líka

See also: lika, līķa, and Lika

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liːka/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse líka, from Proto-Germanic *līkāną.

Verb

líka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative líkaði, supine líkað)

  1. to please [with dative ‘someone’ and nominative ‘someone/something that is pleasing’] (idiomatically translated by "like" with the grammatical subject and object reversed)
    Mér líkar góður matur.
    I like good food.
  2. (impersonal) to please [with dative ‘someone’ and við (+ accusative) ‘someone/something that is pleasing’] (idiomatically translated by "like" with the dative object as the subject)
    Mér líkar við þig.
    I like you.
Usage notes
  • Now used most often in the impersonal construction, using the preposition við (see líka við).
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

See líkur.

Adverb

líka (not comparable)

  1. also, too, as well, likewise
    • Luke 6:29 (English, Icelandic)
      Slái þig einhver á kinnina, skaltu og bjóða hina, og taki einhver yfirhöfn þína, skaltu ekki varna honum að taka kyrtilinn líka.
      If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic as well.
    Konan mín kom, og börnin mín líka.
    My wife came, and also my children.
    Ég vona að við hittumst aftur. - Ég líka.
    I hope that we'll meet again. - Me too.

See also

Palula

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /líka/

Verb

líka (transitive, Perso-Arabic spelling لِکہ)

  1. to lick
    Synonym: tsakíi

Conjugation

Conjugation of líka (L-conj w/ cons-ending)
imperative lík
infinitive likáai
converb likí
obligative likeeṇḍeéu
copredicative participle likíim
agentive verbal noun likainií
singular plural
m f m f
verbal noun likáaṭu likéeṭi likáaṭa likéeṭim
present likáanu likéeni likáana likéenim
perfective likílu likíli likíla likílim
future 1st líkum likíia
2nd líkaṛ líkat
3rd líka líkan

References

  • Henrik Liljegren; Naseem Haider (2011), “líka”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN