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)

  1. (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.
  2. (informal) Food sold at a delicatessen.

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

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)

  1. (rare, literary) stalwart, athletic (figure), well-built (person)

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
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

  1. ^ 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

  1. inflection of delir:
    1. first-person singular preterite indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Serbo-Croatian edit

Verb edit

deli (Cyrillic spelling дели)

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

Swedish edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from English deli.

Noun edit

deli c

  1. a simpler restaurant (selling lighter meals, for examples sandwiches and salads)
  2. a deli shop or deli section (at a retail store)
Declension edit
Declension of deli 
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)

  1. (slang) stupid, retarded

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Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish دلی (deli), from Proto-Turkic *tälig, *tẹ̄lbüg (mad, stupid).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

deli

  1. mad, insane

Declension edit

Inflection
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
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular delim delilerim
2nd singular delin delilerin
3rd singular delisi delileri
1st plural delimiz delilerimiz
2nd plural deliniz delileriniz
3rd plural delileri delileri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular delimi delilerimi
2nd singular delini delilerini
3rd singular delisini delilerini
1st plural delimizi delilerimizi
2nd plural delinizi delilerinizi
3rd plural delilerini delilerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular delime delilerime
2nd singular deline delilerine
3rd singular delisine delilerine
1st plural delimize delilerimize
2nd plural delinize delilerinize
3rd plural delilerine delilerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular delimde delilerimde
2nd singular delinde delilerinde
3rd singular delisinde delilerinde
1st plural delimizde delilerimizde
2nd plural delinizde delilerinizde
3rd plural delilerinde delilerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular delimden delilerimden
2nd singular delinden delilerinden
3rd singular delisinden delilerinden
1st plural delimizden delilerimizden
2nd plural delinizden delilerinizden
3rd plural delilerinden delilerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular delimin delilerimin
2nd singular delinin delilerinin
3rd singular delisinin delilerinin
1st plural delimizin delilerimizin
2nd plural delinizin delilerinizin
3rd plural delilerinin delilerinin
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular deliyim delilerim
2nd singular delisin delilersin
3rd singular deli
delidir
deliler
delilerdir
1st plural deliyiz delileriz
2nd plural delisiniz delilersiniz
3rd plural deliler delilerdir

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Greek: ντελής (ntelís)
  • Hungarian: deli
  • Serbo-Croatian: delija
  • Swedish: deli

Further reading edit

  • deli”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Volapük edit

Noun edit

deli

  1. accusative singular of del

Welsh edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

deli

  1. second-person singular present indicative/future of dal

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
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

  1. Soft mutation of teli.

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
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.