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English
Verb
lyk
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of let you know.
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Dutch lijk.
Noun
lyk (plural lyke, diminutive lykie)
- dead body; corpse
- Synonyms: kadawer, liggaam
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Dutch lijken.
Verb
lyk (present lyk, present participle lykende, past participle gelyk)
- to look, to appear
West Frisian
Etymology 1
From Old Frisian līk, from Proto-West Germanic *līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką.
Noun
lyk c (plural liken)
- dead body, cadaver
Further reading
- “lyk (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
lyk
- fair, just
- innocent
Inflection
Further reading
- “lyk (III)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011