lik

See also: lík, -lik, and -lık

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɪk/
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Hyphenation: lik
Rhymes: -ɪk

Etymology 1

From likken.

Noun

lik m (plural likken, diminutive likje n)

lick (a caress with the tongue)
(especially in the diminutive) a small amount

Verb

lik

first-person singular present indicative of likken
imperative of likken

Etymology 2

Unclear.

Noun

lik f (plural likken, diminutive likje n)

(Netherlands, Bargoens) prison, jail
Synonyms: bajes, bak, gevangenis, nor

Anagrams

kil

German

Etymology

Borrowing from English to like

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Verb

lik

singular imperative of liken
(colloquial) first-person singular present of liken

Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈlik]
Rhymes: -ik

Noun

lik (plural likak)

(dialectal) Alternative form of lyuk

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	lik	likak
accusative	likat	likakat
dative	liknak	likaknak
instrumental	likkal	likakkal
causal-final	likért	likakért
translative	likká	likakká
terminative	likig	likakig
essive-formal	likként	likakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	likban	likakban
superessive	likon	likakon
adessive	liknál	likaknál
illative	likba	likakba
sublative	likra	likakra
allative	likhoz	likakhoz
elative	likból	likakból
delative	likról	likakról
ablative	liktól	likaktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	liké	likaké
non-attributive possessive - plural	likéi	likakéi

Possessive forms of lik
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	likam	likaim
2nd person sing.	likad	likaid
3rd person sing.	lika	likai
1st person plural	likunk	likaink
2nd person plural	likatok	likaitok
3rd person plural	likuk	likaik

Derived terms

likacska
likas

Livonian

Verb

lik

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

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)

similar, alike
equal

Antonyms

ulik
forskjellig

Derived terms

Terms derived from lik (adjective)

likekjønnet
likelønn

likestille
likhet

likne, ligne

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)

a corpse, (dead) body

Derived terms

likblek, likbleik
likkiste
over mitt lik

Etymology 3

From Old Norse lík (“leech”).

Noun

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

edge of a sail; leech

Verb

lik

imperative of like

References

“lik” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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)

similar, alike
equal
good (mainly used in comparative and superlative form)
- 1895, Per Sivle, "Vaar-Vôn":
  Og kjenner du inkje ikvell ikvell, at Livet, det er no det likaste lell?
  And can you not feel, tonight, tonight, that life is the best thing after all?

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-.

Noun

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

a corpse, (dead) body

Derived terms

likkiste
likluke
over mitt lik

Etymology 3

From Old Norse lík (“leech”).

Noun

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

edge of a sail; leech

Verb

lik

imperative of like

References

“lik” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Noun

līk n

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Declension

Declension of lik (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	līk	līkit	līk	līkin
accusative	līk	līkit	līk	līkin
dative	līki	līkinu	līkum	līkunum
genitive	līks	līksins	līka	līkanna

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /liːk/

Noun

līk n

dead body, corpse
torso

Declension

Declension of līk (neuter a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	līk	līk
accusative	līk	līk
genitive	līkes	līkō
dative	līke	līkun
instrumental	—	—

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

līk n

shape, semblance, appearance
corpse

Declension

Declension of lik (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	līk	līkit	līk	līkin
accusative	līk	līkit	līk	līkin
dative	līki, līke	līkinu, līkeno	līkum, līkom	līkumin, līkomen
genitive	līks	līksins	līka	līkanna

Descendants

Swedish: lik

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *likъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lik/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ik
Syllabification: lik
Homophone: lig

Noun

lik m inan

(obsolete) quantity, amount, number
Synonyms: ilość, liczba, stan liczbowy, stan liczebny

Declension

Declension of lik

	singular
nominative	lik
genitive	liku
dative	likowi
accusative	lik
instrumental	likiem
locative	liku
vocative	liku

Derived terms

noun

bezlik

numeral

bez liku

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *likъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lîːk/

Noun

lȋk m (Cyrillic spelling ли̑к)

form, shape, figure, appearance
image, effigy
character, persona (in a work of art)
(by extension, colloquial) guy, bloke, dude, character
Ti si neki čudan lik. ― You're a weird guy.

