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Cypriot Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic بَرِيق (barīq).
Noun
prik m (plural prek)
- lightning flash
References
- Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 157
Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German pricke (“a prick”), pricken (“to prick”).
Pronunciation
Noun
prik n (singular definite prikket, plural indefinite prik)
- prick (the feeling of being pierced or punctured by an object with a fine point, the action of pricking)
Inflection
Noun
prik c (singular definite prikken, plural indefinite prikker)
- dot, point
- spot
Inflection
Verb
prik
- infinitive of prikke
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prɪk/
- Hyphenation: prik
- Rhymes: -ɪk
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch pricke, likely a variant of pikken with an emphatic -r-.
Noun
prik f (plural prikken, diminutive prikje n)
- sting, prick (sting or bite from a bug, etc.)
- small pointy object, prong
- goad, prod
- lamprey, fish of the order Petromyzontiformes
- Synonyms: lamprei, negenoog
- (medicine, informal) injection, jab, shot.
Usage notes
The informal diminutive prikkie is in common use in the Netherlands with the specific meaning of “a small amount of money”. The regular diminutive prikje is also used to mean this, though perhaps more commonly outside the Netherlands.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
From prikken.
Noun
prik m (uncountable)
- (uncountable) fizz, carbonation
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
prik
- inflection of prikken:
- first-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse prik, from Proto-Germanic *prik-, related to the verb *prikjaną (“to prick”).
Pronunciation
Noun
prik n (genitive singular priks, nominative plural prik)
- stick, staff
Declension
Synonyms