jali

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English

A jali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Gujarati જાળી (jāḷī).

Noun

jali (plural jalis)

  1. A stone screen, perforated or latticed, usually with a geometrical ornamental pattern, used in Indian and Islamic architecture.

Anagrams

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a Common Slavic *žalь. Compare Romanian jale.

Noun

jali f (plural jeljuri)

  1. sadness, grief, distress

Antonyms

Bandjalang

Alternative forms

Noun

jali

  1. tree
    • 1892, H. Livingstone, A short Grammar and Vocabulary of the Dialect spoken by the Minyuġ People, in John Fraser (ed.) An Australian Language
      Burre—the top of a tree; with this compare ćulle, ‘the barrel’ or ‘trunk’ of a tree; ... Ćulle is also a general name for a ‘tree.’ It often means ‘logs’ lying down, and ‘firewood’; e.g., kulga ćulle wébȧragai, ‘cut wood for the fire.’
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Czech

Pronunciation

Participle

jali

  1. animate masculine plural past active participle of jmout

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin illī, nominative masculine plural of ille.

Pronoun

jali m pl (masculine singular jal)

  1. (third-person masculine plural pronoun) they

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See also

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic .

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

-jali (infinitive kujali)

  1. to care, to worry, to be concerned
  2. to respect, to honour

Conjugation

Conjugation of -jali
Positive present -najali
Subjunctive -jali
Negative -jali
Imperative singular jali
Infinitives
Positive kujali
Negative kutojali
Imperatives
Singular jali
Plural jalini
Tensed forms
Habitual hujali
Positive past positive subject concord + -lijali
Negative past negative subject concord + -kujali
Positive present (positive subject concord + -najali)
Singular Plural
1st person ninajali/najali tunajali
2nd person unajali mnajali
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anajali wanajali
other classes positive subject concord + -najali
Negative present (negative subject concord + -jali)
Singular Plural
1st person sijali hatujali
2nd person hujali hamjali
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hajali hawajali
other classes negative subject concord + -jali
Positive future positive subject concord + -tajali
Negative future negative subject concord + -tajali
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -jali)
Singular Plural
1st person nijali tujali
2nd person ujali mjali
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ajali wajali
other classes positive subject concord + -jali
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sijali
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngejali
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singejali
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalijali
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalijali
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ajali)
Singular Plural
1st person najali twajali
2nd person wajali mwajali
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ajali wajali
m-mi(III/IV) wajali yajali
ji-ma(V/VI) lajali yajali
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chajali vyajali
n(IX/X) yajali zajali
u(XI) wajali see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwajali
pa(XVI) pajali
mu(XVIII) mwajali
Perfect positive subject concord + -mejali
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshajali
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jajali
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kijali
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipojali
Consecutive kajali / positive subject concord + -kajali
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kajali
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nijali -tujali
2nd person -kujali -wajali/-kujalini/-wajalini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mjali -wajali
m-mi(III/IV) -ujali -ijali
ji-ma(V/VI) -lijali -yajali
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kijali -vijali
n(IX/X) -ijali -zijali
u(XI) -ujali see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kujali
pa(XVI) -pajali
mu(XVIII) -mujali
Reflexive -jijali
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -jali- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -jaliye -jalio
m-mi(III/IV) -jalio -jaliyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -jalilo -jaliyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -jalicho -jalivyo
n(IX/X) -jaliyo -jalizo
u(XI) -jalio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -jaliko
pa(XVI) -jalipo
mu(XVIII) -jalimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -jali)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yejali -ojali
m-mi(III/IV) -ojali -yojali
ji-ma(V/VI) -lojali -yojali
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chojali -vyojali
n(IX/X) -yojali -zojali
u(XI) -ojali see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kojali
pa(XVI) -pojali
mu(XVIII) -mojali
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

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