lijer

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

lijer m (plural lijers, diminutive lijertje n)

1. (informal) alternative form of lijder

Usage notes

• This informal variant is generally reserved for insults and virtually always preceded by the name of a disease (see Derived terms below); very rarely encountered on its own.

Derived terms

• kankerlijer
• klerelijer
• pokkenlijer, pokkelijer
• teringlijer
• tyfuslijer

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lijêːr/
• Hyphenation: li‧jer

Noun

lijȇr m inan (Cyrillic spelling лије̑р)

1. (Croatia) lily

   Synonym: ljìljan

Declension

Declension of lijer

	singular	plural
nominative	lijȇr	lijérovi
genitive	lijera	lijera
dative	lijeru	lijerima
accusative	lijer	lijere
vocative	lijeru	lijeri
locative	lijeru	lijerima
instrumental	lijerom	lijerima

References

• “lijer”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025