āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to alight
01
āĻŦāĻ¸āĻž, āĻ āĻŦāĻ¤āĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to settle or land on a surface, often referring to a bird or insect
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
A butterfly alighted on the petals of the rose, its delicate wings shimmering in the sunlight.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻ˛, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻ°āĻŽ āĻĄāĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻž, āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to get off or out of a vehicle or conveyance, especially after a journey
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She alighted gracefully from the carriage.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
alight
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His shirt caught alight while cooking.
āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻļāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ āĻā§āĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻā§āĻā§āĻŦāĻ˛, āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤
shining brightly with light
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The room was alight with soft candlelight.
āĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¨āĻ°āĻŽ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻā§āĻā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
