lilja

lilja

See also: Lilja

Faroese

Etymology

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”).

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

• blálilja
• páskalilja (Narcissus pseudonarcissus)
• várblálilja

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Finnish

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliljɑ/, [ˈliljɑ]
• Rhymes: -iljɑ
• Syllabification^(key): 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

Possessive forms of lilja (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	liljani	liljamme
2nd person	liljasi	liljanne
3rd person	liljansa

Compounds

• sinililja

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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”)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• liljen

Noun

lilja m or f

1. definite feminine singular of lilje

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lilja f

1. definite singular of lilje

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Old Norse

Noun

lilja f (genitive lilju)

1. lily

Declension

  Declension of lilja (weak jōn-stem)

feminine	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

Descendants

• Icelandic: lilja
• Faroese: lilja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lilje
• Norwegian Bokmål: lilje
• Swedish: lilja
• Danish: lilje

References

• “lilja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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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