different between lich vs dich

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English lich, from Old English l??, from Proto-West Germanic *l?k, from Proto-Germanic *l?k?, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.

Cognate with Dutch lijk, German Leiche, Norwegian lik, Swedish lik, Danish lig.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /l?t?/
  • (West Country, possibly obsolete) IPA^(key): /lit?/
• Rhymes: -?t?

Noun

lich (plural liches)

1. (archaic) A corpse or dead body. [from 9th c.]
   • 1845, Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, page 35:

     […] and that, as the chronicle states, a lich-way would be made through then, assembled his servants, and attempted to stop its progress as it was carried over a bridge. A scuffle ensued, and the body was thrown into the water. The lich-way as not made ; but the Bishop of Exeter amply revenged himself for the proceedings.
2. (fantasy, roleplay) A reanimated corpse or undead being, particularly a still-intelligent undead spellcaster.
   • 1974, Karl Edward Wagner, ‘Sticks’:

     It was a lich’s face – desiccated flesh tight over its skull.

Derived terms

• lichgate
• lych-gate

Translations

References

Etymology 2

From Middle English l?ke, l?ch (“like”); see like and -like for more. Compare -ly.

Adjective

lich (comparative more lich, superlative most lich)

1. (obsolete) Like; resembling; equal.
   • 1386-90, John Gower, Confessio Amantis.

     Anon he let two cofres make / Of one semblance, and of one make, / So lich, that no lif thilke throwe, / That one may fro that other knowe.

   • [He] rather joy'd to be than seemen sich, For both to be and seeme to him was labour lich.

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English l??, from Proto-West Germanic *l?k, from Proto-Germanic *l?k?, from Proto-Indo-European *leyg-.

Noun

lich (plural lichs)

1. A body.
   • 1362, William Langland, Piers Plowman, XI.2:

     A wyf […] Þat lene was of lich and of louh chere.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?ix/

Noun

lich f

1. genitive plural of licha

Noun

lich n

1. genitive plural of licho

Further reading

• lich in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Noun

dich (plural diches)

1. Obsolete form of ditch (“a trench”).

Verb

dich (third-person singular simple present diches, present participle diching, simple past and past participle diched)

1. Obsolete form of ditch (“to dig a trench”).

Anagrams

• chid

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German dich, from Old High German dih (“thee”). Cognate with German dich.

Pronoun

dich

1. (Sette Comuni) accusative of du: you, thee

See also

References

• “dich” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

German

Alternative forms

• Dich

Etymology

From Old High German dih, akin to Old Saxon th?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?ç/
• Rhymes: -?ç

Pronoun

dich

1. (personal) accusative of du, you, thee (direct object).

2. (reflexive) accusative of du; yourself, thee (direct object).

Further reading

• “dich” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Old High German dih, from Proto-Germanic *þek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiç/

Pronoun

dich

1. stressed and unstressed accusative of du: you (direct object), thee.

Inflection

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Occitan

Verb

dich

1. past participle of dire

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?ix/

Verb

·dich

1. third-person singular perfective present subjunctive prototonic of téit
2. third-person singular present indicative prototonic of do·fich

Mutation

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German mich.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?ç/

Pronoun

dich

1. you

Declension