lif

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See also: LIF, LiF, and líf

German Low German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lif n (genitive lives, dative live)

  1. Alternative form of Lief

Hausa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English lift.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lîf m

  1. elevator, lift

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

lif

  1. Alternative form of lyf
    • 1390, John Gower, Confessio Amantis:
      Sche preide unto the goddes so, / That sche receyveth al the wo / And deide hirself to give him lif.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Middle Low German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Saxon līf, from Proto-Germanic *lībą.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lîf n (genitive lives, dative live)

  1. body
  2. life
    Synonym: levend
  3. (figuratively) belly, abdomen
    Synonym: buk

Descendants[edit]

  • German Low German: Lif n, Lief n
  • Plautdietsch: Läwen

Old Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *līb, from Proto-Germanic *lībą. Cognate with Old English līf, Old Frisian līf and Old High German līb

Noun[edit]

līf n or m

  1. body
  2. life
    Synonym: livon

Declension[edit]

Masculine declension[edit]
Declension of lif
Singular Plural
nominative līf līva
accusative līf līva
genitive līves, -is līvo
dative līve, -i līvon
Neuter declension[edit]
Declension of lif
Singular Plural
nominative līf līf
accusative līf līf
genitive līves, -is līvo
dative līve, -i līvon

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

“līf”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *lībą.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

līf n

  1. life

Declension[edit]

Declension of lif (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative līf līf
accusative līf līf
genitive līfes līfa
dative līfe līfum

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lif n

  1. Obsolete spelling of liv

Declension[edit]

Declension of lif 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lif lifvet lif lifven
Genitive lifs lifvets lifs lifvens

Anagrams[edit]

Volapük[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English life.

Noun[edit]

lif (nominative plural lifs)

  1. life

Declension[edit]

declension of lif
singular plural
nominative lif lifs
genitive lifa lifas
dative life lifes
accusative lifi lifis
vocative 1 o lif! o lifs!
predicative 2 lifu lifus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from lif

Welsh[edit]

Noun[edit]

lif

  1. Soft mutation of llif.

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
llif lif unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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