-lig
See also: lig
Danish
Suffix
-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.
- Forms adjectives from nouns, having the sense of "occurring at such intervals"; -ly.
- dag -> daglig, år -> årlig
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse -ligr (“-ly”), compare with Old Norse liga and Norwegian Bokmål lik (“like, same, similar”). Cognate with English -ly and German -lich
Pronunciation
Suffix
-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
See also
- -leg (Nynorsk)
References
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish -līker, from Old Norse -ligr, Proto-Germanic *-līkaz. Cognate with Icelandic -legur, Faroese -ligur, Norwegian Nynorsk -leg, Danish -lig and Norwegian Bokmål -lig.
Suffix
-lig
Derived terms
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