Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-līkaz
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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From *līką, originally with the sense of 'having the body or form of'.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
*-līkaz
- -like, -ly. Forms adjectives from nouns and adjectives with the sense of 'similar to, characteristic of'.
Inflection edit
Declension of *-līkaz (a-stem)
| strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *-līkaz | *-līkai | *-līkō | *-līkôz | *-līką, *-at(ō) | *-līkō |
| accusative | *-līkanǭ | *-līkanz | *-līkǭ | *-līkōz | *-līką, *-at(ō) | *-līkō |
| genitive | *-līkas, *-līkis | *-līkaizǫ̂ | *-līkaizōz | *-līkaizǫ̂ | *-līkas, *-līkis | *-līkaizǫ̂ |
| dative | *-līkammai | *-līkaimaz | *-līkaizōi | *-līkaimaz | *-līkammai | *-līkaimaz |
| instrumental | *-līkanō | *-līkaimiz | *-līkaizō | *-līkaimiz | *-līkanō | *-līkaimiz |
| weak declension | ||||||
| masculine | feminine | neuter | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | *-līkô | *-līkaniz | *-līkǭ | *-līkōniz | *-līkô | *-līkōnō |
| accusative | *-līkanų | *-līkanunz | *-līkōnų | *-līkōnunz | *-līkô | *-līkōnō |
| genitive | *-līkiniz | *-līkanǫ̂ | *-līkōniz | *-līkōnǫ̂ | *-līkiniz | *-līkanǫ̂ |
| dative | *-līkini | *-līkammaz | *-līkōni | *-līkōmaz | *-līkini | *-līkammaz |
| instrumental | *-līkinē | *-līkammiz | *-līkōnē | *-līkōmiz | *-līkinē | *-līkammiz |