Levi

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See also: levi, leví, Leví, levî, and Lévi

English

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Etymology

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From Hebrew לֵוִי (leví), a name in the book of Genesis.

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Levi

  1. (biblical) The third son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, [] (King James Version), London: [] Robert Barker, [], →OCLC, Genesis 35:22b-26:
      Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: 24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.
  2. One of the Biblical tribes of Israelites, descended from Levi; the tribe from which priests were selected.
  3. A male given name from Hebrew.
  4. A Jewish surname from Hebrew.

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Faroese

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Proper noun

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Levi m

  1. a male given name

Usage notes

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Patronymics

  • son of Levi: Levisson
  • daughter of Levi: Levisdóttir

Declension

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Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Levi
Accusative Levi
Dative Levi
Genitive Levis

Hungarian

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Etymology

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Clipping and -i diminutive of Levente.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛvi]
  • Hyphenation: Le‧vi
  • Rhymes: -vi

Proper noun

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Levi

  1. a diminutive of the male given name Levente

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative Levi Levik
accusative Levit Leviket
dative Levinek Leviknek
instrumental Levivel Levikkel
causal-final Leviért Levikért
translative Levivé Levikké
terminative Leviig Levikig
essive-formal Leviként Levikként
essive-modal
inessive Leviben Levikben
superessive Levin Leviken
adessive Levinél Leviknél
illative Levibe Levikbe
sublative Levire Levikre
allative Levihez Levikhez
elative Leviből Levikből
delative Leviről Levikről
ablative Levitől Leviktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Levié Leviké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Leviéi Levikéi
Possessive forms of Levi
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Levim Levijeim(or Leviim)
2nd person sing. Levid Levijeid(or Leviid)
3rd person sing. Levije Levijei(or Levii)
1st person plural Levink Levijeink(or Leviink)
2nd person plural Levitek Levijeitek(or Leviitek)
3rd person plural Levijük Levijeik(or Leviik)

Italian

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Etymology

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From Hebrew לֵוִי.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.vi/
  • Rhymes: -ɛvi
  • Hyphenation: Lè‧vi

Proper noun

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Levi m

  1. (biblical) Levi
  2. a male given name

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Biblical Hebrew לֵוִי (Lēwī)

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Lēvī or Lēvīs m sg (variously declined, genitive Lēvī); indeclinable, third declension

  1. a male given name from Hebrew, borne by one of the twelve sons of Jacob

Declension

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Indeclinable noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Lēvīs
Lēvī
Genitive Lēvī
Dative Lēvī
Accusative Lēvīn
Lēvī
Ablative Lēvī
Vocative Lēvī

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Proper noun

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Levi m

  1. (biblical) Levi (third son of Jacob)
  2. a male given name, equivalent to English Levi