different between lily vs lena

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?li/
• Rhymes: -?li

Noun

lily (plural lilies)

1. Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.
2. Any of several species of herbaceous flower which may or may not resemble the genus Lilium in some way, and which are not closely related to it or each other.
3. (heraldry) The flower used as a heraldic charge; also commonly used to describe the fleur-de-lis.
4. The end of a compass needle that should point north, traditionally often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.
5. (card games, usually in the plural) A royal spade in auction bridge.
6. (cartomancy) The thirtieth Lenormand card, representing calmness and maturity.

Alternative forms

• lilly (obsolete)

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

lily (not comparable)

1. (slang, derogatory) White (as a racial epithet).

Anagrams

• illy

Irish

Alternative forms

• le n-a (superseded)

Etymology

Fusion of le (“with”) with various meanings of a. The -n- is analogical to prepositions like i.

Particle

lena (triggers eclipsis, in regular past tenses lenar)

1. with which, with whom (indirect relative; not used in the past tense except with some irregular verbs)

Usage notes

"With which" may also be expressed with the indirect relative particle before the verb and the appropriate inflected form of le in its original position in the clause:

Contraction

lena

1. Contraction of le (“with”) + a (various meanings).

   ‘with his’ (triggers lenition):

   ‘with her’ (triggers h-prothesis):

   ‘with their’ (triggers eclipsis):

Related terms

References

• "lena" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Italian

Noun

lena f (plural lene)

1. force, energy, vigour

   Synonyms: forza, vigore

2. breath

   Synonym: respiro

Related terms

Anagrams

• lane

Latin

Etymology

Feminization of l?n? (“pimp”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?le?.na/, [???e?nä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?le.na/, [?l??n?]

Noun

l?na f (genitive l?nae); first declension

1. (slang) a procuress, bawd, madame, seductress, enticer

Declension

First-declension noun.

Noun

l?n?

1. ablative singular of l?na

References

• lena in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lena in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• lena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Malagasy

Adjective

lena

1. wet; moist

   Antonym: maina

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adjective

lena

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of len.

Anagrams

• Elna, alen