līķis

See also: likis

Latvian

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
Proto-Germanic *līką
Proto-West Germanic *līk
Old Saxon līk
Middle Low German lîkbor.
Latvian līķis

    Borrowed from Middle Low German lik (cf. Old Saxon līk, German Leiche), more specifically from the version of Baltic (Low) German spoken in Latvia in the 18th century, when the first recorded attestations occur. Previously, only its synonym mironis was used to express this meaning.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [līːcis]
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    Noun

    līķis m (2nd declension)

    1. dead body, corpse (the body of a dead person)
      bāls kā līķis ― pale as a corpse
      līķu balzamēšanā neviens nav varējis sacensties ar ēģiptiešiem ― (with respect to) embalming corpses, nobody has been able to compete with the (ancient) Egyptians

    Declension

    Declension of līķis (2nd)
    singular
    (vienskaitlis)     		plural
    (daudzskaitlis)
    nominative līķis līķi
    genitive līķa līķu
    dative līķim līķiem
    accusative līķi līķus
    instrumental līķi līķiem
    locative līķī līķos
    vocative līķi līķi

    Synonyms

    References

    1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “līķis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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