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lik

See also: lík, -lik, and -lık

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lɪk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: lik
  • Rhymes: -ɪk

Etymology 1

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From likken.

Noun

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lik m (plural likken, diminutive likje n)

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

Verb

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lik

  1. inflection of likken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Etymology 2

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Unclear.

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lik f (plural likken, diminutive likje n)

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

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowing from English to like

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lik

  1. singular imperative of liken
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of liken

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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lik (plural likak)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of lyuk

Declension

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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

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Further reading

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  • lik in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Jamaican Creole

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Etymology

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Derived from English lick.

Verb

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lik

  1. to hit, to strike
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Jan 2:15:
      So im get som ruop an tek dem mek wan wip. Den im yuuz di wip an ron out di uol a di sela dem outa di yaad: dem an dem kou an dem shiip an dem dov. Im lik uova di piipl dem we a chienj out moni kain dem, an im ton uova aal a dem tiebl dem.
      He got some rope and made a whip. He used the whip to drive all the sellers out of the temple, along with their cattle, sheep, and doves. He struck the moneychangers and turned over their tables.

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  • lik at majstro.com
  • lik at JamaicanPatwah.com

Livonian

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Verb

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lik

  1. inflection of likkõ:
    1. first/second/third-person singular negative form
    2. second-person singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse líkr, alternative spelling of glíkr, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz.

Adjective

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lik (neuter singular likt, definite singular and plural like, comparative likere, indefinite superlative likest, definite superlative likeste)

  1. similar, alike
  2. equal
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“image, likeness; similar, like”).

Noun

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

  1. a corpse, (dead) body
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Etymology 3

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From Old Norse lík (“leech”).

Noun

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

  1. edge of a sail; leech

Etymology 4

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Verb

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lik

  1. imperative of like

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse líkr, alternative spelling of glíkr, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz.

Adjective

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lik (neuter singular likt, definite singular and plural like, comparative likare, indefinite superlative likast, definite superlative likaste)

  1. similar, alike
  2. equal
  3. 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?
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“image, likeness; similar, like”).

Noun

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

  1. a corpse, (dead) body
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Etymology 3

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From Old Norse lík (“leech”).

Noun

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

  1. edge of a sail; leech

Etymology 4

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Verb

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lik

  1. imperative of like

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lík n

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Declension

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  Declension of lik (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
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

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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līk n

  1. dead body, corpse
  2. torso

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Declension of līk (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative līk līk
accusative līk līk
genitive līkes līkō
dative līke līkun
instrumental — —


Old Swedish

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Etymology

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

Noun

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līk n

  1. shape, semblance, appearance
  2. corpse

Declension

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Declension of līk (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
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

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  • Swedish: lik

Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *likъ.

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Noun

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lik m inan

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

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

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noun
numeral

Further reading

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  • lik in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *likъ.

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Noun

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lȋk m (Cyrillic spelling ли̑к)

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

Declension

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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

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Further reading

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  • “lik”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Swedish līker, from Old Norse líkr, glíkr, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz. Cognate with English like (but see usage notes).

Adjective

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lik (comparative mer lik, superlative mest lik)

  1. 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
  2. (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
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Lik is best understood as meaning "similar in appearance" in the singular, with uses similar to English like arising from that. An example that illustrates the difference from English like is "Du är lik Michael Jackson," which would always be understood as "You look like Michael Jackson" without strong clues towards other characteristics, as the intuition is "You are similar in appearance to Michael Jackson." In "Du är lik henne till sättet" (You are like her in manner), the intuition is "Your manner and her manner have a similar appearance / look like one another," meaning they are similar, or like one another.

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).

Declension
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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
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Etymology 2

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From Old Swedish līk, from Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“image, likeness; similar, like”).

Noun

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lik n

  1. a corpse, a dead body
  2. the edge of a sail, either free or following mast or boom
Declension
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Declension of lik
nominative genitive
singular indefinite lik liks
definite liket likets
plural indefinite lik liks
definite liken likens
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Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English leak.

Noun

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lik

  1. leak

West Flemish

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Etymology

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

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lik

  1. like, such as

Yola

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Verb

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lik

  1. Alternative form of lick
    • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 4:
      Fan Buckeen hay pooked lik own thing mad.
      When Buckeen he jumped like a thing mad.
    • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 10:
      Aal haar, an wi eyen lik torches o tar?"
      "All hair, and with eyes like torches of tar,"
    • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 19:
      A pipere vel bak lik own in a smote,
      The piper fell back like one well smitten,

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  • 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

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Etymology

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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.

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lik (1957–1982 spelling lik)

  1. (dialectal) iron (metal)
    Synonym: diet
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