lifa
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”) (cognate with Faroese liva, Swedish leva, Danish and Norwegian leve, Dutch leven, German leben, English live).
Pronunciation
Verb
lifa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lifði, supine lifað)
- (intransitive) to live
- (transitive, governs the accusative) to experience somethingTemplate:jump
- (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to survive, to endure, to come throughTemplate:jump
- Ég lifi.
- I'll come through.
- (intransitive, of fire) to burnTemplate:jump
- Eldurinn lifir.
- The fire is burning.
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Anagrams
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *libjaną (“to live, to be alive”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to leave, cling, linger”). Cognate with Old English libban, Old Frisian leva, Old Saxon libbian, Old Dutch libben, Old High German lebēn, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (liban).
Verb
lifa (singular past indicative lifði, plural past indicative lifðu, past participle lifðr)
Conjugation
infinitive | lifa | |
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present participle | lifandi | |
past participle | lifaðr | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | lifi | lifða |
2nd-person singular | lifir | lifðir |
3rd-person singular | lifir | lifði |
1st-person plural | lifum | lifðum |
2nd-person plural | lifið | lifðuð |
3rd-person plural | lifa | lifðu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | lifa | lifða |
2nd-person singular | lifir | lifðir |
3rd-person singular | lifi | lifði |
1st-person plural | lifim | lifðim |
2nd-person plural | lifið | lifðið |
3rd-person plural | lifi | lifði |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | lif | |
1st-person plural | lifum | |
2nd-person plural | lifið |
infinitive | lifask | |
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present participle | lifandisk | |
past participle | lifazk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | lifumk | lifðumk |
2nd-person singular | lifisk | lifðisk |
3rd-person singular | lifisk | lifðisk |
1st-person plural | lifumsk | lifðumsk |
2nd-person plural | lifizk | lifðuzk |
3rd-person plural | lifask | lifðusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | lifumk | lifðumk |
2nd-person singular | lifisk | lifðisk |
3rd-person singular | lifisk | lifðisk |
1st-person plural | lifimsk | lifðimsk |
2nd-person plural | lifizk | lifðizk |
3rd-person plural | lifisk | lifðisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | lifsk | |
1st-person plural | lifumsk | |
2nd-person plural | lifizk |
Descendants
References
- “lifa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swazi
Etymology
Noun
lîfá class 5 (plural émâfá class 6)
- inheritance
- growth under the skin
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Volapük
Noun
lifa
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- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
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