liki-

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See also: liki, līķi, and līķī

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *liki, from Proto-Finno-Permic *like. Cognates include Estonian ligi, Ingrian liki, Votic litši and Northern Sami lahka.

Pronunciation

Prefix

liki-

  1. nearly, almost, close to
    Synonym: (much more common) lähi-

Inflection

Declension of liki-
noun case singular pluraladverbial form singular plural
nominative liki- –superessive – –
genitive – –delative – –
partitive – –sublative – –
accusative – –lative liki –
inessive – –temporal – –
elative – –causative – –
illative – –multiplicative – –
adessive likellä –distributive – –
ablative likeltä –temp. dist. – –
allative likelle –prolative likitse –
essive – –situative – –
translative – –oppositive – –
abessive – –
instructive – –
comitative – –

The cases of liki- serve in Finnish only as adverbs.

Derived terms

compounds

Related terms

  • See the inflection table.

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