leva

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See also: Levä, levä, levae, levá, levà, levâ, Leva, and лева

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

leva

  1. plural of lev

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Verb[edit]

leva

  1. third-person singular past historic of lever

Anagrams[edit]

Ingrian[edit]

Kaks levvaa - kullileva (kural) ja imikkoleva (oikial).

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Russian лев (lev).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

leva

  1. lion
    • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 52:
      Afrikan ja Läns-Aazian variloil steeppilöil ellää suur vihakas hiisnikka - leva.
      In the warm steppes of Africa and West-Asia lives a big angry predator - the lion.

Declension[edit]

Declension of leva (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative leva levat
genitive levan levvoin
partitive levvaa levoja
illative levvaa levvoi
inessive levas levois
elative levast levoist
allative levalle levoille
adessive leval levoil
ablative levalt levoilt
translative levaks levoiks
essive levanna, levvaan levoinna, levvoin
exessive1) levant levoint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 262

Interlingua[edit]

Verb[edit]

leva

  1. present of levar
  2. imperative of levar

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.va/
  • Rhymes: -ɛva
  • Hyphenation: lè‧va

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

leva f (plural leve)

  1. lever
  2. (military) call-up, conscription, draft, national service
  3. (military, called up soldiers) those called-up, conscripts

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

leva

  1. inflection of levare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

levā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of levō

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse lifa. Akin to English live.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

leva (present tense lever, past tense levde, past participle levt or levd, present participle levande, imperative lev)

  1. to live (be alive)
    Han har levd eit langt liv.
    He has lived a long life.
  2. to subsist (nourish oneself)
    Pandaen lever av bambus.
    The panda subsists on bamboo.

References[edit]

Old Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse leifa, from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną.

Verb[edit]

lēva

  1. to leave behind

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of lēva (weak)
present past
infinitive lēva —
participle lēvandi, lēvande lēvþer
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk lēvir lēvi, lēve —   lēvþi, lēvþe lēvþi, lēvþe
þū lēvir lēvi, lēve lēv lēvþi, lēvþe lēvþi, lēvþe
han lēvir lēvi, lēve —   lēvþi, lēvþe lēvþi, lēvþe
vīr lēvum, lēvom lēvum, lēvom lēvum, lēvom lēvþum, lēvþom lēvþum, lēvþom
īr lēvin lēvin lēvin lēvþin lēvþin
þēr lēva lēvin —   lēvþu, lēvþo lēvþin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk lēvis lēvis, lēves —   lēvþis, lēvþes lēvþis, lēvþes
þū lēvis lēvis, lēves —   lēvþis, lēvþes lēvþis, lēvþes
han lēvis lēvis, lēves —   lēvþis, lēvþes lēvþis, lēvþes
vīr lēvums, lēvoms lēvums, lēvoms —   lēvþums, lēvþoms lēvþums, lēvþoms
īr lēvins lēvins —   lēvþins lēvþins
þēr lēvas lēvins —   lēvþus, lēvþos lēvþins

Descendants[edit]

  • Swedish: leva (obsolete)

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 
 

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

leva f (plural levas)

  1. wave (sudden unusually large amount of something)
    Uma leva de vândalos entrou na loja.
    A wave of vandals entered the store.

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

leva

  1. inflection of levar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Bulgarian лева (leva), plural of лев (lev, “lion”), from Proto-Slavic *lьvъ (“lion”).

Noun[edit]

leva f (plural leve)

  1. lev (currency of Bulgaria)

Declension[edit]

Declension of leva
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) leva leva (niște) leve levele
genitive/dative (unei) leve levei (unor) leve levelor
vocative — —

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Adjective[edit]

leva

  1. inflection of levi:
    1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
    2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Verb[edit]

leva (Cyrillic spelling лева)

  1. third-person singular present of levati

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈleba/ [ˈle.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -eba
  • Syllabification: le‧va

Etymology 1[edit]

Deverbal from levar.

Noun[edit]

leva f (plural levas)

  1. (military) draft (of troops)
  2. (mechanical) cog
  3. (mechanical) cam
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

leva

  1. inflection of levar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • lefva (obsolete spelling)

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Swedish liva, from Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”). Cognate with Norwegian leve, Danish leve, Icelandic lifa, Dutch leven, German leben and English live.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

leva (present lever, preterite levde, supine levt, imperative lev)

  1. to live; to be alive
    Lever den skådisen fortfarande?
    Is that actor still alive?
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of leva (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive leva levas
Supine levt, levat levts, levats
Imperative lev —
Imper. plural1 leven —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative lever levde levs, leves levdes
Ind. plural1 leva levde levas levdes
Subjunctive2 leve levde leves levdes
Participles
Present participle levande
Past participle levd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Swedish lēva, from Old Norse leifa, from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”). Cognate with Icelandic leifa, English leave.

Verb[edit]

leva (present lever, preterite levde, supine levt, imperative lev)

  1. (obsolete) to leave
    • 1541, Gustav Vasa Bible, Gospel of Matthew, 22:25
      När oss woro siw brödher / Then förste toogh sigh hustru och bleff dödh. Och effter han hadhe ingen sädh / leeffde han sina hustru sinom brodher.
      (pre-1906 spelling) När oss voro sju bröder; den förste tog sig hustru, och blef död; och efter han hade ingen säd, lefde han sina hustru sinom broder.
      Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
    Synonym: lämna
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of leva (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive leva levas
Supine levt levts
Imperative lev —
Imper. plural1 leven —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative lever levde levs, leves levdes
Ind. plural1 leva levde levas levdes
Subjunctive2 leve levde leves levdes
Participles
Present participle levande
Past participle levd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

leva

  1. indefinite plural of lev (“lev (currency of Bulgaria)”)

Anagrams[edit]

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