lif

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See also: LIF, LiF, and líf

Translingual

Symbol

lif

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Limbu.

See also

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

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English lift.

Noun

lif (plural lif-lif, informal 1st possessive lifku, 2nd possessive lifmu, 3rd possessive lifnya)

  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
    • 10th century, The Wanderer:
      þonne iċ eorla līf · eal ġeondþenċe,
      hū hī fǣrlīċe · flet ofġēafon,
      when I think of all fighters lives,
      how they suddenly left halls,

Declension

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

lif n

  1. Obsolete spelling of liv.

Declension

Declension of lif
nominative genitive
singular indefinite lif lifs
definite lifvet lifvets
plural indefinite lif lifs
definite lifven lifvens

Anagrams

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English life.

Noun

lif (nominative plural lifs)

  1. life
    • 1937, “‚Johann Martin Schleyer’”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 34:
      Dü lif vobafulik oka ekanom tuvön timi ad studön pükis e dialegis 88 difikis, ed ad pläyön degtelati musigömas.
      During his working life, he managed to find the time to study 88 different languages and dialects, and to play twelve musical instruments.

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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