ली

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) 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]

Nomen

ली • (lī) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐮𑐷)

1. brass

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• री (rī), लय् (lay)

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /liː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /l̪iː/

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

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root ली‎ (0 c, 4 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• लयति (layati, Present)

Derived Nominal Forms

• लयन (layana)
• संलयन (saṃlayana)

Nomen

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]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 474-475