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-leiki

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See also: leiki and Leiki

Faroese

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Etymology

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Related to leikur (game), from Old Norse leikr.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-leiki m (genitive singular -leika)

  1. -ness
  2. -ship
  3. -ty
  4. -ure etc.

Derived terms

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terms including the suffix -leiki meaning -ness, -ty etc.
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Icelandic

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Etymology

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Related to leikur (game), from Old Norse leikr.[1]

Suffix

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-leiki m (noun-forming suffix, genitive singular -leika, nominative plural -leikar)

  1. -ness, -tion, -ity; a suffix used especially to form nounss from adjectivess, often expressing a state of being or a quality

Usage notes

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  • -leiki was once a víxlmynd (a word form that was once a variant form of another word) with the same meaning as -leikur.

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “-leiki”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)