lik
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɪk/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɪk
German
Etymology
Borrowing from English to like
Livonian
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse líkr, alternative spelling of glíkr, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz.
Adjective
lik (neuter singular likt, definite singular and plural like, comparative likere, indefinite superlative likest, definite superlative likeste)
Antonyms
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
From Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *līg-.
Derived terms
- likblek, likbleik
- likkiste
- over mitt lik
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liːk/
Etymology 1
From Old Norse líkr, alternative spelling of glíkr, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz.
Adjective
lik (neuter singular likt, definite singular and plural like, comparative likare, indefinite superlative likast, definite superlative likaste)
Antonyms
- ulik
- forskjellig
- ymis
Derived terms
- likeløn, likelønn
- likestille
- likesæl
Etymology 2
From Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *līg-.
Derived terms
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *likъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lîːk/
Noun
lȋk m (Cyrillic spelling ли̑к)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | lȋk | lìkovi |
genitive | lika | likova |
dative | liku | likovima |
accusative | lik | likove |
vocative | liku | likovi |
locative | liku | likovima |
instrumental | likom | likovima |
Swedish
Pronunciation
audio (file) - IPA(key): /ˈliːk/
- Rhymes: -iːk
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish līker, from Old Norse líkr, glíkr, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz.
Declension
Inflection of lik | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | lik | likare | likast |
Neuter singular | likt | likare | likast |
Plural | lika | likare | likast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | like | likare | likaste |
All | lika | likare | likaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. |
Antonyms
Etymology 2
From Old Swedish līk, from Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *līg-.
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [líːk], [lǿʏ̯ːk], [lɛ́ɪ̯ːk]
- Rhymes: -íːk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse líkr, glíkr, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz.
Adjective
lik (neuter likt, comparative likänä, indefinite superlative likäst, definite superlative likästä or likestn, pronoun likestn)
- (with dative) similar
- paitjen jer lik fâråm
- The boy is similar to the father.
- sniwäitt läikt bainen
- snow-white like bone
- paitjen jer lik fâråm
- excellent, good, suitable
- Dä likästä ji vait ― The best I know
- Han bar säg int na likt åt. ― He did not behave very well.
- Hä var den likästä kär’n. ― That was the most excellent man.
- right, cheap
- Hä var int na likt hä’n begjol ― It was not cheap what he requested.
Derived terms
Alternative forms
- likk
- liks
Etymology 2
From Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *līg-.
Compounds
- likfäl
References
- Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Lik”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 403-404