Bulgarian

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Pronunciation

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  • мо́ли: IPA(key): [ˈmɔli] (present indicative or aorist)
  • моли́: IPA(key): [moˈli] (aorist or imperative)

Verb

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мо́ли (móli)

  1. third-person singular present indicative of мо́ля (mólja)

Verb

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мо́ли or моли́ (móli or molí)

  1. second/third-person singular aorist indicative of мо́ля (mólja)

Verb

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моли́ (molí)

  1. second-person singular imperative of мо́ля (mólja)

Macedonian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *modliti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *maldī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ-.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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моли (moli) third-singular presentimpf (perfective замоли or намоли)

  1. (transitive) to beseech, beg, implore, pray

Usage notes

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  • This verb isn't used to describe begging on the street - that would be expressed with the verb "проси".

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • моли” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Moksha

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Etymology

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Morphologically from молемс (moľems, to go) +‎ (-i, [agentive suffix]).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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моли (moľi)

  1. third-person singular present indicative of молемс (moľems)

Noun

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моли (moľi)

  1. passer-by
    • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN
      прохожий — ётай, моли
      prohožij — jotaj, moľi
      passer-by [in Russian] — passer-by

Declension

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Northern Yukaghir

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Etymology

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From Proto-Yukaghir *mol-

Particle

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моли (moli)

  1. not for a long time
  2. temporarily

References

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  • Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 272
  • Kurilov, Гаврил (2001) Юкагирско-русский словарь, Novosibirsk: Nauka

Russian

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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моли́ (molí)

  1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of моли́ть (molítʹ)

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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мо́ли (mólif anim or f anim pl

  1. inflection of моль (molʹ, clothes moth):
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative plural
  2. dative/prepositional singular of моль (molʹ)

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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мо́ли (mólim inan pl

  1. nominative plural of моль (molʹ, minor (music); mole (chemistry))
  2. inanimate accusative plural of моль (molʹ)