lifa

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See also: lǐfà and lǐfǎ

Icelandic

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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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. (transitive, governs the accusative) to experience something
  3. (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to survive, to endure, to come through
    Ég lifi.
    I'll come through.
  4. (intransitive, of fire) to burn
    Eldurinn lifir.
    The fire is burning.

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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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

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

  1. to live
  2. to be alive

Conjugation

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Descendants

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

References

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  • lifa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swazi

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Etymology

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From li- +‎ -fa.

Noun

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lîfá class 5 (plural émâfá class 6)

  1. inheritance
  2. growth under the skin

Inflection

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Volapük

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Noun

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lifa

  1. genitive singular of lif