quik

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English quick.

Adverb

quik

1. immediately, at once, at a moment's notice

   Facez quik ta laboro, nam ol tre urjas.

   Do that work immediately, since it is very urgent.

Synonyms

• senajorne

Antonyms

• lente

Derived terms

• quika

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• quyk, quyke, quike, qwik, quycke, quicke, qwicke, quykke, quikke, qwyke, cwicke, cwic, qwyk, quic

Etymology

From Old English cwic, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwiːk/, /kwik/

Adjective

quik (plural and weak singular quike, comparative quikere, superlative quikeste)

1. living, alive, active
2. active, alert
3. vibrant, powerful, forceful, effective, apparent
4. keen, perceptive
5. fast, speedy, quick

Derived terms

• quyk lym
• quyksande
• quyk silver

Descendants

• English: quick
• Scots: quik, queke, queik

References

• “quī̆k (adj.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-27.

Noun

quik (plural quikes or quik)

1. living being

Adverb

quik

1. quickly, immediately
2. while living

References

• “quik (adv.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-27.