Old English · suffix
-lic
Normalised -līċ
- Part of speech
- suffix
- IPA
- /liːt͡ʃ/
- Syllables
- liːt͡ʃ (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- adjective-forminglike'to'multiplicity-ly-fold
Meaning
-
adjective-forming suffix meaning 'like' or 'relating to'
ċild (“child”) + -lic → ċildlīċ (“childlike”)
-
denoting multiplicity: -fold
þrilīċ
triple, three-fold
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | -līċ | -līċ | -līċ |
| Accusative | -līcne | -līċe | -līċ |
| Genitive | -līċes | -līcre | -līċes |
| Dative | -līċum | -līcre | -līċum |
| Instrumental | -līċe | -līcre | -līċe |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | -līċe | -līċa-līċe | -līċ |
| Accusative | -līċe | -līċa-līċe | -līċ |
| Genitive | -līcra | -līcra | -līcra |
| Dative | -līċum | -līċum | -līċum |
| Instrumental | -līċum | -līċum | -līċum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | -līċa | -līċe | -līċe |
| Accusative | -līċan | -līċan | -līċe |
| Genitive | -līċan | -līċan | -līċan |
| Dative | -līċan | -līċan | -līċan |
| Instrumental | -līċan | -līċan | -līċan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | -līċan | -līċan | -līċan |
| Accusative | -līċan | -līċan | -līċan |
| Genitive | -līcra-līċena | -līcra-līċena | -līcra-līċena |
| Dative | -līċum | -līċum | -līċum |
| Instrumental | -līċum | -līċum | -līċum |
All forms (10)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *-līk, from Proto-Germanic *-līkaz (adjectival suffix, originally meaning “having form of”), derived from *līką (“body,” earlier “form”), whence Old English līċ. Cognate with Old Frisian -lik, Old Saxon -līk, Old High German -līh, Old Norse -ligr, and Gothic - (-leiks).
Descendants
-ly
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