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lievä

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *leevä, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hlēwaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlie̯ʋæ/, [ˈlie̞̯ʋæ]
  • Rhymes: -ieʋæ
  • Syllabification(key): lie‧vä
  • Hyphenation(key): lie‧vä

Adjective

lievä (comparative lievempi, superlative lievin)

  1. mild, moderate (not severe or strict)
  2. mild (not serious or dangerous)
  3. slight (not serious or aggressive)
  4. lightly twisted, lightly spun (of yarn)

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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