-lik

From Dutch -lijk.

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-lik

1. Forming adjectives from nouns with the sense of ‘characteristic of, pertaining to’.

Cognate with Turkish -lik (“-ness”).

• IPA^(key): [lic], [liç], [lih], [lij]

-lik

1. used to derive abstract nouns from adjectives; -ness, -hood, -ship, -dom, -ity

   ‎gözəl (“beautiful”) + ‎-lik → ‎gözəllik (“beauty”)

   ‎ölməz (“immortal”) + ‎-lik → ‎ölməzlik (“immortality”)

   ‎boş (“empty”) + ‎-lik → ‎boşluq (“emptiness”)

2. used to derive abstract nouns from nouns; -ship

   ‎üzv (“member”) + ‎-lik → ‎üzvlük (“membership”)

   ‎dost (“friend”) + ‎-lik → ‎dostluq (“friendship”)

3. used to derive nouns denoting work/jobs from nouns denoting professions

   ‎müəllim (“teacher”) + ‎-lik → ‎müəllimlik (“teaching, the work of a teacher”)

   ‎qəssab (“butcher”) + ‎-lik → ‎qəssablıq (“butchery, the trade of a butcher”)

4. used to derive nouns denoting items containing something; -ory

   ‎söz (“word”) + ‎-lik → ‎sözlük (“word-list; dictionary”)

   ‎öd (“gall”) + ‎-lik → ‎ödlük (“gall bladder”)

   ‎ox (“arrow”) + ‎-lik → ‎oxluq (“quiver”)

5. used to derive nouns denoting places characterized by abundance of something from nouns

   ‎ağac (“tree”) + ‎-lik → ‎ağaclıq (“a treey place, a place with many trees”)

   ‎kölgə (“shadow”) + ‎-lik → ‎kölgəlik (“a shady place”)

   ‎ilan (“snake”) + ‎-lik → ‎ilanlıq (“a place full of snake”)

   ‎bataq (“swamp”) + ‎-lik → ‎bataqlıq (“a swampy place”)

   ‎ocaq (“hearth”) + ‎-lik → ‎ocaqlıq (“hearthstead”)

6. used to derive adjectives from nouns; -ly

   ‎ay (“month”) + ‎-lik → ‎aylıq (“monthly”)

   ‎torba (“bag”) + ‎-lik → ‎torbalıq (“intended to be used for sewing bags”)

   ‎dağ (“mountain”) + ‎-lik → ‎dağlıq (“mountainous”)

   ‎beş nəfər (“five people”) + ‎-lik → ‎beş nəfərlik (“intended for five people”)

7. used to derive temporal adverbs from temporal adverbs and nouns; for

   ‎hələ (“still”) + ‎-lik → ‎hələlik (“yet, still, for the time being”)

   ‎həmişə (“always”) + ‎-lik → ‎həmişəlik (“for ever, permanently”)

   ‎ömür (“lifetime”) + ‎-lik → ‎ömürlük (“for life”)

8. (non-productive) used to derive nouns denoting kinship other than by blood; step-

   ‎ata (“father”) + ‎-lik → ‎atalıq (“stepfather”)

   ‎ana (“mother”) + ‎-lik → ‎analıq (“step-mother”)

   ‎oğul (“son”) + ‎-lik → ‎oğulluq (“stepson”)

   ‎qız (“daughter”) + ‎-lik → ‎qızlıq (“stepdaughter”)

   ‎bacı (“sister”) + ‎-lik → ‎bacılıq (“stepsister”)

   Synonym: ögey

9. (non-productive) used to derive nouns denoting clothing items

   ‎baş (“head”) + ‎-lik → ‎başlıq (“bashlyk, hood”)

   ‎gəlin (“bride”) + ‎-lik → ‎gəlinlik (“wedding dress”)

   ‎bazar (“market; Sunday”) + ‎-lik → ‎bazarlıq (“bride's garments”)

• It changes to -lıq, -luq or -lük, depending on the last vowel of the word (see also: vowel harmony).

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *-lik.

