лій

Ukrainian

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лій

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lȍjь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lʲii̯]

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Noun

лій • (lij) m inan (genitive ло́ю, uncountable, relational adjective лойови́й)

1. tallow
2. (by extension) grease, sebum (secreted by human skin)

Declension

	singular
nominative	лій lij
genitive	ло́ю lóju
dative	ло́ю, ло́єві lóju, lójevi
accusative	лій lij
instrumental	ло́єм lójem
locative	ло́ю, ло́ї lóju, lóji
vocative	ло́ю lóju

Declension of лій (inan sg-only j-stem masc-form accent-a і-о)

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “лій”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2017), “лій”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 8 (л – мішу́рний), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “лій”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “лій”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “лій”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “лій”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “лій”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)