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liki-

liki-

See also: liki, līķi, and līķī

Finnish

Prefix

liki-

(in few words) A prefix signifying nearly, almost, "close to".

Inflection

Declension of liki-

noun case	singular	plural	adverbial form	singular	plural
nominative	liki-	–	superessive	–	–
genitive	–	–	delative	–	–
partitive	–	–	sublative	–	–
accusative	–	–	lative	liki	–
inessive	–	–	temporal	–	–
elative	–	–	causative	–	–
illative	–	–	multiplicative	–	–
adessive	likellä	–	distributive	–	–
ablative	likeltä	–	temp. dist.	–	–
allative	likelle	–	prolative	likitse	–
essive	–	–	situative	–	–
translative	–	–	oppositive	–	–
instructive	–	–
abessive	–	–
comitative	–	–

The cases of liki- serve in Finnish only as adverbs.

Related terms

See the inflection table.

Compounds