominative/vocative plural
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “lile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “lile”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 437
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “lile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- 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
- Ji class inflected form of -le.
Volapük
Noun
lile
- dative singular of lil