lif

See also: LIF, LiF, and líf

Translingual

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)

  1. elevator, lift
    Synonym: pengundak (Indonesia)

Further reading

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

References

“līf”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Alternative forms

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

Derived terms

Descendants

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

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.

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