líka

See also: lika and līķa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liːka/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse líka, from Proto-Germanic *līkāną.

Verb

líka (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative líkaði, supine líkað)

1. to please [with dative ‘someone’ and nominative ‘someone/something that is pleasing’] (idiomatically translated by "like" with the grammatical subject and object reversed)

   Mér líkar góður matur.

   I like good food.

2. (impersonal) to please [with dative ‘someone’ and við (+ accusative) ‘someone/something that is pleasing’] (idiomatically translated by "like" with the dative object as the subject)

   Mér líkar við þig.

   I like you.

Usage notes

• Now used most often in the impersonal construction, using the preposition við (see líka við).

Derived terms

• líka við
• líka vel við
• líka illa við

See also

• hafa áhuga á

Etymology 2

See líkur.

Adverb

líka (not comparable)

1. also, too, as well, likewise
   • Luke 6:29 (English, Icelandic)

     Slái þig einhver á kinnina, skaltu og bjóða hina, og taki einhver yfirhöfn þína, skaltu ekki varna honum að taka kyrtilinn líka.

     If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak, do not stop him from taking your tunic as well.

   Konan mín kom, og börnin mín líka.

   My wife came, and also my children.

   Ég vona að við hittumst aftur. - Ég líka.

   I hope that we'll meet again. - Me too.

See also

• eins og

Phalura

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /líka/

Verb

líka (transitive, Perso-Arabic spelling لِکہ)

1. to lick

Inflection

L:cons (Prs): likáanu, (Pfv): likílu, (Cv): likí, (Imp): lik

References

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “líka”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN