lieve

See also Lieve

Dutch

Adjective

lieve

1. the inflected form^FAQ of lief

Anagrams

• veile, viele, vleie

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Finnish

Etymology

Considered of Baltic origin, related to eg. Latvian klēpis (“lap”). Distribution of the word within Baltic Finnic is limited to the northern languages, e.g. Veps ĺebe.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈlie̞ʋe̞]
• Hyphenation: lie‧ve

Noun

lieve

1. the lower edge of a garment; hem
2. hem (rim or margin of something)
3. In plural of adessive, ablative and illative cases used to indicate approximate location; see liepeillä, liepeiltä, liepeille.

Declension

Declension of lieve (type hame) singular plural nominative lieve liepeet genitive liepeen liepeiden liepeitten partitive lievettä liepeitä accusative lieve liepeen liepeet inessive liepeessä liepeissä elative liepeestä liepeistä illative liepeeseen liepeisiin liepeihin adessive liepeellä liepeillä ablative liepeeltä liepeiltä allative liepeelle liepeille essive liepeenä liepeinä translative liepeeksi liepeiksi instructive – liepein abessive liepeettä liepeittä comitative – liepeineen

Derived terms

• liepeillä, liepeiltä, liepeille

Compounds

• hameenlieve
• lievealue
• lieveilmiö
• suolilieve
• takalieve

Anagrams

• Leevi

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin levis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-.

Adjective

lieve m, f (masculine and feminine plural lievi)

1. light
2. light, delicate, gentle
3. slight, minor

Synonyms

• leggero (1,2,3,4)
• delicato (2)
• minore (3)

Derived terms

• lievemente
• lievità

Anagrams

• elevi

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Old French

Verb

lieve

1. first-person singular present indicative of lever
2. third-person singular present indicative of lever
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of lever
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of lever
5. second-person singular imperative of lever