levir

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin levir

Noun

levir (plural levirs)

A husband's brother.

Usage notes

Used in reference to levirate marriages.

Anagrams

Elvir, Liver, ervil, liver, livre, rivel, viler

Ido

Verb

levir

past infinitive of levar

Latin

Alternative forms

laevir

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *daiwēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr (“one's brother-in-law”), with its ending altered under the influence of vir (“man”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈleː.wir/, [ˈɫeː.wɪr]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.vir/, [ˈleː.vir]

Noun

lēvir m (genitive lēvirī); second declension

(Late Latin) one's husband's brother

Inflection

Second declension, nominative singular in -r.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	lēvir	lēvirī
genitive	lēvirī	lēvirōrum
dative	lēvirō	lēvirīs
accusative	lēvirum	lēvirōs
ablative	lēvirō	lēvirīs
vocative	lēvir¹	lēvirī

¹May also be lēvire.

Descendants

English: levir, levirate

References

↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 336

levir in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
levir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 336