leve
Danish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, cognate with Swedish leva, Norwegian leve, Icelandic lifa, Dutch leven, German leben, and English live.
Verb
editleve (imperative lev, infinitive at leve, present tense lever, past tense levede, perfect tense har levet)
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editA nominalization of the fossilized subjunctive leve (“may ... live”).
Noun
editleve n (uninflected)
Etymology 3
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
editleve c
- indefinite plural of lev (“bread”, archaic)
Dutch
editPronunciation
editVerb
editleve
Usage notes
editCommonly used. Not archaic.
Anagrams
editFinnish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *lebeh.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editleve
Declension
editInflection of leve (Kotus type 48*E/hame, p-v gradation) | |||
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nominative | leve | lepeet | |
genitive | lepeen | lepeiden lepeitten | |
partitive | levettä | lepeitä | |
illative | lepeeseen | lepeisiin lepeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | leve | lepeet | |
accusative | nom. | leve | lepeet |
gen. | lepeen | ||
genitive | lepeen | lepeiden lepeitten | |
partitive | levettä | lepeitä | |
inessive | lepeessä | lepeissä | |
elative | lepeestä | lepeistä | |
illative | lepeeseen | lepeisiin lepeihin | |
adessive | lepeellä | lepeillä | |
ablative | lepeeltä | lepeiltä | |
allative | lepeelle | lepeille | |
essive | lepeenä | lepeinä | |
translative | lepeeksi | lepeiksi | |
abessive | lepeettä | lepeittä | |
instructive | — | lepein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editGalician
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese leve, from Latin levis, from Proto-Italic *leɣwis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light”).
Adjective
editleve m or f (plural leves)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editleve
- inflection of levar:
Further reading
edit- “leve”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Haitian Creole
editEtymology
editFrom French lever (“rise”), French soulever (“raise”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editleve
Hungarian
editEtymology
editFrom the lev- stem of lé (“juice”) + -e (possessive suffix).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editleve
Declension
editInflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | leve | — |
accusative | levét | — |
dative | levének | — |
instrumental | levével | — |
causal-final | levéért | — |
translative | levévé | — |
terminative | levéig | — |
essive-formal | leveként | — |
essive-modal | levéül | — |
inessive | levében | — |
superessive | levén | — |
adessive | levénél | — |
illative | levébe | — |
sublative | levére | — |
allative | levéhez | — |
elative | levéből | — |
delative | levéről | — |
ablative | levétől | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
levéé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
levééi | — |
Derived terms
editHunsrik
editPronunciation
editVerb
editleve
- to live
Related terms
editFurther reading
editIngrian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *lebeh. Cognates include Finnish leve and dialectal Estonian leve.
Pronunciation
edit- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈleʋe/, [ˈlʲe̞ʋe̞]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈleʋe/, [ˈle̞ʋe̞]
- Rhymes: -eʋe
- Hyphenation: le‧ve
Noun
editleve
Declension
editDeclension of leve (type 6/lähe, p-v gradation, gemination) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | leve | leppeet |
genitive | leppeen | leppein |
partitive | levettä | leppeitä |
illative | leppeesse | leppeisse |
inessive | leppees | leppeis |
elative | leppeest | leppeist |
allative | leppeelle | leppeille |
adessive | leppeel | leppeil |
ablative | leppeelt | leppeilt |
translative | leppeeks | leppeiks |
essive | leppeennä, leppeen | leppeinnä, leppein |
exessive1) | leppeent | leppeint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 262
Italian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editleve f
Anagrams
editLatin
editEtymology 1
editAdjective
editleve
Etymology 2
editNoun
editlēve n (genitive lēvis); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | lēve | lēvia |
Genitive | lēvis | lēvium |
Dative | lēvī | lēvibus |
Accusative | lēve | lēvia |
Ablative | lēvī | lēvibus |
Vocative | lēve | lēvia |
Adjective
editlēve
References
edit- leve in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Limburgish
editAlternative forms
edit- laeve, leëve (Veldeke spelling)
- léëve (Eupen spelling)
Etymology
editInherited from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editleve (third-person singular present levt, preterite levde, past participle gelevt) (German-based spelling)
- (intransitive) to live, to be alive
- (intransitive) to dwell, to reside
- (intransitive) to live, to exist, to occupy a place
- (intransitive, hyperbolic, with met) to cope with, to live with, to deal with
Middle Dutch
editVerb
editlēve
- inflection of lēven:
Middle English
editEtymology 1
editOld English lēaf (“permission, privilege”), from Proto-Germanic *laubō (“permission, privilege, favour, worth”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love”).
Noun
editleve (plural leves)
References
edit- “lēve, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
editNoun
editleve
- Alternative form of leef
Etymology 3
editNoun
editleve
- Alternative form of love (“remainder”)
Etymology 4
editVerb
editleve
- Alternative form of leven
Etymology 5
editVerb
editleve
- Alternative form of lyven
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leip- (“leave, cling, linger”) (cognate with Swedish leva, Danish leve, Icelandic lifa, Dutch leven, German leben, English live).
Verb
editleve (imperative lev, present tense lever, simple past levde or levet, past participle levd or levet, present participle levende)
- to live
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “leve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology 1
editVerb
editleve (present tense lever, past tense levde, supine levd or levt, past participle levd, present participle levande, imperative lev)
Etymology 2
editSpecialised from the optative use of leva.
Noun
editleve n
References
edit- “leve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: le‧ve
Etymology 1
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese leve, from Latin levis, from Proto-Italic *leɣwis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light”). Doublet of léu.
Adjective
editleve m or f (plural leves, comparable, comparative mais leve, superlative o mais leve or levíssimo, diminutive levinho)
- light (of low weight; not heavy)
- Synonym: ligeiro
- gentle, light (having little force)
- Synonym: suave
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editleve
- inflection of levar:
San Juan Colorado Mixtec
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editlevé
References
edit- Stark Campbell, Sara, et al. (1986) Diccionario mixteco de San Juan Colorado (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 29)[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 27
Serbo-Croatian
editAdjective
editleve
- inflection of levi:
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin levem, probably a borrowing in this form, as it was often used primarily in learned or literary contexts.[1] However, the older form lieve, which it replaced, was inherited.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editleve m or f (masculine and feminine plural leves, superlative levísimo)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “leve”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16
Verb
editleve
- inflection of levar:
References
edit- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “leve”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Swedish
editNoun
editleve n
- a (proposed) cheer
- Synonym: (possibly regional) leverne
- Kungen utbringade ett fyrfaldigt leve för födelsedagsbarnet
- The king led four [the usual number in Sweden] cheers [a fourfold cheer] for the birthday girl
Declension
editSee also
editVerb
editleve
- (archaic) present subjunctive of leva; used to express one's wish that someone or something may live long, mostly at celebration ceremonies, primarily birthday celebrations
- Leve konungen!
- Long live the king!
- Han leve! Hurra, hurra, hurra, hurra!
- (Long) may he live! Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah, hurrah!
Usage notes
editOne of few Swedish subjunctives still in common use.
References
edit- leve in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- leve in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- leve in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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- Rhymes:Dutch/eːvə
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- Rhymes:Finnish/eʋe
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɛve
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- Rhymes:Limburgish/æːvə
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- Rhymes:Limburgish/eə̯və
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