slike
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪk
Etymology 1
From Middle English sliken, from Old English *slīcan (“to crawl, slink”), from Proto-West Germanic *slīkan, from Proto-Germanic *slīkaną (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ- (“to glide, smooth, spread”). Cognate with German Low German slieken (“to slink, crawl”), German schleichen (“to creep, crawl, slink, sneak”), Old English slīcian (“to make sleek, slick, smooth, or glossy”).
Verb
slike (third-person singular simple present slikes, present participle sliking, simple past and past participle sliked)
Etymology 2
From Middle English sliken, slikien, from Old English slīcian (“to make sleek, slick, smooth, or glossy”). See above.
Verb
slike (third-person singular simple present slikes, present participle sliking, simple past and past participle sliked)
Etymology 3
From Middle English *slīken, from Old English slīcan (“to strike”), from Proto-West Germanic *slīkan, from Proto-Germanic *slīkaną (“to hew, hammer, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ- (“to beat”). Cognate with Old Frisian slēc (“a shock, blow”), Middle Low German slîken (“to beat”), Old English sliċċ, sliċ (“beater, hammer, mallet”), Latin ligō, ligōnis (“hoe, mattock”).
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Serbo-Croatian
Noun
slike (Cyrillic spelling слике)
- inflection of slika:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural