• -leg (Nynorsk)

From Old Norse -ligr (“-ly”), compare with Old Norse liga and Norwegian lik (“like, same, similar”). Cognate with English -ly and German -lich

• IPA: /liɡ/

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-lig

1. -le or -ly, used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of "like or characteristic of what is denoted by the noun"
2. -ly, used to form adverbs from nouns, the adverbs having the sense of "degree or characteristic of what is denoted by the noun"

• “-lig” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
• “-lig” in The Ordnett Dictionary