elävä

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Etymology

Active present participle of elää.

[edit] Adjective

elävä (comparative elävämpi, superlative elävin)

  1. Having life; being alive, live, living (also figuratively; in use or existing).
    Posti ei kuljeta eläviä eläimiä.
    The post office will not ship live animals.
    elävä kieli = a living language
  2. Animated, lively, buoyant, perky, peppy, vivacious; sprightly, youthful; (of animals) frisky, playful, frolicsome.

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  • (having life, alive, live, living): kuollut
  • (in use or existing, living): kuollut

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[edit] Verb

elävä

  1. Active present participle of elää.
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