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wiflic

Normalised wīflīċ

Part of speech
adjective, feminine
IPA
/ˈwiːf.liːt͡ʃ/
[ˈwiːv.liːt͡ʃ]
Syllables
ˈwiːf · liːt͡ʃ (2 syllables)
Modern English
wifelyfemale

Meaning

  1. female, feminine

  2. part of the feminine grammatical gender

    Æfter ġecynde syndon twā cyn on naman, masculinum and femininum, þæt is, werlīċ and wīflīċ...

    Two nominal genders are named after natural genders, masculinum and femininum, that is, masculine and feminine...

    c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice

Declension

Strong declension of wiflic
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative wīflīċwīflīċwīflīċuwīflīċowīflīċ
Accusative wīflīcnewīflīċewīflīċ
Genitive wīflīċeswīflīcrewīflīċes
Dative wīflīċumwīflīcrewīflīċum
Instrumental wīflīċewīflīcrewīflīċe
Plural
Nominative wīflīċewīflīċawīflīċewīflīċwīflīċuwīflīċo
Accusative wīflīċewīflīċawīflīċewīflīċwīflīċuwīflīċo
Genitive wīflīcrawīflīcrawīflīcra
Dative wīflīċumwīflīċumwīflīċum
Instrumental wīflīċumwīflīċumwīflīċum
Weak declension of wiflic
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative wīflīċawīflīċewīflīċe
Accusative wīflīċanwīflīċanwīflīċe
Genitive wīflīċanwīflīċanwīflīċan
Dative wīflīċanwīflīċanwīflīċan
Instrumental wīflīċanwīflīċanwīflīċan
Plural
Nominative wīflīċanwīflīċanwīflīċan
Accusative wīflīċanwīflīċanwīflīċan
Genitive wīflīcrawīflīċenawīflīcrawīflīċenawīflīcrawīflīċena
Dative wīflīċumwīflīċumwīflīċum
Instrumental wīflīċumwīflīċumwīflīċum

All forms (12)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wībalīkaz. Equivalent to wīf + -līċ.

Descendants

wifely

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