līķis

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word līķis. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word līķis, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say līķis in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word līķis you have here. The definition of the word līķis will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition oflīķis, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: likis

Latvian

Līķis

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German lik (cf. Old Saxon līk, German Leiche), more specifically from the version of Baltic (Low) German spoken in Latvia in the 18th century, when the first recorded attestations occur. Previously, only its synonym mironis was used to express this meaning.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

līķis m (2nd declension)

  1. dead body, corpse (the body of a dead person)
    bāls kā līķispale as a corpse
    līķu balzamēšanā neviens nav varējis sacensties ar ēģiptiešiem(with respect to) embalming corpses, nobody has been able to compete with the (ancient) Egyptians

Declension

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “līķis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN