lif

See also: LIF, LiF, and líf

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Limbu with f as a placeholder.

Symbol

lif

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Limbu terms

German Low German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [liːf]

Noun

lif n (genitive lives, dative live)

1. alternative form of Lief

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English lift.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lîf/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [lɪ̂ɸ]

Noun

lîf m

1. elevator, lift

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English lift.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlif/ [ˈlif]

Noun

lif (Jawi spelling ليف, plural lif-lif or lif²)

1. elevator, lift

   Synonym: pengundak (Indonesia)

Further reading

• “lif”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Middle English

Noun

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liːf/

Noun

lîf n (genitive lives, dative live)

1. body
2. life

   Synonym: levend

3. (figuratively) belly, abdomen

   Synonym: buk

Descendants

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

Old Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

līf n or m

1. body
2. life

   Synonym: livon

Declension

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

• Middle Dutch: lijf
  • Dutch: lijf

References

“līf”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Alternative forms

• liif, lȳf

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lībą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liːf/

Noun

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,

Declension

Strong a-stem:

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

Near-Synonyms

• feorh

Derived terms

• līflēas
• līflīċ
• sundorlīf

Related terms

• libban

Descendants

• Middle English: lyf, leyf, lif, life, lijf, live
  • English: life
  • Scots: life, leif
  • Yola: lief, life

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːv

Noun

lif n

1. obsolete spelling of liv

Declension

Declension of lif

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

Anagrams

• fil, fil.

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English life.

Noun

lif (nominative 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

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

• bapöfalif
• belif
• belifot
• belifön
• blebükön eki lifiki
• blud lifüköl
• brefalif
• brefalifik
• bödalif
• büsidalif
• dogalif
• dönu elifiköl
• dönulelifikam
• dönulifikam
• dönulifikön
• dönulifükön
• ebepönidom dub dunot at lifi oka
• elifiköl
• febädalif
• felifädön timi, lifi okik
• finükön mekädo lifi eka
• galedanalif
• gitod tefü lif e dead
• hikritanalif
• hilepulalif
• hilifan
• hilifavan
• italifajenäd
• jemodalif
• jikritanalif
• jilifan
• jilifavan
• jäpanalif
• kritanalif
• lailif
• lailifön
• lelif
• lelifikam
• lelifikön
• lelifäl
• lelifälo
• lesinalif
• lif olik riskädikon
• lif sogädakonömik
• lifabim
• lifadul
• lifadulik
• lifadulo
• lifafäg
• lifafägik
• lifagität
• lifahikompenan
• lifajenäd
• lifajikompenan
• lifajuit
• lifakompenan
• lifamal
• lifamod
• lifamotam
• lifamotamik
• lifan
• lifaneod
• lifaneodotasäkäd
• lifaneodotijafäd
• lifanom
• lifariskäd
• lifariskädik
• lifastad
• lifatim
• lifatufav
• lifatufavik
• lifav
• lifavan
• lifavanik
• lifaveg
• lifavik
• lifaviko
• lifayel
• lifazeil
• lifibepenam
• lifibepenan
• lificinik
• lifihibepenan
• lifijibepenan
• lifijuit
• lifijuitik
• lifik
• lifiko
• lifikum
• lifikön
• lifikün
• lifisur
• lifo
• lifot
• lifotalevolf
• lifotavamot
• lifotaväntar
• lifovor
• lifovorik
• lifovorikön
• lifädön
• lifäl
• lifälik
• lifälim
• liföf
• liföfik
• liföfikam
• liföfükön
• lifölans ed edeadölans
• lifön
• lifön bapöfiko
• lifü
• lifükam
• lifükamabain
• lifükamalesetrat
• lifükön
• lifüp
• lifüpakosidid
• lifüpakosididäb
• lifüpamem
• lifüpamemo
• lifüpasoar
• lifüpik
• lomöfalif
• lovelifädön
• lovelifön
• lunalif
• lunalifik
• länädalif
• lüminät sekü lifajenäds (biologalüminät)
• ma lifüpamem
• magot lifik
• magots lifik
• melanalif
• menalif
• miserabalif
• musiganalif
• nelifäl
• nelifälik
• nulalifälim
• oklifibepenam
• periodapelot lifüpik
• privatalif
• selibanalif
• siöralif
• slafanalif
• sogalif
• us lif oya no binon neriskodik
• us lif oya no binon sefik

Welsh

Noun

lif

1. soft mutation of llif

Mutation

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.