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lyk

lyk

Afrikaans

Noun

lyk (plural lyke, diminutive lykie)

  1. dead body; corpse

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West Frisian

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką, from Proto-Indo-European *līg-. Cognate to Dutch lijk, English lich, German Leiche, Danish lig.

Noun

lyk c (plural liken)

  1. cadaver

Etymology 2

Adjective

lyk (inflected like)

  1. fair, just
  2. innocent