ali

• IPA^(key): /ʌˈli/
• Hyphenation: a‧li

alí f 

1. reptile

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Borrowed from Arabic عَالٍ‎ (ʕālin).

• IPA^(key): [ɑːˈli]

• Audio (Baku)

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• Hyphenation: a‧li

ali (comparative daha ali, superlative ən ali)

1. 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”)

• alilik

• “ali” in Obastan.com.

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

ali m (oblique ålå)

1. (anatomy) tail

• ålåbuss
• ålåell
• ålåglinder

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

ali n (genitive singular alis, uncountable)

1. quality, property, characteristic, nature (of someone or something)

• alisfrøði (“physics”)

ali

1. indicative first-person singular present of at ala
2. optative of at ala

ala- +‎ -i

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

ali (+ genitive)

1. 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.

ali cannot take a possessive suffix; alitse is used instead if possessive forms are desired.

See the inflection table.

• ala-
• ali-
• alemmas
• alempana
• alhainen
• alittaa

ali

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

ali

1. indefinite accusative plural of alur

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈali/

ali

1. to show oneself.

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

1. greeting

• “ali” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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

ali f

1. plural of ala

ali

1. inflection of alare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

• Lai, Lia

ali

1. no; stop; not

• wa

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

ali

1. younger sibling

• 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
• Laboya in Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

alī

1. present passive infinitive of alō

ali m

1. man

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

1. Latin spelling of ალი (ali)

ali

1. king

ali

1. Alternative form of holy (sacred)

ali

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of al

ali

1. (non-standard since 2012) past participle of ala

• eli

• IPA^(key): /ā.lī/

ali

1. character; disposition; behaviour

• 'ali

• IPA^(key): /ʔaɭi/

ali (plural a'al)

1. child, baby

ali

1. indefinite accusative plural of alr

ali

1. third-person active present subjunctive of ala

Univerbation of a +‎ li. First attested in 1401.

ali

1. but

   Synonym: ale

2. until

ali

1. until, as long as, up to

• Polish: ali

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

Inherited from Old Polish ali. By surface analysis, a univerbation of a +‎ li. First attested in 1401.[1]

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

ali

1. (obsolete) but

   Synonym: ale

2. (Middle Polish) so, hence

   Synonym: więc

3. (Middle Polish) let alone

   Synonyms: a już, a zaraz

4. (Middle Polish) or

   Synonym: albo

ali

1. (obsolete) Used for presenting something; here

   Synonym: oto

• “ali”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2022
• 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]

• ali in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ali in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807-1814), “ali”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “ali”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 24

• aly (obsolete)

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

• Hyphenation: a‧li

• Audio

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• Audio (Oporto, Portugal)

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ali (not comparable)

1. there (far from both the speaker and the audience)

   Synonym: lá

Usually ali implies a nearer position than lá.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ali.

ali

1. used by women to refer to one's female friend

From Proto-Slavic *ali, *ale.

• IPA^(key): /âli/
• Hyphenation: a‧li

ȁli (Cyrillic spelling а̏ли)

1. but
2. however
3. (Croatia) or, if

• (Croatia) ȁle, nu

ali

1. plural of ala

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

The second pronunciation is used in the second sense.

• IPA^(key): /áli/, /áːli/

ȁli or ȃli

1. or
2. (ali ... ali) either ... or

• IPA^(key): /ali/

ali

1. Introduces a yes-no question.

• “ali”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

• Hyphenation: a‧li
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔali/, [ˈʔa.lɪ]

ali (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒ)

1. Alternative form of ale