ली

Hindi

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /liː/

Verb

ली • (lī)

  1. inflection of लेना (lenā):
    1. feminine singular perfective participle
    2. feminine singular perfect indicative

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Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [liː]

Noun

ली • (lī) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐮𑐷)

  1. brass

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • লী (Assamese script)
  • ᬮᬷ (Balinese script)
  • লী (Bengali script)
  • 𑰩𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀮𑀻 (Brahmi script)
  • လီ (Burmese script)
  • લી (Gujarati script)
  • ਲੀ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌲𑍀 (Grantha script)
  • ꦭꦷ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂪𑂲 (Kaithi script)
  • ಲೀ (Kannada script)
  • លី (Khmer script)
  • ລີ (Lao script)
  • ലീ (Malayalam script)
  • ᠯᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘩𑘲 (Modi script)
  • ᠯᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧉𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐮𑐷 (Newa script)
  • ଲୀ (Odia script)
  • ꢭꢷ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆬𑆵 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖩𑖱 (Siddham script)
  • ලී (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩽𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚥𑚯 (Takri script)
  • லீ (Tamil script)
  • లీ (Telugu script)
  • ลี (Thai script)
  • ལཱི (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒪𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨬𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂liH-, the zero-grade of *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Compare Latin līmus (“slime”), Irish lean (“to follow; to endure”), Hittite [script needed] (ú-li-iš-ta, “hide oneself”).

Pronunciation

Root

ली • (lī)

  1. to adhere, obtain
  2. to melt, liquefy, dissolve
  3. to cling or press closely, stick or adhere to
  4. to lie, recline, alight or settle on
  5. to hide or cower down in, disappear, vanish
  6. to deceive
  7. to obtain honour
  8. to humble

Derived terms

Noun

ली • (lī) stem, f

  1. clinging, adhering

Declension
Feminine ī-stem declension of ली (lī)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative लीः
līḥ		 लियौ
liyau		 लियः
liyaḥ
Vocative लीः
līḥ		 लियौ
liyau		 लियः
liyaḥ
Accusative लियम्
liyam		 लियौ
liyau		 लियः
liyaḥ
Instrumental लिया
liyā		 लीभ्याम्
lībhyām		 लीभिः
lībhiḥ
Dative लिये / लियै¹
liye / liyai¹		 लीभ्याम्
lībhyām		 लीभ्यः
lībhyaḥ
Ablative लियः / लियाः¹ / लियै²
liyaḥ / liyāḥ¹ / liyai²		 लीभ्याम्
lībhyām		 लीभ्यः
lībhyaḥ
Genitive लियः / लियाः¹ / लियै²
liyaḥ / liyāḥ¹ / liyai²		 लियोः
liyoḥ		 लियाम् / लीनाम्¹
liyām / līnām¹
Locative लियि / लियाम्¹
liyi / liyām¹		 लियोः
liyoḥ		 लीषु
līṣu
Notes
  • ¹Later Sanskrit
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Further reading
  • Monier Williams (1899) “ली”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 903, column 2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 474-475
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