lyk
See also: łyk and -lyk
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ləik/
Etymology 1
From Dutch lijk.
Noun
lyk (plural lyke, diminutive lykie)
- dead body; corpse
- Synonyms: kadawer, liggaam
Derived terms
- lykhuis
Etymology 2
From Dutch lijken.
Verb
lyk (present lyk, present participle lykende, past participle gelyk)
- to look, to appear
West Frisian
Etymology 1
From Old Frisian līk, from Proto-West Germanic *līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką.
Noun
lyk c (plural liken)
- dead body, cadaver
Further reading
- “lyk (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
lyk
- fair, just
- innocent
Inflection
| Inflection of lyk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | lyk | |||
| inflected | like | |||
| comparative | liker | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | lyk | liker | it lykst it lykste | |
| indefinite | c. sing. | like | likere | lykste |
| n. sing. | lyk | liker | lykste | |
| plural | like | likere | lykste | |
| definite | like | likere | lykste | |
| partitive | lyks | likers | — | |
Further reading
- “lyk (III)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011