-lijk
See also: lijk
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch -lijc, from Old Dutch -līk, from Proto-West Germanic *-līk, from Proto-Germanic *-līkaz.
Cognate with English -ly, German -lich, Old Norse -líkr.
Pronunciation
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edit-lijk
- An adjectival and adverbial suffix -ly, -al, -ous
- ridderlijk ― knightly
- persoonlijk ― personal
- gevaarlijk ― dangerous
- An adjectival and adverbial suffix -able
- redelijk ― reasonable
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