tyk

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þykkr, þjukkr, þjokkr, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tyk

  1. thick, deep
  2. stout, big, fat, plumb, chubby, tubby
  3. swollen
  4. (vulgar, with verbs like gøre, bolle, knalde) pregnant, especially out of wedlock; compare knock up
    • 2013, Junot Díaz, translated by Claus Bech, Sådan mister du hende, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      ... Perth Amboy (hvor en sindssyg cubaner bollede hende tyk med hendes anden søn Adrian), ...
      ... Perth Amboy (where a crazy Cuban knocked her up with her second son, Adrian), ...
    • 2011, Nadia Kadi, Sommerens loverboy, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      Har du bollet hende tyk? spurgte Krille, ...
      Have you knocked her up? asked Krille, ...
    • 1965, Jacob Bech Nygaard, Kamæleonen, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
      »En af hendes kunder ... eller måske var det mig ... det sagde hun i hvert fald ... knaldede hende tyk.
      "One of her customers ... or maybe it was me ... at least, that's what she said ... knocked her up.
    • 2015, Yvonne Lindsay, Kathie DeNosky, translated by Kirsten Heilmann or Birthe Kaae, Forglemmigej/Jakes engel, Förlaget Harlequin AB, →ISBN:
      Hvornår gjorde du hende tyk?
      When did you knock her up?
    • 2012, Stig Dalager, Glemsel og erindring - Broerne til verden 1, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
      ... »en eller anden har pumpet hende tyk, og nu ligger hun bare og skaber sig,« sagde en fjerde.
      ... "someone knocked her up, and now she just lies there, fussing," a fourth person said.

Inflection

Inflection of tyk
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular tyk tykkere tykkest2
Indefinite neuter singular tykt tykkere tykkest2
Plural tykke tykkere tykkest2
Definite attributive1 tykke tykkere tykkeste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

References

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɨk/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨk
  • Syllabification: tyk

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

tyk

  1. tick (one of the many steady sounds produced when a watch is ticking)
    Synonyms: cyk, tik-tak
Derived terms
verbs

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tyk f

  1. genitive plural of tyka

Further reading

  • tyk in Polish dictionaries at PWN