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lif

See also: LIF, LiF, and líf

German Low German

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Noun

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lif n (genitive lives, dative live)

  1. Alternative form of Lief

Hausa

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English lift.

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lîf m

  1. elevator, lift

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.

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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

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  • German Low German: Lif n, Lief n
  • 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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Masculine declension
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Declension of lif
Singular Plural
nominative līf līva
accusative līf līva
genitive līves, -is līvo
dative līve, -i līvon
Neuter declension
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Declension of lif
Singular Plural
nominative līf līf
accusative līf līf
genitive līves, -is līvo
dative līve, -i līvon

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References

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“līf”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *lībą.

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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,

Declension

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

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Swedish

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lif n

  1. Obsolete spelling of liv.

Declension

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

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Volapük

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English life.

Noun

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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

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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

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Terms derived from lif

Welsh

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Noun

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lif

  1. Soft mutation of llif.

Mutation

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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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