ליב

Yiddish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɫɪb/

Etymology 1

From Middle High German liep, from Old High German liob, from Proto-West Germanic *leub, from Proto-Germanic *leubaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-.

Adjective

ליב • (lib) (comparative ליבער (liber), superlative ליבסט (libst))

  1. nice; kind
Declension
Declension of ליב
predicative ליב
lib
case masculine neuter feminine plural
indefinite definite post./nom.
nominative ליבער
liber
ליב
lib
ליבע
libe
ליבס
libs
ליבע
libe
ליבע
libe
accusative ליבן
libn
dative ליבן
libn
ליבער
liber

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ליב • (lib)

  1. inflection of ליבן (libn):
    1. first-person singular
    2. imperative singular