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dik

dik

See also: dík, dîk, and -dik

Afrikaans

Adjective

dik (attributive dik, comparative dikker, superlative dikste)

  1. thick, bulky
  2. fat, obese
  3. dense, viscous or thick when referring to a liquid or gaseous mass, such as mist

Synonyms

  • (dense): dig
  • (fat or obese): vet

Derived terms

  • dikbek
  • dikderm

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɪk

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dicke, from Old Dutch *thikki, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz. Compare Low German and German dick, English thick, Danish tyk.

Adjective

dik (comparative dikker, superlative dikst)

  1. thick
  2. fat

Inflection

Inflection of dik
uninflected dik
inflected dikke
comparative dikker
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial dik dikker het dikst
het dikste
indefinite m./f. sing. dikke dikkere dikste
n. sing. dik dikker dikste
plural dikke dikkere dikste
definite dikke dikkere dikste
partitive diks dikkers

Derived terms

  • aandikken (to thicken)
  • dikhuidig‎ (thick-skinned)

Adverb

dik

  1. fatly, thickly
  2. (modifying "tevreden") well, rather, considerably

Lojban

Rafsi

dik

  1. rafsi of dikni.

Malay

Etymology

Shortened form of adik, from Proto-Malayic *adi-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *adi-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wadi-ʔ, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *waji-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji-q, from *huaji, from Proto-Austronesian *Suaji.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

dik (Jawi spelling ديق)

  1. Alternative form of adik

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ذيك (ðīka, that)

Determiner

dik

  1. feminine singular of dak
    Dik il-mara hija l-oħt ta' l-omm tiegħu.
    That woman is his mother's sister.

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic tik, from Proto-Turkic *dik- (to stand upright, stay, resist). Related to direk, doğru and direnmek.

Adjective

dik (comparative daha dik, superlative en dik)

  1. steep
  2. upright

Derived terms

Verb

dik

  1. plant
  2. sew

References


Zazaki

Noun

dik ?

  1. rooster (bird)