lilie
Middle English
/ˈliliː(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- its flower, or a similar plant often used medicinally
- A pure, good, and holy individual e.g. Jesus, the Virgin Mary
- (rare) A representation of a lily; a fleur-de-lis.
- (rare) Whiteness; the colour of a lily.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English lilie derived from Latin līlia derived from Ancient Greek λείριον (lily) derived from Coptic ϩⲗⲏⲣⲓ derived from Demotic 50px, File:Demotic ḥrrj.png (egx-dem) derived from Egyptian ḥrrt (flower).
Origin
Egyptian
ḥrrt
Gloss
flower
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
花
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- daylily English
- lilied English
- lilioid English
- lily English
- lily-handed English
- lily-livered English
- lily-white English
- lilylike English
- lilypond English
- lilyturf English
- lilywort English
- pondlily English
- lilium Latin
- līlia Latin
- līlium Latin
- λείρινος Ancient Greek
- λείριον Ancient Greek
- lírio Portuguese
- lilie Old English
- flour Middle English
- lilie flour Middle English
- lilja Old Norse
- lilio Esperanto
- ลิลลี่ Thai
- līlia Old Dutch
- D2:D21-D21:X1-M2, ḥrrt Egyptian
- jrj ḥrrt Egyptian
- ḥrrt Egyptian
- ϩⲗⲏⲣⲓ Coptic
- ϩⲣⲏⲣⲉ Coptic
- ϩⲣⲏⲣⲓ Coptic
- *lulā Proto-Albanian
- 50px, File:Demotic ḥrrj.png Demotic
- ḥrrj Demotic
