dik

See also: dík, dîk, and -dik

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch dik, from Middle Dutch dicke, from Old Dutch *thikki, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz.

Adjective

dik (attributive dik, comparative dikker, superlative dikste)

  1. thick, bulky
  2. fat, obese
  3. dense, viscous or thick when referring to a liquid or gaseous mass, such as mist

Synonyms

  • (dense): dig
  • (fat or obese): vet

Derived terms

  • dikbek
  • dikderm

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dicke, from Old Dutch *thikki, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz. Compare Low German and German dick, English thick, Danish tyk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪk/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪk

Adjective

dik (comparative dikker, superlative dikst)

  1. thick
  2. fat

Inflection

Inflection of dik
uninflected dik
inflected dikke
comparative dikker
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial dik dikker het dikst
het dikste
indefinite m./f. sing. dikke dikkere dikste
n. sing. dik dikker dikste
plural dikke dikkere dikste
definite dikke dikkere dikste
partitive diks dikkers —

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: dik

Adverb

dik

  1. fatly, thickly
  2. (modifying "tevreden") well, rather, considerably

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Shortened form of adik, from Proto-Malayic *adi-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *adi-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wadi-ʔ, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *waji-ʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji-q, from *huaji, from Proto-Austronesian *Suaji.

Pronunciation

Noun

dik (Jawi spelling ديق)

  1. Alternative form of adik

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ذيك‎ (ðīka, “that”)

Determiner

dik

  1. feminine singular of dak
    Dik il-mara hija l-oħt ta' l-omm tiegħu.
    That woman is his mother's sister.

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic tik, from Proto-Turkic *dik- (“to stand upright, stay, resist”). Related to direk, doğru and direnmek.

Adjective

dik (comparative daha dik, superlative en dik)

  1. steep
  2. upright

Derived terms

Verb

dik

  1. second-person singular negative imperative of dikmemek (not to plant, not to sew, not to sink)
  2. second-person singular positive imperative of dikmek (to plant, to sew, to sink)

Antonyms

  • dikme

References

Zazaki

Alternative forms

Noun

dik ?

  1. rooster (bird)
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