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-lig

-lig

See also: lig and lig-

Danish

Suffix

-lig

  1. Forms adjectives from verbs, having the sense of "may be the object of"; -able.
  2. Forms adjectives from nouns, having the sense of "possessing characteristics of"; -ous, -ly.
  3. Forms adjectives from nouns, having the sense of "occurring at such intervals"; -ly.

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Danish_words_suffixed_with_-lig'>Danish words suffixed with -lig</a>

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse -ligr (-ly), compare with Old Norse liga and Norwegian lik (like, same, similar). Cognate with English -ly and German -lich

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liɡ/

Suffix

-lig

  1. -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"
  2. -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

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Norwegian_Bokm%C3%A5l_words_suffixed_with_-lig'>Norwegian Bokmål words suffixed with -lig</a>

See also

References

  • “-lig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • -lig” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish -līker, from Old Norse -ligr, from Proto-Germanic *-līkaz. Cognate with Icelandic -legur, Faroese -ligur, Norwegian Nynorsk -leg, Danish -lig and Norwegian Bokmål -lig.

Suffix

-lig

  1. -ly, -like; forms adjectives

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Swedish_words_suffixed_with_-lig'>Swedish words suffixed with -lig</a>