lyk
English
Verb
lyk
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of let you know.
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ləik/
Etymology 1
Etymology tree
Inherited from Dutch lijk, from Middle Dutch lijc, from Old Dutch līk, from Proto-West Germanic *līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.
Noun
lyk (plural lyke, diminutive lykie)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
lyk (present lyk, present participle lykende, past participle gelyk)
West Frisian
Etymology 1
Etymology tree
Inherited from Old Frisian līk, from Proto-West Germanic *līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.
Noun
lyk c (plural liken)
Further reading
- “lyk (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
lyk
Inflection
| Inflection of lyk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | lyk | |||
| inflected | like | |||
| comparative | liker | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | lyk | liker | it lykst it lykste | |
| indefinite | c. sing. | like | likere | lykste |
| n. sing. | lyk | liker | lykste | |
| plural | like | likere | lykste | |
| definite | like | likere | lykste | |
| partitive | lyks | likers | — | |
Further reading
- “lyk (III)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011