lif

See also: lyf, LiF, and líf

English

Alternative forms

Noun

lif (uncountable)

  1. The fibre by which the petioles of the date palm are bound together, from which various kinds of cordage are made.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lif in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

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.

Noun

lîf m

  1. elevator

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.

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
  3. (figuratively) belly, abdomen

Synonyms

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lībą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liːf/

Noun

līf n

  1. life
    Ah him lifes geweald. He has power over life. (Legend of St Andrew)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iːv

Noun

lif n

  1. Obsolete spelling of liv

Declension

Declension of lif 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lif lifvet lif lifven
Genitive lifs lifvets lifs lifvens

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English life.

Noun

lif (plural lifs)

  1. life

Declension

Derived terms

Welsh

Noun

lif

  1. Soft mutation of llif.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.