moli

See also: Moli, móli, molí, mòlì, and möli

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• moale, moali

Etymology

From Latin mollis, mollem. Compare Romanian moale.

Adjective

moli

1. soft

Derived terms

• moliciuni

Related terms

• moyi

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Highland Puebla Nahuatl

Noun

moli

1. mole

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːlɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːlɪ

Noun

moli m (genitive singular mola, nominative plural molar)

1. fragment, piece, crumb

Declension

declension of moli

m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	moli	molinn	molar	molarnir
accusative	mola	molann	mola	molana
dative	mola	molanum	molum	molunum
genitive	mola	molans	mola	molanna

Derived terms

• brauðmoli (“breadcrumb”)
• fróðleiksmoli (“fact, item of trivia”)
• ísmoli (“ice cube”)
• kolamoli (“lump of coal”)
• mola (“to shatter, to smash”)
• sykurmoli (“sugar cube”)

Related terms

• mylja (“to grind, to pulverize”)

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.li/
• Rhymes: -ɔli
• Hyphenation: mò‧li

Etymology 1

Noun

moli m

1. plural of molo

Etymology 2

Noun

moli m

1. plural of mole

Etymology 3

Verb

moli

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

Anagrams

• Lomi, Milo, limo, limò, olmi

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Latin

Etymology 1

Verb

molī

1. present passive infinitive of molō

Etymology 2

Noun

mōlī f

1. dative singular of mōlēs

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Lower Sorbian

Noun

moli

1. Superseded spelling of móli.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.li/
• Rhymes: -ɔli
• Syllabification: mo‧li

Noun

moli m anim

1. genitive plural of mól

   Synonym: molów

Noun

moli m inan

1. genitive plural of mol

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Serbo-Croatian

Verb

moli (Cyrillic spelling моли)

1. inflection of moliti:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Tok Pisin

Alternative forms

• muli

Etymology

From Polynesian.

Noun

moli

1. lemon

Derived terms

• switmoli
• moliwara

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Tongan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *moli (cognate with Samoan moli (“id.”), Tok Pisin moli (“lemon”)), from Proto-Oceanic *moli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limaw (cognate with Malay limau (“lemon”)).

Noun

moli

1. any of a number of citrus fruits, not including lemons and limes

References

• Tyron, Darell (1994), “Oceanic plant names”, in A.K. Pawley and M.D. Ross, editors, Austronesian Terminologies: Continuity and Change, Caberra, Australia: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 490

Etymology 2

Verb

moli (transitive)

1. to break off a small piece (from something)

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *molātor, equivalent to mawl (“praise”) +‎ -i. Cognate with Irish mol (“to praise”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔli/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈmoːli/, /ˈmɔli/

Verb

moli (first-person singular present molaf)

1. (transitive) to praise, to extol, to laud, to eulogize

   Synonyms: clodfori, canmol

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	molaf	moli	mawl, mola	molwn	molwch	molant	molir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	molwn	molit	molai	molem	molech	molent	molid
preterite	molais	molaist	molodd	molasom	molasoch	molasant	molwyd
pluperfect	molaswn	molasit	molasai	molasem	molasech	molasent	molasid, molesid
present subjunctive	molwyf	molych	molo	molom	moloch	molont	moler
imperative	—	mola	moled	molwn	molwch	molent	moler
verbal noun	moli
verbal adjectives	moledig moladwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	mola i, molaf i	moli di	molith o/e/hi, moliff e/hi	molwn ni	molwch chi	molan nhw
conditional	molwn i, molswn i	molet ti, molset ti	molai fo/fe/hi, molsai fo/fe/hi	molen ni, molsen ni	molech chi, molsech chi	molen nhw, molsen nhw
preterite	molais i, moles i	molaist ti, molest ti	molodd o/e/hi	molon ni	moloch chi	molon nhw
imperative	—	mola	—	—	molwch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
moli	foli	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.