laik

From Old English lāc, from Proto-Germanic *laiką (“game, dance, hymn, sport, fight”). Cognates include Old Norse leikr (whence Danish leg (“game”), Swedish leka (“to play”)), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 (laiks, “dance”).

laik (third-person singular simple present laiks, present participle laiking, simple past and past participle laiked)

1. (Britain, dialectal) To play (in the sense opposed to work).

• Kail, Kali, Lika, ilka, kail, kali, kila

laik m

1. layman (non-cleric)
2. layman (non-professional)

• laický m

• amatér m

laik m

1. vocative singular of laiks

From English like.

laik

1. like

laik m pers

1. layman (non-cleric)
2. layman (non-professional)

• IPA^(key): /lǎik/
• Hyphenation: la‧ik

làik m (Cyrillic spelling ла̀ик)

1. layman (non-cleric)
2. layman (non-professional)

From English like

laik

1. wish, desire
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laik

1. an auxiliary verb which indicates the immediate future tense
2. (infinitive) to be willing
3. like
4. want

Borrowed from French laïque.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.ic/

laik (comparative daha laik, superlative en laik)

1. secular

laik (definite accusative laiği, plural laikler)

1. secularist, laicist

• laiklik
• laisizm