ali

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See also: Ali, áli, alî, Alì, ali-, and -ali

Afar[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aˈli/, [ʔʌˈlɪ]
  • Hyphenation: a‧li

Noun[edit]

alí f 

  1. reptile

References[edit]

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Azerbaijani[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic عَالٍ‎ (ʕālin).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ɑːˈli]
  • Audio (Baku)(file)
  • Hyphenation: a‧li

Adjective[edit]

ali (comparative daha ali, superlative ən ali)

  1. supreme, higher, high (dominant)
    ali məhkəmə ― supreme court
    ali təhsil müəssisəsi ― seat of higher learning
    ali baş komandan ― commander in chif (literally, “supreme main commander”)

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • “ali” in Obastan.com.

Elfdalian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse hali, from Proto-Germanic *halô.

Noun[edit]

ali m (oblique ålå)

  1. (anatomy) tail

Derived terms[edit]

Faroese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ali n (genitive singular alis, uncountable)

  1. quality, property, characteristic, nature (of someone or something)

Declension[edit]

n24s Singular
Indefinite Definite
Nominative ali alið
Accusative ali alið
Dative ali al(i)num
Genitive alis alisins

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

ali

  1. indicative first-person singular present of at ala
  2. optative of at ala

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ala- +‎ -i

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑli/, [ˈɑ̝li]
  • Rhymes: -ɑli
  • Syllabification(key): a‧li

Postposition[edit]

ali (+ genitive)

  1. beneath, underneath (through the space that is underneath something)
    Synonym: alitse
    Antonyms: yli, ylitse
    Pallo pyöri tuolin ali ja ovesta ulos.
    The ball rolled underneath the chair and out of the door.

Usage notes[edit]

ali cannot take a possessive suffix; alitse is used instead if possessive forms are desired.

Inflection[edit]

Declension of ala-
noun case singular pluraladverbial
form		 singular plural
nominative ala- –superessive alhaalla –
genitive – –delative alhaalta –
partitive – –sublative alhaalle –
accusative – –lative alas –
inessive – –temporal – –
elative – –causative – –
illative – –multiplicative – –
adessive alla –distributive – –
ablative alta –temp. dist. – –
allative alle –prolative ali
alitse		 –
essive – –situative allekkain
(alakkain)		 –
translative – –oppositive alatusten –
instructive – –
abessive – –
comitative – –

Related terms[edit]

See the inflection table.

Gorontalo[edit]

Noun[edit]

ali

  1. a hole sunk into the ground as a source of water or other fluids; well.

Icelandic[edit]

Noun[edit]

ali

  1. indefinite accusative plural of alur

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Malay ali, from Arabic عَلِيّ‎ (ʕaliyy).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

ali

  1. to show oneself.

Noun[edit]

ali (first-person possessive aliku, second-person possessive alimu, third-person possessive alinya)

  1. greeting

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.li/
  • Rhymes: -ali
  • Hyphenation: à‧li

Noun[edit]

ali f

  1. plural of ala

Verb[edit]

ali

  1. inflection of alare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams[edit]

Kapampangan[edit]

Interjection[edit]

ali

  1. no; stop; not

Antonyms[edit]

Laboya[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji-q, from *huaji, from Proto-Austronesian *Suaji.

Noun[edit]

ali

  1. younger sibling

References[edit]

  • Rina, A. Dj.; Kabba, John Lado B. (2011), “ali”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 6
  • Laboya in Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

alī

  1. present passive infinitive of alō

Lavukaleve[edit]

Noun[edit]

ali m

  1. man

Laz[edit]

Noun[edit]

ali (Atina, Vizha, Artasheni, Vitse–Arkabi)

  1. Latin spelling of ალი (ali)

Limos Kalinga[edit]

Noun[edit]

ali

  1. king

Middle English[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ali

  1. Alternative form of holy (sacred)

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Noun[edit]

ali

  1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of al

Verb[edit]

ali

  1. (non-standard since 2012) past participle of ala

Nupe[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ali

  1. character; disposition; behaviour

O'odham[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ali (plural a'al)

  1. child, baby

Old Norse[edit]

Noun[edit]

ali

  1. indefinite accusative plural of alr

Verb[edit]

ali

  1. third-person active present subjunctive of ala

Old Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Univerbation of a +‎ li. First attested in 1401.

Conjunction[edit]

ali

  1. but
    Synonym: ale
  2. until

Particle[edit]

ali

  1. until, as long as, up to

Descendants[edit]

  • Polish: ali

References[edit]

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Polish ali. By surface analysis, a univerbation of a +‎ li. First attested in 1401.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.li/
  • Rhymes: -ali
  • Syllabification: a‧li

Conjunction[edit]

ali

  1. (obsolete) but
    Synonym: ale
  2. (Middle Polish) so, hence
    Synonym: więc
  3. (Middle Polish) let alone
    Synonyms: a już, a zaraz
  4. (Middle Polish) or
    Synonym: albo

Particle[edit]

ali

  1. (obsolete) Used for presenting something; here
    Synonym: oto

References[edit]

  1. ^ B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “ali”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
  • “ali”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2022
  • Włodzimierz Gruszczyński (08.06.2022), “ALI”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

Further reading[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ali, aly, from Latin ad illīc (literally “to there”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: a‧li
  • Audio(file)
  • Audio (Oporto, Portugal)(file)

Adverb[edit]

ali (not comparable)

  1. there (far from both the speaker and the audience)
    Synonym: lá

Usage notes[edit]

Usually ali implies a nearer position than lá.

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ali.

See also[edit]

Portuguese demonstratives (edit)
Pronouns Adverbs
Singular Plural Neuter
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Proximal X este esta estes estas isto aqui, cá
de + X deste desta destes destas disto daqui
em + X neste nesta nestes nestas nisto —
Medial X esse essa esses essas isso aí
de + X desse dessa desses dessas disso daí
em + X nesse nessa nesses nessas nisso —
Distal X aquele aquela aqueles aquelas aquilo ali, lá
de + X daquele daquela daqueles daquelas daquilo dali
em + X naquele naquela naqueles naquelas naquilo —
a + X àquele àquela àqueles àquelas àquilo
Anaphoric X o a os as — —
de + X do da dos das
em + X no na nos nas
a + X ao à aos às

Rukai[edit]

Noun[edit]

ali

  1. used by women to refer to one's female friend

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *ali, *ale.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /âli/
  • Hyphenation: a‧li

Conjunction[edit]

ȁli (Cyrillic spelling а̏ли)

  1. but
  2. however
  3. (Croatia) or, if

Synonyms[edit]

Sicilian[edit]

Noun[edit]

ali

  1. plural of ala

Slovene[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation[edit]

The second pronunciation is used in the second sense.

Conjunction[edit]

ȁli or ȃli

  1. or
  2. (ali ... ali) either ... or

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Particle[edit]

ali

  1. Introduces a yes-no question.

Further reading[edit]

  • “ali”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Tagalog[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: a‧li
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔali/, [ˈʔa.lɪ]

Noun[edit]

ali (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒ)

  1. Alternative form of ale
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