Declension

Declension of lik

	singular	plural
nominative	lȋk	lìkovi
genitive	lika	likova
dative	liku	likovima
accusative	lik	likove
vocative	liku	likovi
locative	liku	likovima
instrumental	likom	likovima

Derived terms

oblik
slika

Swedish

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈliːk/
Rhymes: -iːk

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

lik (comparative mer lik, superlative mest lik)

looking like, resembling (in appearance or other characteristics)
Du är lik henne. Samma näsa.
You look like (resemble) her. Same nose.
Du är lik henne till sättet
You are like (resemble) her in manner
Han är lik sin far
He resembles his father (same ambiguity as in English)
Den nya processen är lik den gamla
The new process is similar to (resembles) the old one
(in the plural) alike, same (the same or similar)
Min bror och jag är inte lika alls
My brother and I are very different (not alike at all)
De är lika. Skurkar båda två!
They're the same. Crooks the both of them!
x och y är lika
x and y are equal

Usage notes

Though often un-idiomatic-sounding in English, resembling is the translation that best matches the meaning in the singular. English like may partially be considered a false friend. "You are like her" would most naturally be translated as "Du är som henne" (You are as her).
Tends strongly towards physical resemblance in the singular without context. "Du är lik Michael Jackson" would always be taken as "You look like Michael Jackson" without strong clues towards other characteristics. Other uses may intuitively be thought of as "looking like" in a figurative sense.

Declension

Inflection of lik
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	lik	mer lik	mest lik
Neuter singular	likt	mer likt	mest likt
Plural	lika	mer lika	mest lika
Masculine plural³	like	mer lika	mest lika
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	like	mer like	mest like
All	lika	mer lika	mest lika
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Antonyms

olik

Etymology 2

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

Noun

lik n

a corpse
the edge of a sail, either free or following mast or boom

Declension

Declension of lik
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lik	liket	lik	liken
Genitive	liks	likets	liks	likens

Anagrams

kil

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English leak.

Noun

lik

leak

West Flemish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gelijc, from Old Dutch *gilīk, from Proto-West Germanic *galīk.

Conjunction

lik

like, such as

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
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

likhókken
likkul
likkóm
likli
likmykke
likslug
likt
likthókken
liktókken
likvis
likóm
oliik
olikli
olikt

Adverb

lik

yet, still, anyway

Alternative forms

likk
liks

Etymology 2

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

Noun

lik n

corpse

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

Yola

Verb

lik

Alternative form of lick
- 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 4:
  Fan Buckeen hay pooked lik own thing mad.
  When Buckeen he jumped like a thing mad.

References

Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 132

Zhuang

Alternative forms

lek

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰlekᴰ (“iron”), from Old Chinese 鐵 (OC *l̥ʰiːɡ, “iron”). Cognate with Thai เหล็ก (lèk), Lao ເຫຼັກ (lek), Shan လဵၵ်း (láek), Lü ᦵᦜᧅ (l̇ek), Tai Nüa ᥘᥥᥐᥱ (lěk), Ahom 𑜎𑜢𑜀𑜫 (lik), Nong Zhuang liak. Doublet of diet.

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /lik˥/

Tone numbers: lik⁷

Hyphenation: lik

Noun

lik (1957–1982 spelling lik)

(dialectal) iron (metal)
Synonym: diet

lik

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Verb

Etymology 2

Noun

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German

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Hungarian

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Further reading

Livonian

Verb

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

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Etymology 2

Noun

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

Verb

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

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Etymology 2

Noun

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

Verb

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Old Norse

Noun

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Old Saxon

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Noun

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Old Swedish

Etymology

Noun

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Descendants

Polish

Etymology

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Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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Noun

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Derived terms

Further reading

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

Usage notes

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