páli

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pali"

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पालि (pāli).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaːlɪ]
• Rhymes: -aːlɪ
• Hyphenation: pá‧li

Noun

páli n (indeclinable)

1. Pali (Middle Indo-Aryan language)

Further reading

• “páli”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “páli”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaːli]
• Rhymes: -li
• Hyphenation: pá‧li

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit पालि (pāli, “line, (canonical) text”).

Adjective

páli (not comparable)

1. expressed in Pali language

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	páli	pálik
accusative	pálit	pálikat
dative	pálinak	páliknak
instrumental	pálival	pálikkal
causal-final	páliért	pálikért
translative	pálivá	pálikká
terminative	páliig	pálikig
essive-formal	páliként	pálikként
essive-modal	páliul	—
inessive	páliban	pálikban
superessive	pálin	pálikon
adessive	pálinál	páliknál
illative	páliba	pálikba
sublative	pálira	pálikra
allative	pálihoz	pálikhoz
elative	páliból	pálikból
delative	páliról	pálikról
ablative	pálitól	páliktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	pálié	páliké
non-attributive possessive – plural	páliéi	pálikéi

Noun

páli

1. Pali (the language)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	páli	—
accusative	pálit	—
dative	pálinak	—
instrumental	pálival	—
causal-final	páliért	—
translative	pálivá	—
terminative	páliig	—
essive-formal	páliként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	páliban	—
superessive	pálin	—
adessive	pálinál	—
illative	páliba	—
sublative	pálira	—
allative	pálihoz	—
elative	páliból	—
delative	páliról	—
ablative	pálitól	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	pálié	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	páliéi	—

Possessive forms of páli

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	pálim	—
2nd person sing.	pálid	—
3rd person sing.	pálija	—
1st person plural	pálink	—
2nd person plural	pálitok	—
3rd person plural	pálijuk	—

Etymology 2

From Pál (“Paul”) +‎ -i (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

páli (not comparable)

1. (Christianity) Pauline (of or relating to the Apostle Paul, his writings, his doctrines, and the form of Christianity that arose from them)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	páli	páliak
accusative	pálit	páliakat
dative	pálinak	páliaknak
instrumental	pálival	páliakkal
causal-final	páliért	páliakért
translative	pálivá	páliakká
terminative	páliig	páliakig
essive-formal	páliként	páliakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	páliban	páliakban
superessive	pálin	páliakon
adessive	pálinál	páliaknál
illative	páliba	páliakba
sublative	pálira	páliakra
allative	pálihoz	páliakhoz
elative	páliból	páliakból
delative	páliról	páliakról
ablative	pálitól	páliaktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	pálié	páliaké
non-attributive possessive – plural	páliéi	páliakéi

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.li/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.li/

Noun

páli m (uncountable)

1. Pali

Further reading

• “páli”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “páli”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paːʎi/, (high register) [ˈpaːʎi], (common) [ˈpaːli]
• Rhymes: -aːʎi
• Hyphenation: pá‧li

Verb

páli

1. third-person singular present indicative of páliť

ǃXóõ

Etymology

From a Southern Bantu language; compare Tswana podi.

Noun

páli (tone II, class 1, plural pálu-tê or púlu-tê)

1. goat

Usage notes

The plural is a member of Noun Class 4.

References

• Traill, Anthony (1994), Rainer Voßen, editor, A ǃXóõ Dictionary (Quellen zur Khoisan-Forschung/Research in Khoisan Studies; 9), Köln/Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN