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-lic

-lic

See also: lic, líc, and lić

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lʲit͡s/

Particle

-lic

  1. Alternative form of -li

Conjunction

-lic

  1. Alternative form of -li

Old English

Suffix

-līċ

  1. Forming adjectives from nouns and adjectives with the sense of ‘characteristic of, pertaining to’.
  2. Forming adjectives denoting multiplicity (compare English -fold)
    þrīlīċ ‎(“triple, three-fold”)

Descendants

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-līkaz ‎(“having the body or form of”), from *līką ‎(“body”) (whence English lich). Cognate with Old Saxon -līk (Middle Low German -lik), (Dutch -lijk, Afrikaans -lik, Old High German -līk (German -lich), Old Norse -ligr (Swedish -lig), Gothic -𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 ‎(-leiks).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liːt͡ʃ/

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