lieve

See also: Lieve

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

lieve

1. Inflected form of lief

Anagrams

• veile, viele, vleie

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Finnish

Etymology

Considered of Baltic origin, related to eg. Latvian klēpis (“lap”). Distribution of the word within Baltic Finnic is limited to the northern languages, e.g. Veps ĺebe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlie̞ʋe̞]
• Hyphenation: lie‧ve

Noun

lieve

1. the lower edge of a garment; hem
2. hem (rim or margin of something)
3. In plural of adessive, ablative and allative cases used to indicate approximate location; see liepeillä, liepeiltä, liepeille.

Declension

Inflection of lieve (Kotus type 48/hame, p-v gradation)
nominative		lieve	liepeet
genitive		liepeen	liepeiden liepeitten
partitive		lievettä	liepeitä
illative		liepeeseen	liepeisiin liepeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		lieve	liepeet
accusative	nom.	lieve	liepeet
	gen.	liepeen
genitive		liepeen	liepeiden liepeitten
partitive		lievettä	liepeitä
inessive		liepeessä	liepeissä
elative		liepeestä	liepeistä
illative		liepeeseen	liepeisiin liepeihin
adessive		liepeellä	liepeillä
ablative		liepeeltä	liepeiltä
allative		liepeelle	liepeille
essive		liepeenä	liepeinä
translative		liepeeksi	liepeiksi
instructive		—	liepein
abessive		liepeettä	liepeittä
comitative		—	liepeineen

Derived terms

• liepeillä, liepeiltä, liepeille

Compounds

• hameenlieve
• lievealue
• lieveilmiö
• suolilieve
• takalieve

Anagrams

• Leevi

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin levem, accusative form of levis (“light (not heavy)”), from Proto-Italic *leɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus (“lightweight”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈljɛ.ve/, [ˈl̺jɛːve]
• Rhymes: -ɛve
• Stress: liève
• Hyphenation: lie‧ve

Adjective

lieve (masculine and feminine plural lievi)

1. light
2. light, delicate, gentle
3. slight, minor
4. mild (punishment, sentence)

Synonyms

• (1, 2, 3, 4): leggero
• (2): delicato
• (3): minore

Derived terms

• lievemente
• lievità

Anagrams

• elevi

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Old French

Verb

lieve

1. first-person singular present indicative of lever
2. third-person singular present indicative of lever
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of lever
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of lever
5. second-person singular imperative of lever