lelijk

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

ugly

Adv

badly

Koppelteken as

le‧lijk

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈleː.lək/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle Dutch leetlijc, lelic. Equivalent to leed (“sorrow”) + -lijk (“-like”). Cognate with Old Saxon lēthlīk, Old High German leidlīh (but modern German leidlich (“tolerable”) is not directly related), Old Frisian lēthlik, Old English lāðlīc (Modern English loathly).