-lig
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Norse -ligr (“-y, -ly, -like”), from Proto-Germanic *-līkaz (“-like, -ly”), from *līką (“body; corpse, dead body”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“similar, like; image, likeness”). Cognate with English -ly and German -lich
Suffix
[edit]-lig
- Forms adjectives from verbs, having the sense of "may be the object of"; -able.
- Forms adjectives from nouns, having the sense of "possessing characteristics of"; -ous, -ly, -like.
- Forms adjectives from nouns, having the sense of "occurring at such intervals"; -ly.
Declension
[edit]| positive | comparative | superlative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite common singular | -lig | -ligere | -ligest2 |
| indefinite neuter singular | -ligt | -ligere | -ligest2 |
| plural | -lige | -ligere | -ligest2 |
| definite attributive1 | -lige | -ligere | -ligeste |
1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
Derived terms
[edit]See Also
[edit]References
[edit]- “-lig” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Norse -ligr (“-y, -ly, -like”), from Proto-Germanic *-līkaz (“-like, -ly”), from *līką (“body; corpse, dead body”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“similar, like; image, likeness”). Cognate with English -ly and German -lich.
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-lig
- -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"
- -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
[edit]References
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-lig
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Old Swedish -līker, from Old Norse -ligr, -líkr, Proto-Germanic *-līkaz. Cognate with Icelandic -legur, Faroese -ligur, Norwegian Nynorsk -leg, Danish -lig and Norwegian Bokmål -lig.
Suffix
[edit]-lig
Derived terms
[edit]- Danish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Danish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Danish lemmas
- Danish suffixes
- Danish adjective-forming suffixes
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leyg-
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with audio pronunciation
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål suffixes
- Norwegian Bokmål adverb-forming suffixes
- Norwegian Bokmål noun-forming suffixes
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk suffixes
- Norwegian Nynorsk pre-2012 forms
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish suffixes
- Swedish adjective-forming suffixes