Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂iwos. Compare Latin laevus, Polish lewy, Russian ле́вый (lévyj) English levo-.
liva (accusative singular livan, plural livaj, accusative plural livajn)
From Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leip- (“leave, cling, linger”) (cognate with Icelandic lifa, Swedish leva, Danish and Norwegian leve, Dutch leven, German leben, English live).
liva (third person singular past indicative livdi, supine livað)
| Conjugation of liva (group v-25) | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | liva | |
| supine | livað | |
| participle (a6)1 | livandi | livaður |
| present | past | |
| first singular | livi | livdi |
| second singular | livir | livdi |
| third singular | livir | livdi |
| plural | liva | livdu |
| imperative | ||
| singular | liva! | |
| plural | livið! | |
| 1Only the past participle being declined. | ||
liva n
From Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną.
liva (present tense liver, past tense livde, supine livt, past participle livd, present participle livande, imperative liv)
From Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną.
liva
| present | past | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | liva | — | |||
| participle | livandi, -e | livat (ntr.) | |||
| active voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| iæk | livir, liver | livi, -e | — | lifþi, -e | lifþi, -e |
| þū | livir, liver | livi, -e | lif | lifþi, -e | lifþi, -e |
| han | livir, liver | livi, -e | — | lifþi, -e | lifþi, -e |
| vīr | livum, -om | livum, -om | livum, -om | lifþum, -om | lifþum, -om |
| īr | livin | livin | livin | lifþin | lifþin |
| þēr | liva | livin | — | lifþu, -om | lifþin |
| mediopassive voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| iæk | — | — | — | — | — |
| þū | — | — | — | — | — |
| han | — | — | — | — | — |
| vīr | — | — | — | — | — |
| īr | — | — | — | — | — |
| þēr | — | — | — | — | — |
liva (present livar, preterite livade, supine livat, imperative liva)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | liva | livas | ||
| Supine | livat | livats | ||
| Imperative | liva | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | liven | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | livar | livade | livas | livades |
| Ind. plural1 | liva | livade | livas | livades |
| Subjunctive2 | live | livade | lives | livades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | livande | |||
| Past participle | livad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
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