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-lig
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See also: lig
Danish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse -ligr (“-y, -ly, -like”), from Proto-Germanic *-līkaz (“-like, -ly”), from *līką (“body; corpse, dead body”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“similar, like; image, likeness”). Cognate with English -ly and German -lich
Suffix
-lig
- Forms adjectives from verbs, having the sense of "may be the object of"; -able.
- Forms adjectives from nouns, having the sense of "possessing characteristics of"; -ous, -ly, -like.
- Forms adjectives from nouns, having the sense of "occurring at such intervals"; -ly.
Declension
1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
Derived terms
See also
References
- “-lig” in Den Danske Ordbog
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse -ligr (“-y, -ly, -like”), from Proto-Germanic *-līkaz (“-like, -ly”), from *līką (“body; corpse, dead body”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“similar, like; image, likeness”). Cognate with English -ly and German -lich.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-lig
- -le or -ly, used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of "like or characteristic of what is denoted by the noun"
- -ly, used to form adverbs from nouns, the adverbs having the sense of "degree or characteristic of what is denoted by the noun"
Derived terms
References
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Suffix
-lig
Swedish
Etymology
Derived from Old Swedish -līker, from Old Norse -ligr, -líkr, Proto-Germanic *-līkaz. Cognate with Icelandic -legur, Faroese -ligur, Norwegian Nynorsk -leg, Danish -lig and Norwegian Bokmål -lig.
Suffix
-lig
Derived terms
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