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /lic/

-lik

1. -ness, -hood, -ship, -dom

   ‎genç (“young”) + ‎-lik → ‎gençlik (“youngness”)

   ‎dost (“friend”) + ‎-lik → ‎dostluq (“friendship”)

   ‎ür (“free”) + ‎-lik → ‎ürlük (“freedom”)

2. being (like) ...

   ‎dağ (“mountain”) + ‎-lik → ‎dağlıq (“mountainous”)

3. belonging to ..., used for ..., suitable for ..., ... container

   ‎qave (“coffee”) + ‎-lik → ‎qavelik (“coffee pot”)

• By vowel harmony, the suffix may change to -lıq, -luq or -lük, depending on the last vowel of the word to which it is attached.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Germanic -līk?”)

-lik (genitive -liku, partitive -likku, comparative -likum, superlative kõige -likum)

1. -ly, -ic, -al - forms adjectives from nouns or verbs.

-lik (n-n^?, truncative^?)

1. having, provided with, owning

• Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 153, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
• -lik in Katersat

• -llik

-l + -ik

• IPA^(key): [lik]

-lik

1. (frequentative-reflexive verb-forming suffix) Added to a noun or adjective to form a verb.

   ‎fény (“light”) + ‎-lik → ‎fénylik (“to shine”)

   ‎kék (“blue”) + ‎-lik → ‎kéklik (“to appear blue”)

The same form is used for both back and front vowel words.

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

• IPA^(key): /liːkʰ/

-lik

1. Forms adjectives from verbs

   li’ (“to roll out dough”) → li’lik (“flat”)

   oq’etaj (“to cry for something”) → oq’talik (“cried for”)

   muqtajik (“to cover”) → muqtalik (“buried”)

2. Forms adjectives from nouns

   jäb (“rain”) → jäbalik (“watered”)

   kotokik (“turn; bend”) → kotolik (“coiled”)

• Allen J. Christenson, Kʼiche-English dictionary

-lik

1. Alternative form of -ly (“adjectival suffix”)

-lik

1. Alternative form of -ly (“adverbial suffix”)

From the adjective lik (“similar”).

-lik

1. -like, -ish

   Synonyms: -artad, -aktig

• kil

From Ottoman Turkish ـلك‎ (-lik), from Proto-Turkic *-lik.

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /lic/

-lik

1. -ness, -hood, -ship, -dom

   ‎genç (“young”) + ‎-lik → ‎gençlik (“youngness”)

   ‎anne (“mother”) + ‎-lik → ‎annelik (“motherhood”)

   ‎üye (“member”) + ‎-lik → ‎üyelik (“membership”)

   ‎kral (“king”) + ‎-lik → ‎krallık (“kingdom”)

   ‎özgür (“free”) + ‎-lik → ‎özgürlük (“freedom”)

2. being (like) ...

   ‎aydın (“bright”) + ‎-lik → ‎aydınlık (“lightened”)

   ‎dağ (“mountain”) + ‎-lik → ‎dağlık (“mountainous”)

3. belonging to ..., used for ..., suitable for ..., ... container

   ‎salça (“sauce”) + ‎-lik → ‎salçalık (“sauceboat”)

   ‎salça (“sauce”) + ‎-lik → ‎salçalık (“suitable for making a sauce”)

   ‎kalem (“pencil”) + ‎-lik → ‎kalemlik (“pencil case”)

4. year-old

   18'lik kız ― 18 year old girl

5. old

   10 günlük, 3 aylık bebek ― 10-days-old, 3-month-old baby

6. Lasting for a period of time.

   5 dakikalık bir video ― a 5 minutes long video

   2 saatlik bir film ― a 2 hours long movie

   üç günlük ömür ― life is too short (literally, “lifetime that will last three days”)

• The suffix is attached to nouns or sometimes adjectives, and then forms a noun or, more rarely, an adjective. The suffix is often found attached to verbal nouns formed with the suffix -me or its variant -ma. For example, the verb atıştırmak (“to snack”) gives rise to the verbal noun atıştırma (“snacking”) and thus to the term atıştırmalık, which is both a noun meaning “snack” and an adjective meaning “suitable for snacking”.

• Greek: -λίκι (-líki)

-lik

1. -ness
2. Suffix forming various demonyms.