ali

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

Afar edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

alí f

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)

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

alilik

Elfdalian edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

ali m (oblique ålå)

(anatomy) tail

Derived terms edit

Faroese edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɛaːlɪ/
Rhymes: -ɛaːlɪ
Homophones: alið, æli, ælið

Noun edit

ali n (genitive singular alis, uncountable)

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

alisfrøði (“physics”)

Verb edit

ali

indicative first-person singular present of ala
optative of ala

Finnish edit

Etymology edit

ala- +‎ -i

Pronunciation edit

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

Postposition edit

ali (+ genitive)

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	plural	adverbial 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	–
abessive	–	–
instructive	–	–
comitative	–	–

Derived terms edit

compounds

Related terms edit

See the inflection table.

Gorontalo edit

Noun edit

ali

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

Gun edit

Alì

Etymology edit

Cognates include Fon alì

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ā.lì/
(file)

Noun edit

alì (plural alì lɛ́ or alì lẹ́)

road

Derived terms edit

alìhò (“lane (Nigeria)”)
alìklán (“street”)
alìkplítɛ̀n (“crossroads (Benin)”)
alìkpá (“street (Benin)”)
alìplítẹ̀n (“crossroads (Nigeria)”)
alìpá (“street (Nigeria)”)
alìxò (“lane (Benin)”)
tòhòmẹ̀-lìhò (“street (Nigeria)”)
tòxòmɛ̀-lìxò (“street (Benin)”)

Icelandic edit

Noun edit

ali

indefinite accusative plural of alur

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈali/

Verb edit

ali

to show oneself.

Noun edit

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

greeting

Derived terms edit

mengali

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

ali f

plural of ala

Verb edit

ali

inflection of alare:

Anagrams edit

Lai, Lia

Kapampangan edit

Interjection edit

ali

no; stop; not
Antonym: wa

Laboya edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

ali

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
Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*Suaji”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Latin edit

Verb edit

alī

present passive infinitive of alō

Lavukaleve edit

Noun edit

ali m

man

Laz edit

Noun edit

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

Latin spelling of ალი (ali)

Limos Kalinga edit

Noun edit

ali

king

Macanese edit

Alternative forms edit

alí

Etymology edit

From Portuguese ali.

Adverb edit

ali

there (away from the speaker)
Antonym: aqui

ali-riva ― up there

ali-vánda ― over there

qui aqui, qui ali ― either here or there

References edit

https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

Middle English edit

Adjective edit

ali

Alternative form of holy (sacred)

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Noun edit

ali

(non-standard since 2012) definite plural of al

Participle edit

ali

(non-standard since 2012) past participle of ala

Nupe edit

Alternative forms edit

eli

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ā.lī/

Noun edit

ali

character; disposition; behaviour

O'odham edit

Alternative forms edit

'ali

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ʔaɭi/

Noun edit

ali (plural a'al)

child, baby

Old Norse edit

Noun edit

ali

indefinite accusative plural of alr

Verb edit

ali

third-person active present subjunctive of ala

Old Polish edit

Etymology edit

Univerbation of a +‎ li. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /alʲi/
IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /alʲi/

Conjunction edit

ali

but
Synonym: ale
- 1880 [1436], Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume III, page 332:
  Rudda nye othworzila szye na roly... woytha, aly othworzila szye na roly claszthorney
  [Ruda nie otworzyła sie na roli... wojta, ali otworzyła sie na roli klasztornej]
- Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa‎^[3], page 638:
  Kristus... rzekł ku swem zwolenikom: Kiedym was słał przez moszny, przez toboły..., azali wam czego niedostawało? A oni rzekli: Wszegośmy dosyć mieli. Ali już kto ma mosznę, weźmi i tobołę (sed nunc qui habet sacculum, tollat... peram Luc 22, 36)
  [Krystus... rzekł ku swem zwolenikom: Kiedym was słał przez moszny, przez toboły..., azali wam czego niedostawało? A oni rzekli: Wszegośmy dosyć mieli. Ali już kto ma mosznę, weźmi i tobołę (sed nunc qui habet sacculum, tollat... peram Luc 22, 36)]
until
- 1920 [1424], Marceli Handelsman, Antoni Rybarski, Kazimierz Tymieniecki, editors, Najdawniejsze księgi sądowe mazowieckie, volume II, number 237:
  Iakom ya ne mal dzewcze mey vosza ani con[a dacz], ali na mego concza smerczy
  [Jakom ja nie miał dziewce mej woza ani kon[ia dać], ali na mego końca śmierci]

Particle edit

ali

until, as long as, up to
- 1950 [1499], Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, Adam Wolff, editors, Zapiski i roty polskie XV-XVI wieku z ksiąg sądowych ziemi warszawskiej, number 1831:
  Jakossny my vyethnaly y rosdzyelyli Anna s B[b]arbara..., rolamy..., lassy, borrmy aly do waczyerzina syvotha
  [Jakosmy my ujednali i rozdzielili Annę z B[b]arbarą..., rolami..., lasy, bormi ali do macierzyna żywota]

Descendants edit

Polish: ali

References edit

B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “ali”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Polish ali. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ li.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈa.li/
Rhymes: -ali
Syllabification: a‧li
Homophone: Ali

Conjunction edit

ali

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

Particle edit

ali

(obsolete) used for presenting something; here
Synonym: oto

References edit

Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “ali”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
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]

Portuguese edit

Alternative forms edit

aly (obsolete)

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈli/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈli/

Rhymes: -i
Hyphenation: a‧li
Audio (file)
Audio (Oporto, Portugal) (file)

Adverb edit

ali (not comparable)

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.

Rukai edit

Noun edit

ali

used by women to refer to one's female friend

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ali, *ale.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /âli/
Hyphenation: a‧li

Conjunction edit

ȁli (Cyrillic spelling а̏ли)

Synonyms edit

(Croatia) ȁle, nu

Sicilian edit

Noun edit

ali

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.

IPA^(key): /áli/, /áːli/

Conjunction edit

ȁli or ȃli

or
(ali ... ali) either ... or

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ali/

Particle edit

ali

Introduces a yes-no question.

Tagalog edit

Pronunciation edit

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔali/, [ˈʔa.lɪ]
Rhymes: -ali
Syllabification: a‧li

Noun edit

ali (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒ)

Alternative form of ale

Portuguese demonstratives (edit)
		Pronouns					Adverbs
		Singular		Plural		Neuter
		Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
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, acolá
	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

ali

Afar edit

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Azerbaijani edit

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Elfdalian edit

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Faroese edit

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Finnish edit

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Postposition edit

Usage notes edit

Inflection edit

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Gorontalo edit

Noun edit

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Etymology edit

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Noun edit

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Icelandic edit

Noun edit

Indonesian edit

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Further reading edit

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

Verb edit

Anagrams edit

Kapampangan edit

Interjection edit

Laboya edit

Etymology edit

Noun edit

References edit

Latin edit

Verb edit

Lavukaleve edit

Noun edit

Laz edit

Noun edit

Limos Kalinga edit

Noun edit

Macanese edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Adverb edit

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Middle English edit

Adjective edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Noun edit

Participle edit

Nupe edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

O'odham edit