levi

See also: Levi, leví, Leví, and Lévi

Esperanto

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian levare (“to lift”) and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin levō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlevi/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: le‧vi

Verb

levi (present levas, past levis, future levos, conditional levus, volitive levu)

1. to lift, to raise
   • 1903, L. L. Zamenhof, Fundamenta Krestomatio, Project Gutenberg transcription

     ili sin levis en longa linio el la maro

     they lifted themselves in a long line out of the sea

Conjugation

Conjugation of levi present past future singular plural singular plural singular plural tense levas levis levos active participle levanta levantaj levinta levintaj levonta levontaj acc. levantan levantajn levintan levintajn levontan levontajn passive participle levata levataj levita levitaj levota levotaj acc. levatan levatajn levitan levitajn levotan levotajn nominal active participle levanto levantoj levinto levintoj levonto levontoj acc. levanton levantojn levinton levintojn levonton levontojn nominal passive participle levato levatoj levito levitoj levoto levotoj acc. levaton levatojn leviton levitojn levoton levotojn adverbial active participle levante levinte levonte adverbial passive participle levate levite levote infinitive levi imperative levu conditional levus

Derived terms

• leviĝi (“to rise up”)
• levstango (“crowbar”)

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Italian

Verb

levi

1. second-person singular present of levare
2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive of levare
3. third-person singular imperative of levare

Anagrams

• live
• veli
• vile

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) levī

1. dative masculine singular of levis
2. dative feminine singular of levis
3. dative neuter singular of levis
4. ablative masculine singular of levis
5. ablative feminine singular of levis
6. ablative neuter singular of levis

References

• levi 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)
• “levi”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• lijȇvī (Ijekavian)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lěvъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lêːʋiː/
• Hyphenation: le‧vi

Adjective

lȇvī (Cyrillic spelling ле̑вӣ)

1. left
2. left-wing
3. (heraldry) sinister

Declension

Declension of levi

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		levi	leva	levo
genitive		levog(a)	leve	levog(a)
dative		levom(u/e)	levoj	levom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	levi levog(a)	levu	levo
vocative		levi	leva	levo
locative		levom(e/u)	levoj	levom(e/u)
instrumental		levim	levom	levim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		levi	leve	leva
genitive		levih	levih	levih
dative		levim(a)	levim(a)	levim(a)
accusative		leve	leve	leva
vocative		levi	leve	leva
locative		levim(a)	levim(a)	levim(a)
instrumental		levim(a)	levim(a)	levim(a)