lyf

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch lijf

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləif/

Noun

lyf (plural lywe, diminutive lyfie)

1. body, corpse

Synonyms

• liggaam

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lyf, from Proto-Germanic *lubją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪːv/

  Rhymes: -ɪːv

Noun

lyf n (genitive singular lyfs, nominative plural lyf)

1. (medicine) drug, medicine

Declension

declension of lyf

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lyf	lyfið	lyf	lyfin
accusative	lyf	lyfið	lyf	lyfin
dative	lyfi	lyfinu	lyfjum	lyfjunum
genitive	lyfs	lyfsins	lyfja	lyfjanna

Synonyms

• (drug): meðal n

Derived terms

• eiturlyf
• eiturlyfjasali
• lyfjasali

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• lijf, life, live, leyfe

Etymology

Old English līf

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liːf/
• Rhymes: -iːf

Noun

lyf (plural lives or liven)

1. life

Descendants

• English: life
• Scots: life, leif
• Yola: lief

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /lɨːv/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /liːv/

Verb

lyf

1. Soft mutation of llyf.