lilja – Finnish noun declension

Finnish noun forms of lilja

Noun type: 9

Characteristics

Singular

Nominativelilja
Partitiveliljaa
Genetiveliljan
Accusativeliljan
Inessiveliljassa
Elativeliljasta
Illativeliljaan
Adessiveliljalla
Ablativeliljalta
Allativeliljalle
Essiveliljana
Translativeliljaksi
Abessiveliljatta

Plural

Nominativeliljat
Partitiveliljoja
Genetiveliljojen
Accusativeliljat
Inessiveliljoissa
Elativeliljoista
Illativeliljoihin
Adessiveliljoilla
Ablativeliljoilta
Allativeliljoille
Essiveliljoina
Translativeliljoiksi
Abessiveliljoitta
Instructiveliljoin
Comitativeliljoine

Sample Sentences

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 Egyptian (ḥrry), from Egyptian Hr:r-r:*t-M2 (ḥrrt, “flower”). Compare modern Swedish lilja. See: Old Norse Nouns 'lilja', Ancient Greek Nouns 'λείριον', Swedish Nouns 'lilja'.

Nouns inflected like lilja

aapa, aatra, aava, abbedissa, abrakadabra, abskissa, adventtiaika, aerodynamiikka, afta, agenda, ahdelauha, ahkeraliisa, ahma, ahminta, ahnehdinta, aika, aina, aisa, aita, aitta, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)