prik

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Cypriot Arabic

Root
p-r-k (lightning)
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَرِيق (barīq).

Noun

prik m (plural prek)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. dot, point
  2. spot

Inflection

Verb

prik

  1. infinitive of prikke

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prɪk/
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  • 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)

  1. sting, prick (sting or bite from a bug, etc.)
  2. small pointy object, prong
  3. goad, prod
  4. lamprey, fish of the order Petromyzontiformes
    Synonyms: lamprei, negenoog
  5. (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
  • Papiamentu: prek

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “prik1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Etymology 2

From prikken.

Noun

prik m (uncountable)

  1. (uncountable) fizz, carbonation

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

prik

  1. inflection of prikken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. 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)

  1. stick, staff

Declension

Synonyms