lile

See also: Lile, lilë, and lí lẽ

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia imitating the sound of the bird.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlilɛ]
• Hyphenation: li‧le
• Rhymes: -lɛ

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
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

 

Further reading

• lile in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). 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)

1. lily (flower in the genus Lilium)

Declension

Declension of lile

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative lile lilí Vocative a lile a lilí Genitive lile lilí Dative lile lilí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an lile na lilí Genitive na lile na lilí Dative leis an lile don lile leis na lilí

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/vocative plural

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “lile”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “lile”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Swahili

Adjective

lile

1. Ji class inflected form of -le.

Volapük

Noun

lile

1. dative singular of lil