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lik

lik

See also: lík, -lik, and -lık

Dutch

Noun

lik m (plural likken, diminutive likje n)

  1. lick (a caress with the tongue)
  2. (Netherlands): jail

Verb

lik

  1. first-person singular present indicative of likken
  2. imperative of likken

Anagrams


German

Etymology

Borrowing from English to like

Verb

lik

  1. Imperative singular of liken.
  2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of liken.

Greenlandic

Affix

lik

  1. Indicating something provides something.
    e.g. Tasiusamik atilik
    A place called Tasiusaq (literally 'provided with the name Tasiusaq').

Livonian

Verb

lik

  1. 1st person singular negative form of likkõ
  2. 2nd person singular negative form of likkõ
  3. 3rd person singular negative form of likkõ
  4. 2nd person singular imperative form of likkõ

Lojban

Rafsi

lik

  1. rafsi of litki.

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)

  1. similar, alike
  2. equal
Antonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *līg-.

Noun

lik n (definite singular liket, indefinite plural lik, definite plural lika or likene)

  1. a corpse, (dead) body
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Old Norse lík (leech).

Noun

lik n (definite singular liket, indefinite plural lik, definite plural lika or likene)

  1. edge of a sail; leech

Etymology 4

Verb

lik

  1. imperative of like

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

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)

  1. similar, alike
  2. equal
Antonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *līg-.

Noun

lik n (definite singular liket, indefinite plural lik, definite plural lika)

  1. a corpse, (dead) body
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Old Norse lík (leech).

Noun

lik n (definite singular liket, indefinite plural lik, definite plural lika)

  1. edge of a sail; leech

References


Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *līką, from the root Proto-Indo-European *līg-. Cognate with the Old English līċ, Dutch lijk, Old High German līh (German Leiche), Old Norse lík (Swedish lik), Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺 (leik).

Cognate with Old Saxon gilīk (alike, similar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliːk/

Noun

līk n

  1. dead body, corpse
  2. torso

Declension


Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką.

Noun

līk n

  1. shape, semblance, appearance
  2. corpse

Declension

Descendants


Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *likъ.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /lʲik/

Noun

lik m inan

  1. (obsolete) quantity, amount, number

Declension

Derived terms

Synonyms


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *likъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lîːk/

Noun

lȋk m (Cyrillic spelling ли̑к)

  1. form, shape, figure
  2. image, effigy
  3. appearance
  4. (colloquial) guy

Declension

Derived Terms

  1. oblik
  2. slika

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliːk/

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish līker, from Old Norse líkr, glíkr, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz.

Adjective

lik

  1. like, similar to
  2. like
Declension
Inflection of lik
Indefinite/attributive 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 an attributive role.
Antonyms

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish līk, from Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *līg-.

Noun

lik n

  1. corpse
  2. the edge of a sail, either free or following mast or boom
Declension

West Flemish

Conjunction

lik

  1. like, such as