-lic

See also: lic, líc, and lić

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lit͡s/, [lʲit͡s]

Particle

-lic

Alternative form of -li

Conjunction

-lic

Alternative form of -li

Middle English

Suffix

-lic

Alternative form of -liche

References

“-lī, suf.(1)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 April 2018.
“-lī, suf.(2)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 April 2018.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-līkaz (“having the body or form of”), from *līką (“body”) (whence English lich). Cognate with Old Saxon -līk (Middle Low German -lik), (Dutch -lijk, Afrikaans -lik, Old High German -līh (German -lich), Old Norse -ligr (Swedish -lig), Gothic -𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (-leiks).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /liːt͡ʃ/

Suffix

-līċ

Forming adjectives from nouns and adjectives with the sense of ‘characteristic of, pertaining to’.
Forming adjectives denoting multiplicity (compare English -fold)
þrīlīċ (“triple, three-fold”)

Derived terms

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Descendants

Middle English: -liche, -lich, -lyche, -lych, -li, -ly, -lie, -lye, -like, -lik, -licke, -lyke, -lyk, -lycke, -leche, -le, -lei, -loche, -lice, -lic, -lica, -liȝ, -lyce, -lyc, -lyca, -lyȝ, -lece, -luche, -luch
- English: -ly
- Scots: -lie

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