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dik
dik
Afrikaans
Adjective
dik (attributive dik, comparative dikker, superlative dikste)
- thick, bulky
- fat, obese
- dense, viscous or thick when referring to a liquid or gaseous mass, such as mist
Synonyms
Derived terms
- dikbek
- dikderm
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪk
Etymology
From Middle Dutch dicke, from Old Dutch *thikki, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz. Compare Low German and German dick, English thick, Danish tyk.
Adjective
dik (comparative dikker, superlative dikst)
Inflection
| Inflection of dik | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | dik | |||
| inflected | dikke | |||
| comparative | dikker | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | dik | dikker | het dikst het dikste |
|
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | dikke | dikkere | dikste |
| n. sing. | dik | dikker | dikste | |
| plural | dikke | dikkere | dikste | |
| definite | dikke | dikkere | dikste | |
| partitive | diks | dikkers | — | |
Derived terms
- aandikken (“to thicken”)
- dikhuidig (“thick-skinned”)
Adverb
dik
Malay
Etymology
Shortened form of adik, from Proto-Malayic *adi-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *adi-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wadi-ʔ, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *waji-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji-q, from *huaji, from Proto-Austronesian *Suaji.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /deʔ/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /dɪʔ/
- Rhymes: -deʔ, -eʔ
Noun
dik (Jawi spelling ديق)
- Alternative form of adik
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic ذيك (ðīka, “that”)
Determiner
dik
- feminine singular of dak
- Dik il-mara hija l-oħt ta' l-omm tiegħu.
- That woman is his mother's sister.
- Dik il-mara hija l-oħt ta' l-omm tiegħu.
Turkish
Etymology
From Old Turkic tik, from Proto-Turkic *dik- (“to stand upright, stay, resist”). Related to direk, doğru and direnmek.
Adjective
dik (comparative daha dik, superlative en dik)
Derived terms
Verb
dik
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “dik”, in Nişanyan Sözlük