leve
Danish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, cognate with Swedish leva, Norwegian leve, Icelandic lifa, Dutch leven, German leben, and English live.
Verb[edit]
leve (imperative lev, infinitive at leve, present tense lever, past tense levede, perfect tense har levet)
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
A nominalization of the fossilized subjunctive leve (“may ... live”).
Noun[edit]
leve n (uninflected)
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun[edit]
leve c
- indefinite plural of lev (“bread”, archaic)
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
leve
Usage notes[edit]
Commonly used. Not archaic.
Anagrams[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
leve
Declension[edit]
Inflection of leve (Kotus type 48*E/hame, p-v gradation) | ||||
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nominative | leve | lepeet | ||
genitive | lepeen | lepeiden lepeitten | ||
partitive | levettä | lepeitä | ||
illative | lepeeseen | lepeisiin lepeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | leve | lepeet | ||
accusative | nom. | leve | lepeet | |
gen. | lepeen | |||
genitive | lepeen | lepeiden lepeitten | ||
partitive | levettä | lepeitä | ||
inessive | lepeessä | lepeissä | ||
elative | lepeestä | lepeistä | ||
illative | lepeeseen | lepeisiin lepeihin | ||
adessive | lepeellä | lepeillä | ||
ablative | lepeeltä | lepeiltä | ||
allative | lepeelle | lepeille | ||
essive | lepeenä | lepeinä | ||
translative | lepeeksi | lepeiksi | ||
instructive | — | lepein | ||
abessive | lepeettä | lepeittä | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Haitian Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French lever (“rise”), French soulever (“raise”).
Verb[edit]
leve
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the lev- stem of lé (“juice”) + -e (possessive suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
leve
Declension[edit]
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | leve | — |
accusative | levét | — |
dative | levének | — |
instrumental | levével | — |
causal-final | levéért | — |
translative | levévé | — |
terminative | levéig | — |
essive-formal | leveként | — |
essive-modal | levéül | — |
inessive | levében | — |
superessive | levén | — |
adessive | levénél | — |
illative | levébe | — |
sublative | levére | — |
allative | levéhez | — |
elative | levéből | — |
delative | levéről | — |
ablative | levétől | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
levéé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
levééi | — |
Derived terms[edit]
Hunsrik[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
leve
- to live
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
leve f
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
leve
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
lēve n (genitive lēvis); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | lēve | lēvia |
Genitive | lēvis | lēvium |
Dative | lēvī | lēvibus |
Accusative | lēve | lēvia |
Ablative | lēvī | lēvibus |
Vocative | lēve | lēvia |
Adjective[edit]
lēve
References[edit]
- leve in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Middle Dutch[edit]
Verb[edit]
lēve
- inflection of lēven:
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Old English lēaf (“permission, privilege”), from Proto-Germanic *laubō (“permission, privilege, favour, worth”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love”).
Noun[edit]
leve (plural leves)
References[edit]
- “lēve, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
leve
- Alternative form of leef
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
leve
- Alternative form of love (“remainder”)
Etymology 4[edit]
Verb[edit]
leve
- Alternative form of leven
Etymology 5[edit]
Verb[edit]
leve
- Alternative form of lyven
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leip- (“leave, cling, linger”) (cognate with Swedish leva, Danish leve, Icelandic lifa, Dutch leven, German leben, English live).
Verb[edit]
leve (imperative lev, present tense lever, simple past levde or levet, past participle levd or levet, present participle levende)
- to live
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “leve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
leve (present tense lever, past tense levde, supine levd or levt, past participle levd, present participle levande, imperative lev)
Etymology 2[edit]
Specialised from the optative use of leva.
Noun[edit]
leve n
References[edit]
- “leve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: le‧ve
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese leve, from Latin levis, from Proto-Italic *leɣwis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light”). Doublet of léu, ligeiro, and light.
Adjective[edit]
leve m or f (plural leves, comparable, comparative mais leve, superlative o mais leve or levíssimo)
Synonyms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
leve
- inflection of levar:
San Juan Colorado Mixtec[edit]

Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
levé
References[edit]
- Stark Campbell, Sara; et al. (1986) Diccionario mixteco de San Juan Colorado (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 29)[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 27
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
leve
- inflection of levi:
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin levem, probably a borrowing in this form, as it was often used primarily in learned or literary contexts.[1] However, the older form lieve, which it replaced, was inherited.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
leve m or f (masculine and feminine plural leves, superlative levísimo)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “leve”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Verb[edit]
leve
- inflection of levar:
References[edit]
- ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Swedish[edit]
Verb[edit]
leve
- (archaic) present subjunctive of leva; used to express one's wish that someone or something may live long, mostly at celebration ceremonies, primarily birthday celebrations
- Han leve! ― May he live (long)!
Usage notes[edit]
- This is one of very few Swedish subjunctives that still has a use.
Anagrams[edit]
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- Rhymes:Dutch/eːvə
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɛve
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