prik

Cypriot Arabic

Root
p-r-k (lightning)
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَرِيق (barīq).

Noun

prik m (plural prek)

1. lightning flash

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 157

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German pricke (“a prick”), pricken (“to prick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prek/, [pʰʁ̥æɡ̊]

Noun

prik n (singular definite prikket, plural indefinite prik)

1. prick (the feeling of being pierced or punctured by an object with a fine point, the action of pricking)

Inflection

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	prik	prikket	prik	prikkene
genitive	priks	prikkets	priks	prikkenes

Declension of prik

Noun

prik c (singular definite prikken, plural indefinite prikker)

1. dot, point
2. spot

Inflection

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	prik	prikken	prikker	prikkerne
genitive	priks	prikkens	prikkers	prikkernes

Declension of prik

Verb

prik

1. infinitive of prikke

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɪk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: prik
• Rhymes: -ɪk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch pricke, likely a variant of pikken with an emphatic -r-.^[1]

Noun

prik f (plural prikken, diminutive prikje n)

1. sting, prick (sting or bite from a bug, etc.)
2. small pointy object, prong
3. goad, prod
4. lamprey, fish of the order Petromyzontiformes

   Synonyms: lamprei, negenoog

5. (medicine, informal) injection, jab, shot

Usage notes

The informal diminutive prikkie is in common use in the Netherlands with the specific meaning of “a small amount of money”. The regular diminutive prikje is also used to mean this, though perhaps more commonly outside the Netherlands.

Derived terms

• griepprik
• ossenprik
• prikje
• prikken
• ruggenprik
• zeeprik

Related terms

• prikker

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: prek

References

1. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “prik1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Etymology 2

From prikken.

Noun

prik m (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) fizz, carbonation

Related terms

• priklimonade
• prikwater

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

prik

1. inflection of prikken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse prik, from Proto-Germanic *prik-, related to the verb *prikjaną (“to prick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰrɪːk/
• Rhymes: -ɪːk

Noun

prik n (genitive singular priks, nominative plural prik)

1. stick, staff

Declension

Declension of prik
n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	prik	prikið	prik	prikin
accusative	prik	prikið	prik	prikin
dative	priki	prikinu	prikum	prikunum
genitive	priks	priksins	prika	prikanna

Synonyms

• stafur