-leiki

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Faroese

Etymology

Related to leikur (game), from Old Norse leikr.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-leiki m (genitive singular -leika)

  1. -ness
  2. -ship
  3. -ty
  4. -ure etc.

Derived terms

terms including the suffix -leiki meaning -ness, -ty etc.

Icelandic

Etymology

Related to leikur (game), from Old Norse leikr.[1]

Suffix

-leiki m (noun-forming suffix, genitive singular -leika, nominative plural -leikar)

  1. -ness, -tion, -ity; a suffix used especially to form nounss from adjectivess, often expressing a state of being or a quality

Usage notes

  • -leiki was once a víxlmynd (a word form that was once a variant form of another word) with the same meaning as -leikur.

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “-leiki”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)