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lif

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See also: LIF, LiF, and líf

Translingual

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Etymology

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Clipping of English Limbu with f as a placeholder.

Symbol

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lif

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Limbu.

See also

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Hausa

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English lift.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lîf m

  1. elevator, lift

Low German

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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lif n (dative live, genitive lives) (Brazilian Pomeranian)

  1. alternative form of Lief

Malay

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English lift.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lif (Jawi spelling ليف, plural lif-lif)

  1. elevator, lift
    Synonym: pengundak (Indonesia)

Further reading

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  • "lif" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
    (also see "lif" at PRPM first version)

Middle English

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Noun

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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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lîf n (genitive lives, dative live)

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

Descendants

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  • Low German: Lief
  • Plautdietsch: Läwen

Old Dutch

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Etymology

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

Noun

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līf n or m

  1. body
  2. life
    Synonym: livon

Declension

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Declension of līf (masculine a-stem noun)
case singular plural
nominative līf līva
accusative līf līva
genitive līves līvo
dative līve līvon
Declension of līf (neuter a-stem noun)
case singular plural
nominative līf līf
accusative līf līf
genitive līves līvo
dative līve līvon

Descendants

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References

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“līf”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *līb, from Proto-Germanic *lībą.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    līf n

    1. life
      • 10th century, The Wanderer:
        þonne iċ eorla līf · eal ġeondþenċe,
        hū hī fǣrlīċe · flet ofġēafon,
        when I think of all fighters lives,
        how they suddenly left halls,
      • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
        þǣr sē ġeonga ġewāt
        on þone eahtoðan dæġ
        Ēadgār of līfe,
        beorna bēahġifa.
        Feng his bearn syþþan
        tō cynerīċe
        ċild unwexen,
        eorla aldor,
        ðām wæs Ēadweard nama.
        On the eighth day [of July]
        the young Edgar,
        ring-giver of men,
        departed from life.
        His son then ascended
        to the throne,
        a child not yet grown,
        a king of earls,
        whose name was Edward.

    Declension

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    Strong a-stem:

    singular plural
    nominative līf līf
    accusative līf līf
    genitive līfes līfa
    dative līfe līfum

    Near-Synonyms

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    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    Old Saxon

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *līb, from Proto-Germanic *lībą.

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    Noun

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    līf n

    1. body
    2. life

    Declension

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    līf (neuter a-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative līf līfu
    accusative līf līfu
    genitive līfes līfō
    dative līfe līfum
    instrumental — —
    līf (neuter a-stem)
    singular plural
    nominative līf līf
    accusative līf līf
    genitive līfes līfō
    dative līfe līfun
    instrumental — —

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    Swedish

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    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    lif n

    1. archaic spelling of liv

    Declension

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    Declension of lif
    nominative genitive
    singular indefinite lif lifs
    definite lifvet lifvets
    plural indefinite lif lifs
    definite lifven lifvens

    Anagrams

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    Volapük

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English life.

    Noun

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    lif (genitive lifa, plural lifs)

    1. life
      • 1937, “‚Johann Martin Schleyer’”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 34:
        Dü lif vobafulik oka ekanom tuvön timi ad studön pükis e dialegis 88 difikis, ed ad pläyön degtelati musigömas.
        During his working life, he managed to find the time to study 88 different languages and dialects, and to play twelve musical instruments.

    Declension

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    Declension of lif
    Singular Plural
    Nominative lif lifs
    Genitive lifa lifas
    Dative life lifes
    Accusative lifi lifis
    Predicative1 lifu lifus
    Vocative o lif o lifs
    1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

    Derived terms

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    Welsh

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    Noun

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    lif

    1. soft mutation of llif

    Mutation

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    Mutated forms of llif
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    llif lif unchanged unchanged

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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