அழி

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Tamil

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *aẓ-i- (to perish). Cognate with Kannada ಅಳಿ (aḷi), Malayalam അഴിയുക (aḻiyuka).

Verb

அழி (aḻi)

  1. (intransitive) to perish, be ruined
  2. to decay, be mutilated
  3. to fail, be frustrated
  4. to become unsettled, lose standing
  5. to be defeated
  6. to melt with love
  7. to suffer, be troubled
  8. to be disheartened
  9. to swell, increase
  10. to sympathize with
  11. to be spent, used up, sold out, exhausted
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Etymology 2

Causative of the verb above. Cognate with Malayalam അഴിക്കുക (aḻikkuka).

Verb

அழி (aḻi) (transitive)

  1. to erase
  2. to destroy, exterminate
  3. to spend
  4. to ruin, damage
  5. to efface, obliterate
  6. to disarrange
  7. to change the form or mode of
  8. to cause to forget
  9. to smear
  10. to bring to a close
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Noun

அழி (aḻi)

  1. destruction, ruin
  2. straw
  3. crib for straw
  4. lattice
  5. pity
Declension
i-stem declension of அழி (aḻi)
Singular Plural
Nominative அழி
aḻi
அழிகள்
aḻikaḷ
Vocative அழியே
aḻiyē
அழிகளே
aḻikaḷē
Accusative அழியை
aḻiyai
அழிகளை
aḻikaḷai
Dative அழிக்கு
aḻikku
அழிகளுக்கு
aḻikaḷukku
Genitive அழியுடைய
aḻiyuṭaiya
அழிகளுடைய
aḻikaḷuṭaiya
Singular Plural
Nominative அழி
aḻi
அழிகள்
aḻikaḷ
Vocative அழியே
aḻiyē
அழிகளே
aḻikaḷē
Accusative அழியை
aḻiyai
அழிகளை
aḻikaḷai
Dative அழிக்கு
aḻikku
அழிகளுக்கு
aḻikaḷukku
Benefactive அழிக்காக
aḻikkāka
அழிகளுக்காக
aḻikaḷukkāka
Genitive 1 அழியுடைய
aḻiyuṭaiya
அழிகளுடைய
aḻikaḷuṭaiya
Genitive 2 அழியின்
aḻiyiṉ
அழிகளின்
aḻikaḷiṉ
Locative 1 அழியில்
aḻiyil
அழிகளில்
aḻikaḷil
Locative 2 அழியிடம்
aḻiyiṭam
அழிகளிடம்
aḻikaḷiṭam
Sociative 1 அழியோடு
aḻiyōṭu
அழிகளோடு
aḻikaḷōṭu
Sociative 2 அழியுடன்
aḻiyuṭaṉ
அழிகளுடன்
aḻikaḷuṭaṉ
Instrumental அழியால்
aḻiyāl
அழிகளால்
aḻikaḷāl
Ablative அழியிலிருந்து
aḻiyiliruntu
அழிகளிலிருந்து
aḻikaḷiliruntu

References

  • University of Madras (1924–1936) “அழி”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras : Diocesan Press