-lig

See also: lig

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse -ligr (“-y, -ly, -like”), from Proto-Germanic *-līkaz (“-like, -ly”), from *līką (“body; corpse, dead body”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“similar, like; image, likeness”).

Cognate with English -ly and German -lich

Suffix

-lig

1. Forms adjectives from verbs, having the sense of "may be the object of"; -able.
2. Forms adjectives from nouns, having the sense of "possessing characteristics of"; -ous, -ly, -like.
3. Forms adjectives from nouns, having the sense of "occurring at such intervals"; -ly.

   ‎dag + ‎-lig → ‎daglig

   ‎år + ‎-lig → ‎årlig

Derived terms

Danish terms suffixed with -lig

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse -ligr (“-y, -ly, -like”), from Proto-Germanic *-līkaz (“-like, -ly”), from *līką (“body; corpse, dead body”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“similar, like; image, likeness”).

Cognate with English -ly and German -lich

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-lɪ(ɡ)/

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Suffix

-lig

1. -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"
2. -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

Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -lig

References

• “-lig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “-lig” in The Ordnett Dictionary

Norwegian Nynorsk

Suffix

-lig

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of -leg

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish -līker, from Old Norse -ligr, -líkr, Proto-Germanic *-līkaz. Cognate with Icelandic -legur, Faroese -ligur, Norwegian Nynorsk -leg, Danish -lig and Norwegian Bokmål -lig.

Suffix

-lig

1. -ly, -like, -able; forms adjectives

Derived terms

Swedish terms suffixed with -lig