lifa

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See also: lǐfà and lǐfǎ

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (leave, cling, linger) (cognate with Faroese liva, Swedish leva, Danish and Norwegian leve, Dutch leven, German leben, English live).

Pronunciation

Verb

lifa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lifði, supine lifað)

  1. (intransitive) to live
    • Genesis 5:3 (Icelandic, English)
      Adam lifði hundrað og þrjátíu ár. Þá gat hann son í líking sinni, eftir sinni mynd, og nefndi hann Set.
      When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.
  2. to experience something
    Synonym: reyna
  3. to survive, to endure, to come through
    Synonyms: endast, þrauka
    Ég lifi.
    I'll come through.
  4. (intransitive, of fire) to burn
    Synonyms: loga, brenna
    Eldurinn lifir.
    The fire is burning.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

līfa

  1. genitive plural of līf

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *libjaną (to live, to be alive), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (to leave, cling, linger). Cognate with Old English libban, Old Frisian leva, Old Saxon libbian, Old Dutch libben, Old High German lebēn, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (liban).

Verb

lifa (singular past indicative lifði, plural past indicative lifðu, past participle lifaðr)

  1. to live
  2. to be alive

Conjugation

Conjugation of lifa — active (weak class 3)
infinitive lifa
present participle lifandi
past participle lifaðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular lifi lifða lifa lifða
2nd person singular lifir lifðir lifir lifðir
3rd person singular lifir lifði lifi lifði
1st person plural lifum lifðum lifim lifðim
2nd person plural lifið lifðuð lifið lifðið
3rd person plural lifa lifðu lifi lifði
imperative present
2nd person singular lif
1st person plural lifum
2nd person plural lifið
Conjugation of lifa — mediopassive (weak class 3)
infinitive lifask
present participle lifandisk
past participle lifazk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular lifumk lifðumk lifumk lifðumk
2nd person singular lifisk lifðisk lifisk lifðisk
3rd person singular lifisk lifðisk lifisk lifðisk
1st person plural lifumsk lifðumsk lifimsk lifðimsk
2nd person plural lifizk lifðuzk lifizk lifðizk
3rd person plural lifask lifðusk lifisk lifðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular lifsk
1st person plural lifumsk
2nd person plural lifizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: lifa
  • Faroese: liva
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: leva, liva (pre-1917 spelling)
  • Old Swedish: liva, leffua
  • Danish: leve
    • Norwegian Bokmål: leve

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “lifa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Swazi

Etymology

From li- +‎ -fa.

Noun

lîfá class 5 (plural émâfá class 6)

  1. inheritance
  2. growth under the skin

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Volapük

Noun

lifa

  1. genitive singular of lif