From the 18th century, from Latin alibī (“elsewhere, at another place”, adverb). Probably after French alibi, which has this use since the late 14th century.
alibi (plural alibis)
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alibi (third-person singular simple present alibis or alibies, present participle alibiing, simple past and past participle alibied)
alibi n or m (plural alibi's, diminutive alibietje n)
alibi
Inflection of alibi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | alibi | alibit | |
genitive | alibin | alibien | |
partitive | alibia | alibeja | |
illative | alibiin | alibeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | alibi | alibit | |
accusative | nom. | alibi | alibit |
gen. | alibin | ||
genitive | alibin | alibien | |
partitive | alibia | alibeja | |
inessive | alibissa | alibeissa | |
elative | alibista | alibeista | |
illative | alibiin | alibeihin | |
adessive | alibilla | alibeilla | |
ablative | alibilta | alibeilta | |
allative | alibille | alibeille | |
essive | alibina | alibeina | |
translative | alibiksi | alibeiksi | |
abessive | alibitta | alibeitta | |
instructive | — | alibein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Inherited from Middle French alibi (14th c.), borrowed from Latin alibī.
alibi m (plural alibis or (archaic) alibi)
Internationalism chiefly via German Alibi (“alibi”), from Latin alibī (“elsewhere, at another place”). First attested in 1839.
alibi (plural alibik)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | alibi | alibik |
accusative | alibit | alibiket |
dative | alibinek | alibiknek |
instrumental | alibivel | alibikkel |
causal-final | alibiért | alibikért |
translative | alibivé | alibikké |
terminative | alibiig | alibikig |
essive-formal | alibiként | alibikként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | alibiben | alibikben |
superessive | alibin | alibiken |
adessive | alibinél | alibiknél |
illative | alibibe | alibikbe |
sublative | alibire | alibikre |
allative | alibihez | alibikhez |
elative | alibiből | alibikből |
delative | alibiről | alibikről |
ablative | alibitől | alibiktől |
non-attributive possessive – singular |
alibié | alibiké |
non-attributive possessive – plural |
alibiéi | alibikéi |
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
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1st person sing. | alibim | alibijeim (or alibiim) |
2nd person sing. | alibid | alibijeid (or alibiid) |
3rd person sing. | alibije | alibijei (or alibii) |
1st person plural | alibink | alibijeink (or alibiink) |
2nd person plural | alibitek | alibijeitek (or alibiitek) |
3rd person plural | alibijük | alibijeik (or alibiik) |
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singular | plural | |
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nominative | alibi | alibik |
accusative | alibit | alibikat |
dative | alibinak | alibiknak |
instrumental | alibival | alibikkal |
causal-final | alibiért | alibikért |
translative | alibivá | alibikká |
terminative | alibiig | alibikig |
essive-formal | alibiként | alibikként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | alibiban | alibikban |
superessive | alibin | alibikon |
adessive | alibinál | alibiknál |
illative | alibiba | alibikba |
sublative | alibira | alibikra |
allative | alibihoz | alibikhoz |
elative | alibiból | alibikból |
delative | alibiról | alibikról |
ablative | alibitól | alibiktól |
non-attributive possessive – singular |
alibié | alibiké |
non-attributive possessive – plural |
alibiéi | alibikéi |
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
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1st person sing. | alibim | alibijaim (or alibiim) |
2nd person sing. | alibid | alibijaid (or alibiid) |
3rd person sing. | alibija | alibijai (or alibii) |
1st person plural | alibink | alibijaink (or alibiink) |
2nd person plural | alibitok | alibijaitok (or alibiitok) |
3rd person plural | alibijuk | alibijaik (or alibiik) |
Borrowed from Dutch alibi, from Latin alibī (“elsewhere, at another place”).
alibi (plural alibi-alibi)
alibi m (invariable)
From alius (“other, another”) + ibī.
alibī (not comparable)
type | demonstrative | anaphoric | identity | interrogative/ relative |
indefinite | negative | other | ||||||
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proximal | medial | distal | relative | indefinite | free choice | universal | negative polarity | ||||||
basic | hic | iste, istic | ille, illic | is | ipse, īdem | quis/quī | quisquis, quīcumque | quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiam | quīvis, quīlibet | quisque | quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam | nēmō, nihil, nūllus | alius |
dual | uter | utercumque | alteruter | utervīs, uterlibet | uterque | neuter | alter | ||||||
place | hīc | istīc | illīc | ibī̆ | ibī̆dem | ubī̆ | ubiubi, ubī̆cumque | alicubī, uspiam | ubivīs, ubilibet | ubīque | usquam | nusquam, nūllibī | alibī, aliās |
source | hinc | istinc | illinc | inde | indidem | unde | undecumque, undeunde | alicunde | °undelibet | undique | aliunde | ||
destination | hūc, °hōrsum | istūc, °istōrsum | illūc, °illōrsum | eō | eōdem | quō, quōrsum | quōquō, quōcumque | aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum | quōvīs, quōlibet | quōquam | nusquam, nūllōrsum | aliō, aliōrsum | |
method, means, path, place |
hāc | istāc | illāc | eā | eādem | quā | quāquā, quācumque | aliquā | quāvīs, quālibet | quāque | °quāquam | nēquāquam, haudquāquam | aliā |
manner | hōc modō | istō modō | illō modō | ita, sīc, eō modō |
item, itidem | ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum | utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque | quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō | quōmodolibet | utīque | ūllō modō | nūllō modō | aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō |
time | num, nunc | ōlim | tum, tunc | simul | quandō, ‡cum | cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque | quondam, aliquandō | quandōlibet | quandōque | umquam | numquam | aliās | |
quantity | tam | †tamen, †tandem | quam | †quamquam | aliquam | quamvīs, quamlibet | |||||||
size | tantus | tantusdem | quantus | quantuscumque | aliquantus | quantusvīs, quantuslibet | |||||||
quality | tālis | quālis | quālis, quāliscumque | aliquālis | quālislibet | ||||||||
number | tot | totidem | quot | quotquot, quotcumque | aliquot | quotlibet | |||||||
order | totus | quotus | quotuscumque | aliquotus | quotuslibet | ||||||||
repetition | totiēns | quotiēns | quotiēnscumque | aliquotiēns | quotiēnslibet | ||||||||
multiplication | totuplex | quotuplex | |||||||||||
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimilated ° Rare ‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative |
Learned borrowing from Latin alibī. First attested in 1802.
alibi n (indeclinable)
alibi n (plural alibiuri)
singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | alibi | alibiul | alibiuri | alibiurile | |
genitive-dative | alibi | alibiului | alibiuri | alibiurilor | |
vocative | alibiule | alibiurilor |
alibi
àlībi m (Cyrillic spelling а̀лӣби)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | alibi | alibiji |
genitive | alibija | alibija |
dative | alibiju | alibijima |
accusative | alibi | alibije |
vocative | alibi | alibiji |
locative | alibiju | alibijima |
instrumental | alibijem | alibijima |
alibi n
Indeclinable.
alibi n
nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | alibi | alibis |
definite | alibit | alibits | |
plural | indefinite | alibin | alibins |
definite | alibina | alibinas |