deli
English edit
Etymology edit
Attested since 1954. Clipping of delicatessen, from German Delikatessen, plural of Delikatesse (“delicacy, fine food”), from French délicatesse, derived from the adjective délicat, from Latin delicatus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
deli (plural delis)
- (informal) A shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving.
- Delis usually offer a broader, fresher menu than fast food chains.
- 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
- The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile.
- 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: London Bridge”, in RAIL, number 948, page 31:
- Part of the 'western arcade' (as it's known) is lined with delis, cafes and other shops, giving it the feeling of a bazaar.
- (informal) Food sold at a delicatessen.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving
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Anagrams edit
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Turkish deli (“mad, insane”), perhaps via Serbo-Croatian dèli (“brave”).[1] Doublet of dalia.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
deli (comparative delibb, superlative legdelibb)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | deli | delik |
accusative | delit | deliket |
dative | delinek | deliknek |
instrumental | delivel | delikkel |
causal-final | deliért | delikért |
translative | delivé | delikké |
terminative | deliig | delikig |
essive-formal | deliként | delikként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | deliben | delikben |
superessive | delin | deliken |
adessive | delinél | deliknél |
illative | delibe | delikbe |
sublative | delire | delikre |
allative | delihez | delikhez |
elative | deliből | delikből |
delative | deliről | delikről |
ablative | delitől | deliktől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
delié | deliké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
deliéi | delikéi |
References edit
- ^ deli in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading edit
- deli in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- deli in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
deli
- inflection of delir:
Serbo-Croatian edit
Verb edit
deli (Cyrillic spelling дели)
- inflection of deliti:
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
deli c
- a simpler restaurant (selling lighter meals, for examples sandwiches and salads)
- a deli shop or deli section (at a retail store)
Declension edit
Declension of deli | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | deli | delin | delier | delierna |
Genitive | delis | delins | deliers | deliernas |
Etymology 2 edit
Perhaps borrowed from Turkish deli.
Adjective edit
deli (comparative mer deli, superlative mest deli)
References edit
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish دلی (deli), from Proto-Turkic *tälig, *tẹ̄lbüg (“mad, stupid”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
deli
Declension edit
Inflection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | deli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | deliyi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | deli | deliler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | deliyi | delileri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | deliye | delilere | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | delide | delilerde | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | deliden | delilerden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | delinin | delilerin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “deli”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Volapük edit
Noun edit
deli
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdɛlɨ̞/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈdeːli/, /ˈdɛli/
Verb edit
deli
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
deli | ddeli | neli | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Verb edit
deli
- Soft mutation of teli.
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
teli | deli | nheli | theli |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |