कळी

See also: कळ, काळ, and कुळ

Marathi

From Sanskrit कलिका (kalikā). Cognate with Gujarati કળી (kaḷī), Hindi कली (kalī).

कळी • (kaḷī) f

Declension of कळी (fem ī-stem)
direct singular	कळी kaḷī
direct plural	कळ्या kaḷyā
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	कळी kaḷī	कळ्या kaḷyā
oblique सामान्यरूप	कळी kaḷī	कळ्यां- kaḷyān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	कळीला kaḷīlā	कळ्यांना kaḷyānnā
ergative	कळीने, कळीनं kaḷīne, kaḷīna	कळ्यांनी kaḷyānnī
instrumental	कळीशी kaḷīśī	कळ्यांशी kaḷyānśī
locative सप्तमी	कळीत kaḷīt	कळ्यांत kaḷyāt
vocative संबोधन	कळी kaḷī	कळ्यांनो kaḷyānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of कळी (fem ī-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular^* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	कळीचा kaḷīċā	कळीचे kaḷīċe	कळीची kaḷīcī	कळीच्या kaḷīcā	कळीचे, कळीचं kaḷīċe, kaḷīċa	कळीची kaḷīcī	कळीच्या kaḷīcā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	कळ्यांचा kaḷyānċā	कळ्यांचे kaḷyānċe	कळ्यांची kaḷyāñcī	कळ्यांच्या kaḷyāncā	कळ्यांचे, कळ्यांचं kaḷyānċe, kaḷyānċa	कळ्यांची kaḷyāñcī	कळ्यांच्या kaḷyāñcā
^* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “कळी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “कळी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “कळी”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press