lif

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See also: LIF, LiF, and líf

German Low German

Pronunciation

Noun

lif n (genitive lives, dative live)

  1. Alternative form of Lief

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English lift.

Pronunciation

Noun

lîf m

  1. elevator, lift

Middle English

Noun

lif

  1. Alternative form of lyf
    • 1390, John Gower, Confessio Amantis:
      Sche preide unto the goddes so, / That sche receyveth al the wo / And deide hirself to give him lif.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon līf, from Proto-Germanic *lībą.

Pronunciation

Noun

lîf n (genitive lives, dative live)

  1. body
  2. life
    Synonym: levend
  3. (figuratively) belly, abdomen
    Synonym: buk

Descendants

  • German Low German: Lif n, Lief n
  • Plautdietsch: Läwen

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *līb, from Proto-Germanic *lībą. Cognate with Old English līf, Old Frisian līf and Old High German līb

Noun

līf n or m

  1. body
  2. life
    Synonym: livon

Declension

Masculine declension
Declension of lif
Singular Plural
nominative līf līva
accusative līf līva
genitive līves, -is līvo
dative līve, -i līvon
Neuter declension
Declension of lif
Singular Plural
nominative līf līf
accusative līf līf
genitive līves, -is līvo
dative līve, -i līvon

Descendants

References

“līf”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lībą.

Pronunciation

Noun

līf n

  1. life

Declension

Declension of lif (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative līf līf
accusative līf līf
genitive līfes līfa
dative līfe līfum

Synonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

lif n

  1. Obsolete spelling of liv

Declension

Declension of lif 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lif lifvet lif lifven
Genitive lifs lifvets lifs lifvens

Anagrams

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English life.

Noun

lif (nominative plural lifs)

  1. life

Declension

declension of lif
singular plural
nominative lif lifs
genitive lifa lifas
dative life lifes
accusative lifi lifis
vocative 1 o lif! o lifs!
predicative 2 lifu lifus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

Terms derived from lif

Welsh

Noun

lif

  1. Soft mutation of llif.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
llif lif unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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