lelijk

Meaning

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
le‧lijk
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈleː.lək/
Etymology

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).

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