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See also: LIF, LiF, and líf

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Limbu with f as a placeholder.

Symbol

lif

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Limbu.

See also

German Low German

Pronunciation

Noun

lif n (genitive lives, dative live)

  1. alternative form of Lief

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English lift.

Pronunciation

Noun

lîf m

  1. elevator, lift

Malay

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Etymology

Borrowed from English lift.

Pronunciation

Noun

lif (Jawi spelling ليف, plural lif-lif or lif2)

  1. elevator, lift
    Synonym: pengundak (Indonesia)

Further reading

  • "lif" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

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

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)
More information case, singular ...
Declension of līf (neuter a-stem noun)
More information case, singular ...

Descendants

References

“līf”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lībą.

Pronunciation

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,
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
      þǣr sē ġeonga ġewāt
      on þone eahtoðan dæġ
      Ēadgār of līfe,
      beorna bēahġifa.
      Feng his bearn syþþan
      tō cynerīċe
      ċild unwexen,
      eorla aldor,
      ðām wæs Ēadweard nama.
      On the eighth day [of July]
      the young Edgar,
      ring-giver of men,
      departed from life.
      His son then ascended
      to the throne,
      a child not yet grown,
      a king of earls,
      whose name was Edward.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

More information singular, plural ...

Near-Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

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Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

lif n

  1. obsolete spelling of liv

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

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

More information singular, plural ...

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
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Welsh

Noun

lif

  1. soft mutation of llif

Mutation

More information radical, soft ...

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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