prik
Cypriot Arabic edit
Root |
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p-r-k (lightning) |
3 terms |
Etymology edit
Noun edit
prik m (plural prek)
References edit
- Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 157
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German pricke (“a prick”), pricken (“to prick”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
prik n (singular definite prikket, plural indefinite prik)
- prick (the feeling of being pierced or punctured by an object with a fine point, the action of pricking)
Inflection edit
Noun edit
prik c (singular definite prikken, plural indefinite prikker)
Inflection edit
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | prik | prikken | prikker | prikkerne |
genitive | priks | prikkens | prikkers | prikkernes |
Verb edit
prik
- infinitive of prikke
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch pricke, likely a variant of pikken with an emphatic -r-.[1]
Noun edit
prik f (plural prikken, diminutive prikje n)
- sting, prick (sting or bite from a bug, etc.)
- small pointy object, prong
- goad, prod
- lamprey, fish of the order Petromyzontiformes
- (medicine, informal) injection, jab, shot.
Usage notes edit
The informal diminutive prikkie is in common use in the Netherlands with the specific meaning of “a small amount of money”. The regular diminutive prikje is also used to mean this, though perhaps more commonly outside the Netherlands.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Papiamentu: prek
References edit
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “prik1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Etymology 2 edit
From prikken.
Noun edit
prik m (uncountable)
Related terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
prik
- inflection of prikken:
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse prik, from Proto-Germanic *prik-, related to the verb *prikjaną (“to prick”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
prik n (genitive singular priks, nominative plural prik)