wiflic
Appearance
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *wībalīkaz. Equivalent to wīf + -līċ.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]wīflīċ
- female, feminine
- (grammar) part of the feminine grammatical gender
- c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice
- Æfter ġecynde syndon twā cyn on naman, masculinum and femininum, þæt is, werlīċ and wīflīċ...
- Two nominal genders are named after natural genders, masculinum and femininum, that is, masculine and feminine...
- c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice
Declension
[edit]Declension of wīflīċ — Strong
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | wīflīċ | wīflīċ, wīflīċu, wīflīċo | wīflīċ |
Accusative | wīflīcne | wīflīċe | wīflīċ |
Genitive | wīflīċes | wīflīcre | wīflīċes |
Dative | wīflīċum | wīflīcre | wīflīċum |
Instrumental | wīflīċe | wīflīcre | wīflīċe |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | wīflīċe | wīflīċa, wīflīċe | wīflīċ, wīflīċu, wīflīċo |
Accusative | wīflīċe | wīflīċa, wīflīċe | wīflīċ, wīflīċu, wīflīċo |
Genitive | wīflīcra | wīflīcra | wīflīcra |
Dative | wīflīċum | wīflīċum | wīflīċum |
Instrumental | wīflīċum | wīflīċum | wīflīċum |
Declension of wīflīċ — Weak
Antonyms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wíflíc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.