quick

Betekenis (English)

1. Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
2. Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
3. Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.
4. Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.
5. Easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.
6. Alive, living.
7. At the stage where it can be felt to move in the uterus.
8. Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus's movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.
9. Flowing, not stagnant.
10. Burning, flammable, fiery.
11. (obsolete) Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
12. productive; not "dead" or barren

snel

vlug

levend vlees

be fast

do quickly

be agile

be active

short while

slap-dash

without delay

be clever

fast-flying

high-velocity

rathe

swift-footed

be diligent

wing-footed

running swiftly

finishing up in a hurry

lickety-split

quick-moving

in short order

be energetic

be nimble

be rapid

be speedy

be swift

flurriedly

in a nervous hurry

free-flowing

making haste

not delaying

possessed of coursers

swift of foot

sensitive flesh

nervus

fast-speed

sharpish

speedful

be brisk

be fleet

quick-walking

strong and agile

at once

poignant

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/kwɪk/

Inherited from Middelengels

Inherited from Oudengels

Cognate with Nederlands

Cognate with Duits

Cognate with Deens

Cognate with Zweeds

Cognate with Oudgrieks

Cognate with Latijn

Cognate with Litouws

Cognate with Lets

Cognate with Russisch

Cognate with Pools

Cognate with Welsh

Cognate with Iers

Cognate with Northern Kurdish

Cognate with Sanskriet

Cognate with Albanees

In summary

From Middle English quik, quic, from Old English cwic (“alive”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwiku, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (“alive”), from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”), *gʷeyh₃w- (“to live”). Cognate with Dutch kwik, kwiek, German keck, Danish kvik (“quick, quick-witted”) and Danish kæk (“bold; spirited”), Swedish kvick; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”), Latin vivus, Lithuanian gývas (“alive”), Latvian dzīvs (“alive”), Russian живо́й (živój), Polish żywy (“alive”), Welsh byw (“alive”), Irish beo (“alive”), biathaigh (“feed”), Northern Kurdish jîn (“to live”), jiyan (“life”), giyan (“soul”), can (“soul”), Sanskrit जीव (jīva, “living”), Albanian nxit (“to urge, stimulate”). Doublet of jiva.

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