lilie

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Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech lilie/lilijě, borrowed from Latin lilium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: li‧lie

Noun

lilie f

  1. lily
    čistý jako lilie ― pure as a lily

Declension

Declension of lilie (soft feminine)
singular plural
nominative lilie lilie
genitive lilie lilií
dative lilii liliím
accusative lilii lilie
vocative lilie lilie
locative lilii liliích
instrumental lilií liliemi

Further reading

  • “lilie”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “lilie”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English lilie, from Latin līlia, plural of līlium, from Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion), from Fayyumic Coptic ϩⲗⲏⲣⲓ (hlēri) (compare Sahidic Coptic ϩⲣⲏⲣⲉ (hrēre)), from Demotic (ḥrry, “flower”), from Egyptian ḥrrt (“flower”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliliː(ə)/, /ˈleːliː(ə)/

Noun

lilie (plural lilies)

  1. Lilium candidum, its flower, or a similar plant (often used medicinally)
  2. A pure, good, and holy individual (e.g. Jesus, the Virgin Mary)
  3. (rare) A representation of a lily; a fleur-de-lis.
  4. (rare) Whiteness; the colour of a lily.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: lily
  • Scots: lily

References

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin līlia.

Pronunciation

Noun

lilie f

  1. a lily

Declension

Weak:

singular plural
nominative lilie lilian
accusative lilian lilian
genitive lilian liliena
dative lilian lilium

Descendants

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “lilie”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Lilie.

Noun

lilie f (plural lilii)

  1. lily, lilium (flower)

Declension

Declension of lilie
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative lilie lilia lilii liliile
genitive-dative lilii liliei lilii liliilor
vocative lilie, lilio liliilor

References

  • lilie in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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