lile

See also: Lile and lilë

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia imitating the sound of the bird.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlilɛ]
  • Hyphenation: li‧le

Noun

lile (plural lilék)

  1. 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
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

  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

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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