lieve

Pronunciation

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Adjective

lieve

1. Inflected form of lief

Anagrams

• veile, viele, vleie

Etymology

Considered of Baltic origin, related to eg. Latvian klēpis (“lap”). Distribution of the word within Baltic Finnic is limited to the northern languages, e.g. Veps ĺebe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlie̞ʋe̞]
• Hyphenation: lie‧ve

Noun

lieve

1. the lower edge of a garment; hem
2. hem (rim or margin of something)
3. In plural of adessive, ablative and allative cases used to indicate approximate location; see liepeillä, liepeiltä, liepeille.

Anagrams

• Leevi

Etymology

From Latin levem, accusative form of levis (“light (not heavy)”), from Proto-Italic *leɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus (“lightweight”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈljɛ.ve/, [ˈl̺jɛːve]
• Rhymes: -ɛve
• Stress: liève
• Hyphenation: lie‧ve

Adjective

lieve (masculine and feminine plural lievi)

1. light
2. light, delicate, gentle
3. slight, minor
4. mild (punishment, sentence)

Anagrams

• elevi

Verb

lieve

1. first-person singular present indicative of lever
2. third-person singular present indicative of lever
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of lever
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of lever
5. second-person singular imperative of lever