-ly

后缀
中文释义
英 [liː]|[lɪ]    美 [li]

英文释义

后缀
  1. Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of "behaving like, or having a nature typical of what is denoted by the noun" Similar in meaning to -like but most often paired with animate nouns. morpheme
    — man + -ly → manly
  2. Used to form adverbs from adjectives and nouns. morpheme
    — sudden + -ly → suddenly
  3. Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of "appearing like, resembling, or having the likeness of what is denoted by the noun". morpheme
    — bloom + -ly → bloomly
  4. Used to form company or brand names. morpheme
    — book + -ly → Bookly
  5. Used to form adjectives from nouns specifying time intervals, the adjectives having the sense of "occurring at such intervals". morpheme
    — month + -ly → monthly

词形变化

more -ly comparative -lier comparative most -ly superlative -liest superlative more -ly comparative most -ly superlative

词汇关系

近义词
-ish -like -y quasi- para- -form -iform -esque -some -ous -ass
衍生词
bloomly priestly -ally

词源

词源 1
From Middle English -ly, -li, -lik, -lich, -like, from Old English -līċ, from Proto-West Germanic *-līk, from Proto-Germanic *-līkaz (“having the body or form of”), from *līką (“body”) (whence lich). In form, probably influenced by Old Norse -ligr (“-ly”) (Norwegian Bokmål -lig, Faroese -ligur, Icelandic -legur). Cognate with Dutch -lijk, German -lich, Danish -lig and Swedish -lig. Doublet of -like, more at like.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
From Middle English -ly, -li, -liche, from Old English -līċe.
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