ली

Hindi

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /liː/, [l̪iː]

Verb

ली • (lī)

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

Newar

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [liː]

Noun

ली • (lī) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐮𑐷)

  1. brass

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬮᬷ (Balinese script)
  • লী (Assamese script)
  • লী (Bengali script)
  • 𑰩𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀮𑀻 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌲𑍀 (Grantha script)
  • લી (Gujarati script)
  • ਲੀ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦭꦷ (Javanese script)
  • លី (Khmer script)
  • ಲೀ (Kannada script)
  • ລີ (Lao script)
  • ലീ (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘩𑘲 (Modi script)
  • ᠯᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
  • ᠯᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
  • လီ (Burmese script)
  • 𑧉𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐮𑐷 (Newa script)
  • ଲୀ (Odia script)
  • ꢭꢷ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆬𑆵 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖩𑖱 (Siddham script)
  • ලී (Sinhalese script)
  • லீ (Tamil script)
  • లీ (Telugu script)
  • ลี (Thai script)
  • ལཱི (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒪𑒲 (Tirhuta 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) root form, 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
liyā́		 लीभ्याम्
lībhyā́m		 लीभिः
lībhíḥ
Dative लिये / लियै¹
liyé / liyaí¹		 लीभ्याम्
lībhyā́m		 लीभ्यः
lībhyáḥ
Ablative लियः / लियाः¹
liyáḥ / liyā́ḥ¹		 लीभ्याम्
lībhyā́m		 लीभ्यः
lībhyáḥ
Genitive लियः / लियाः¹
liyáḥ / liyā́ḥ¹		 लियोः
liyóḥ		 लियाम् / लीनाम्¹
liyā́m / līnā́m¹
Locative लियि / लियाम्¹
liyí / liyā́m¹		 लियोः
liyóḥ		 लीषु
līṣú
Notes
  • ¹Later Sanskrit

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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