lyk

See also: łyk and -lyk

Afrikaans

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ləik/

Etymology 1

From Dutch lijk

Noun

lyk (plural lyke, diminutive lykie)

  1. dead body; corpse

Synonyms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Dutch lijken

Verb

lyk (present lyk, present participle lykende, past participle gelyk)

  1. to look, to appear

West Frisian

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką.

Noun

lyk c (plural liken)

  1. dead body, cadaver
Further reading
  • “lyk (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

Adjective

lyk

  1. fair, just
  2. innocent
Inflection
Inflection of lyk
uninflected lyk
inflected like
comparative liker
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial lyklikerit lykst
it lykste
indefinite c. sing. likelikerelykste
n. sing. lyklikerlykste
plural likelikerelykste
definite likelikerelykste
partitive lykslikers—
Further reading
  • “lyk (III)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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