leve

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See also: Leve, lève, levé, and léve

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈleːʋə], [ˈleːʊ]

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)

  1. to live, be alive
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

A nominalization of the fossilized subjunctive leve (“may ... live”).

Noun[edit]

leve n (uninflected)

  1. cheers

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

leve c

  1. indefinite plural of lev (“bread”, archaic)

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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  • Rhymes: -eːvə

Verb[edit]

leve

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of leven

Usage notes[edit]

Commonly used. Not archaic.

Anagrams[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈleʋeˣ/, [ˈle̞ʋe̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -eʋe
  • Syllabification(key): le‧ve

Noun[edit]

leve

  1. (dialectal) Synonym of hahtuva
  2. Synonym of lapo (“rakeful of hay”)

Declension[edit]

Inflection of leve (Kotus type 48*E/hame, p-v gradation)
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.
Possessive forms of leve (type hame)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lepeeni lepeeni
accusative nom. lepeeni lepeeni
gen. lepeeni
genitive lepeeni lepeideni
lepeitteni
partitive levettäni lepeitäni
inessive lepeessäni lepeissäni
elative lepeestäni lepeistäni
illative lepeeseeni lepeisiini
lepeihini
adessive lepeelläni lepeilläni
ablative lepeeltäni lepeiltäni
allative lepeelleni lepeilleni
essive lepeenäni lepeinäni
translative lepeekseni lepeikseni
instructive — —
abessive lepeettäni lepeittäni
comitative — lepeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lepeesi lepeesi
accusative nom. lepeesi lepeesi
gen. lepeesi
genitive lepeesi lepeidesi
lepeittesi
partitive levettäsi lepeitäsi
inessive lepeessäsi lepeissäsi
elative lepeestäsi lepeistäsi
illative lepeeseesi lepeisiisi
lepeihisi
adessive lepeelläsi lepeilläsi
ablative lepeeltäsi lepeiltäsi
allative lepeellesi lepeillesi
essive lepeenäsi lepeinäsi
translative lepeeksesi lepeiksesi
instructive — —
abessive lepeettäsi lepeittäsi
comitative — lepeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lepeemme lepeemme
accusative nom. lepeemme lepeemme
gen. lepeemme
genitive lepeemme lepeidemme
lepeittemme
partitive levettämme lepeitämme
inessive lepeessämme lepeissämme
elative lepeestämme lepeistämme
illative lepeeseemme lepeisiimme
lepeihimme
adessive lepeellämme lepeillämme
ablative lepeeltämme lepeiltämme
allative lepeellemme lepeillemme
essive lepeenämme lepeinämme
translative lepeeksemme lepeiksemme
instructive — —
abessive lepeettämme lepeittämme
comitative — lepeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lepeenne lepeenne
accusative nom. lepeenne lepeenne
gen. lepeenne
genitive lepeenne lepeidenne
lepeittenne
partitive levettänne lepeitänne
inessive lepeessänne lepeissänne
elative lepeestänne lepeistänne
illative lepeeseenne lepeisiinne
lepeihinne
adessive lepeellänne lepeillänne
ablative lepeeltänne lepeiltänne
allative lepeellenne lepeillenne
essive lepeenänne lepeinänne
translative lepeeksenne lepeiksenne
instructive — —
abessive lepeettänne lepeittänne
comitative — lepeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative lepeensä lepeensä
accusative nom. lepeensä lepeensä
gen. lepeensä
genitive lepeensä lepeidensä
lepeittensä
partitive levettään
levettänsä 		lepeitään
lepeitänsä
inessive lepeessään
lepeessänsä 		lepeissään
lepeissänsä
elative lepeestään
lepeestänsä 		lepeistään
lepeistänsä
illative lepeeseensä lepeisiinsä
lepeihinsä
adessive lepeellään
lepeellänsä 		lepeillään
lepeillänsä
ablative lepeeltään
lepeeltänsä 		lepeiltään
lepeiltänsä
allative lepeelleen
lepeellensä 		lepeilleen
lepeillensä
essive lepeenään
lepeenänsä 		lepeinään
lepeinänsä
translative lepeekseen
lepeeksensä 		lepeikseen
lepeiksensä
instructive — —
abessive lepeettään
lepeettänsä 		lepeittään
lepeittänsä
comitative — lepeineen
lepeinensä

Haitian Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French lever (“rise”), French soulever (“raise”).

Verb[edit]

leve

  1. to rise
  2. to raise

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the lev- stem of lé (“juice”) +‎ -e (possessive suffix).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛvɛ]
  • Hyphenation: le‧ve

Noun[edit]

leve

  1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of lé

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
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

  1. to live

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.ve/
  • Rhymes: -ɛve
  • Hyphenation: lè‧ve

Noun[edit]

leve f

  1. plural of leva

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Adjective[edit]

leve

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of levis

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

lēve n (genitive lēvis); third declension

  1. smoothness
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

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of lēvis

References[edit]

Middle Dutch[edit]

Verb[edit]

lēve

  1. inflection of lēven:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive

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)

  1. leave

References[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

leve

  1. Alternative form of leef

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

leve

  1. Alternative form of love (“remainder”)

Etymology 4[edit]

Verb[edit]

leve

  1. Alternative form of leven

Etymology 5[edit]

Verb[edit]

leve

  1. 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)

  1. to live

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse lifa.

Verb[edit]

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

  1. alternative form of leva
  2. optative of leva
    leve kongen!
    live the king!

Etymology 2[edit]

Specialised from the optative use of leva.

Noun[edit]

leve n

  1. an exclamation of "leve!"
  2. (by extension) a wish for a good and long life

References[edit]

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)

  1. light (of low weight; not heavy)
  2. gentle, light (having little force)
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

leve

  1. inflection of levar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

San Juan Colorado Mixtec[edit]

White-throated magpie-jay in Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico.
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Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

levé

  1. white-throated magpie-jay (Calocitta formosa)
    Synonyms: coo iñi, coñi

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

  1. inflection of levi:
    1. masculine accusative plural
    2. feminine genitive singular
    3. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural

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]

  • IPA(key): /ˈlebe/ [ˈle.β̞e]
  • Rhymes: -ebe
  • Syllabification: le‧ve

Adjective[edit]

leve m or f (masculine and feminine plural leves, superlative levísimo)

  1. mild, slight, light
  2. minor, trivial

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Verb[edit]

leve

  1. inflection of levar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

References[edit]

  1. ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Swedish[edit]

Verb[edit]

leve

  1. (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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