lik

Clipping of English Lika.

lik

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Lika.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Lika terms

• IPA^(key): /lɪk/

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• Hyphenation: lik
• Rhymes: -ɪk

Deverbal from likken.

lik m (plural likken, diminutive likje n)

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

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lik f (plural likken, diminutive likje n)

1. (Netherlands, Bargoens) prison, jail

   Synonyms: bajes, bak, gevang, gevangenis, nor

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lik

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

• kil

Borrowing from English to like

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lik

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈlik]
• Rhymes: -ik

lik (plural likak)

1. (dialectal) alternative form of lyuk

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

• lick

Derived from English lick.

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.

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

lik

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

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

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

1. similar, alike
2. equal

• ulik
• forskjellig

Inherited from Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.

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

1. a corpse, (dead) body

• likblek, likbleik
• likkiste
• over mitt lik

From Old Norse lík (“leech”).

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

1. edge of a sail; leech

lik

1. imperative of like

• “lik” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /liːk/

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

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?

   • 1745, Frederik Hammond, “Praise to the newborn prince Christian”, in Trøndersk språkhistorie, published 2008, page 101:

     de va likast Vonin

     it was (the) best expectation

• ulik
• forskjellig
• ymis

• likeløn, likelønn
• likestille
• likesæl

Inherited from Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.

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

1. a corpse, (dead) body

• likkiste
• likluke
• over mitt lik

From Old Norse lík (“leech”).

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

1. edge of a sail; leech

lik

1. imperative of like

• “lik” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

lík n

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Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.

• IPA^(key): /liːk/

līk n

1. dead body, corpse
2. torso

Inherited from Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.

līk n

1. shape, semblance, appearance
2. corpse

• Swedish: lik

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• Rhymes: -ik
• Syllabification: lik
• Homophone: lig

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *likъ.

lik m inan

1. (obsolete) quantity, amount, number

   Synonyms: ilość, liczba, stan liczbowy, stan liczebny

See lek.

lik m inan

1. (Kielce) alternative form of lek

• lik in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Jan Łoś (1886), “liki”, in “Gwara opoczyńska. Studium dialektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (1), volume 11, page 185

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *likъ. First attested in the 19th century.

• IPA^(key): /lîːk/

lȋk m inan (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.

• oblik
• slika
• likovni

• “lik”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

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• IPA^(key): /ˈliːk/
• Rhymes: -iːk

Inherited from Old Swedish līker, from Old Norse líkr, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz, from *ga- + *-līkaz.

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

   Två plus två är lika med fyra

   Two plus two equals four

   The idiomatic way to say "x equals y." "Två plus två är [is] fyra" works as well.

   Högt pris är inte alltid lika med kvalitet

   A high price does not always equal quality

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. The idiomatic translation of "You are like her" is normally "Du är som hon/henne" (You are as she/her). ("Du är som hon" might be considered a bit more proper. Swedish has some subject/object fuzziness like English.)

• olik

• likna
• se ut (look (like))

Inherited from Old Swedish lik, from Old Norse lík, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.

lik n

1. a corpse, a dead body
2. the edge of a sail, either free or following mast or boom

• as
• kadaver

• lik in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lik in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lik in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• kil

From English leak.

lik

1. leak

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

lik

1. like, such as

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,

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927), “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎^[1], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 132

• lek

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.

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /lik˥/
• Tone numbers: lig⁷
• Hyphenation: lik

lik (1957–1982 spelling lik)

1. (dialectal) iron (metal)

   Synonym: diet