Wiktionary

-lich

See also: lich, Lich, and lịch

GermanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Adjective: From Middle High German -lich, -līch, from Old High German -līh, from Proto-West Germanic *-līk. Cognate with English -ly and Dutch -lijk.[1]

Adverb: From Middle High German -līche, from Old High German -līhho

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /lɪç/
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SuffixEdit

-lich

  1. an adjectival suffix
  2. an adverbial suffix

Derived termsEdit

German words suffixed with -lich

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “-lich”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological dictionary of the German language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

SuffixEdit

-lich

  1. Alternative form of -ly (“adjectival suffix”)

Etymology 2Edit

SuffixEdit

-lich

  1. Alternative form of -ly (“adverbial suffix”)
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