Contionary:likkil

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Niemish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈlʲɪkkʲɪl/

Etymology

From Gothic leitils.

Adjective

lìkkil adj. (comparative lìkklys)

  1. lìkkl
Case masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
indefinite definite
Nominative lìkkil lìkkel lìkkel
Genitive lìkkil
Dative lìkkel
Predicative lìkkels lìkkels

A stem with a long vowel *lítil would be expected, but sound symbolism caused the vowel to be shortened, and/tl/ became /kl/ for euphony, with /k/ spreading to the rest of the paradigm by analogy.

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