laik
English
Etymology
From Old English lāc, from Proto-Germanic *laiką (“game, dance, hymn, sport, fight”). Cognates include Old Norse leikr (whence Danish leg (“game”), Swedish leka (“to play”)), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 (laiks, “dance”). Doublet of lek.
Pronunciation
Verb
laik (third-person singular simple present laiks, present participle laiking, simple past and past participle laiked)
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
laik m anim (female equivalent laička, related adjective laický)
- layman (a noncleric / non-cleric)
- layman (a nonprofessional / non-professional)
Declension
See also
Latvian
Noun
laik m
Nigerian Pidgin
Etymology
Verb
laik
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lāicus, from Ancient Greek λαϊκός (laïkós).
Pronunciation
Noun
laik m pers
Declension
Declension of laik
Derived terms
adjctives
Related terms
adjective
adverb
nouns
verbs
- laicyzować impf
- zlaicyzować pf
Further reading
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
làik m (Cyrillic spelling ла̀ик)
- layman (a noncleric / non-cleric)
- layman (a nonprofessional / non-professional)
Declension
Tok Pisin
Etymology
Noun
laik
- wish, desire
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:16:
- Na God i tokim meri olsem, “Bai mi givim yu bikpela hevi long taim yu gat bel. Na bai yu gat bikpela pen long taim yu karim pikinini. Tasol bai yu gat bikpela laik yet long man bilong yu, na bai em i bosim yu.”
Verb
laik
Turkish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
laik
Noun
laik (definite accusative laiği, plural laikler)
See also
Categories:
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English doublets
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/eɪk
- Rhymes:English/eɪk/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English verbs
- British English
- English dialectal terms
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech animate nouns
- Czech masculine animate nouns
- Czech velar-stem masculine animate nouns
- cs:Male people
- Latvian non-lemma forms
- Latvian noun forms
- Nigerian Pidgin terms inherited from English
- Nigerian Pidgin terms derived from English
- Nigerian Pidgin lemmas
- Nigerian Pidgin verbs
- Polish terms borrowed from Latin
- Polish terms derived from Latin
- Polish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/aik
- Rhymes:Polish/aik/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish personal nouns
- pl:Religion
- pl:Male people
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- Tok Pisin terms inherited from English
- Tok Pisin terms derived from English
- Tok Pisin lemmas
- Tok Pisin nouns
- Tok Pisin terms with quotations
- Tok Pisin verbs
- Tok Pisin auxiliary verbs
- Turkish terms borrowed from French
- Turkish terms derived from French
- Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish adjectives
- Turkish nouns
- Turkish terms suffixed with -ik