líka
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Icelandic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse líka, from Proto-Germanic *līkāną.
Verb
[edit]líka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative líkaði, supine líkað)
- (impersonal) to please, to like
- Mér líkar góður matur.
- I like good food.
- "Mér líkar við þig."
- "I like you."
- Mér líkar góður matur.
Usage notes
[edit]- Now used most often in conjunction with the preposition við, its prepositional phrase replacing the subject, making the verb entirely impersonal (see líka við).
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See líkur
Adverb
[edit]líka (not comparable)
- also, too, as well, likewise
- Luke 6:29 (English, Icelandic)
- Slái þig einhver á kinnina, skaltu og bjóða hina, og taki einhver yfirhöfn þína, skaltu ekki varna honum að taka kyrtilinn líka.
- If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic as well.
- Slái þig einhver á kinnina, skaltu og bjóða hina, og taki einhver yfirhöfn þína, skaltu ekki varna honum að taka kyrtilinn líka.
- Konan mín kom, og börnin mín líka.
- My wife came, and also my children.
- Ég vona að við hittumst aftur. - Ég líka.
- I hope that we'll meet again. - Me too.
- Luke 6:29 (English, Icelandic)
See also
[edit]Phalura
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]líka (transitive, Perso-Arabic spelling لِکہ)
- to lick
Inflection
[edit]L:cons (Prs): likáanu, (Pfv): likílu, (Cv): likí, (Imp): lik
References
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