मिचली (michlii)

noun A single-sense noun meaning nausea, that queasy feeling in the stomach before you throw up.
Sense 1 : nausea
noun, feminine
Synonyms: उबकाई (ubkaaii)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: You will hear this word most in the doctor's clinic or on a bumpy car ride through the hills -- घाटी में गाड़ी में मिचली होना (ghaatii men gaadii men michlii honaa, 'to feel carsick on mountain roads') is a very common complaint on any trip to Shimla or Mussoorie. It pairs naturally with जी (jii, 'the heart/stomach as seat of feeling'), as in जी मिचलाना (jii michlaanaa), the related verb form for the same sensation.
Common Mistakes: 1) This word almost always shows up with होना (honaa) or आना (aanaa) -- मिचली होना (michlii honaa, 'to feel nauseous') or जी में मिचली आना (jii men michlii aanaa, 'to feel nausea rise'). Learners sometimes try to use it as a verb directly; it stays a noun and needs a helping verb. 2) The subject of the feeling is marked with को (ko), not ने (ne) -- मुझे मिचली आ रही है (mujhe michlii aa rahii hai, 'I am feeling nauseous'), following the same dative-subject pattern as लगना (lagnaa).
Sample Sentences:
पहाड़ी रास्ते पर मुझे बहुत मिचली होती है। I get a lot of nausea on mountain roads.
(pahaadii raaste par mujhe bahut michlii hotii hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
घाटी में गाड़ी में मिचली होना आम बात है। Feeling carsick on the valley roads is a common thing.
(ghaatii men gaadii men michlii honaa aam baat hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
कल शिमला जाते वक्त उसे इतनी मिचली हुई कि गाड़ी रोकनी पड़ी। Yesterday, on the way to Shimla, she felt so much nausea that we had to stop the car.
(kal shimlaa jaate vakt use itnii michlii huii ki gaadii roknii padii।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
डॉक्टर, मुझे सुबह से मिचली हो रही है। Doctor, I have been feeling nauseous since morning.
(doktar, mujhe subah se michlii ho rahii hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
अगर तुम पिछली सीट पर बैठोगे तो शायद मिचली होगी। If you sit in the back seat, you might get nausea.
(agar tum pichhlii siit par baithoge to shaayad michlii hogii।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
अगर मैंने नाश्ता कर लिया होता तो इतनी मिचली न होती। If I had eaten breakfast, I wouldn't have had so much nausea.
(agar mainne naashtaa kar liyaa hotaa to itnii michlii n hotii।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Perfective -- Voice: Active
मिचली महसूस हो तो तुरंत बताना। If you feel nausea, tell me right away.
(michlii mahsoos ho to turant bataanaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
गर्भावस्था के पहले महीनों में मिचली बहुत सामान्य होती है। Nausea is very common in the first months of pregnancy.
(garbhaavasthaa ke pahle mahiinon men michlii bahut saamaany hotii hai।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
उसकी मिचली इतनी बढ़ गई थी कि उसे अस्पताल ले जाया गया। Her nausea had increased so much that she was taken to the hospital.
(uskii michlii itnii badh gaii thii ki use asptaal le jaayaa gayaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
इस दवा से मिचली कम हो जाएगी। This medicine will reduce the nausea.
(is davaa se michlii kam ho jaaegii।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct): मिचली (michlii)
(sg.f.oblique): मिचली (michlii)
(pl.f.direct): मिचलियाँ (michliyaan)
(pl.f.oblique): मिचलियों (michliyon)