leve
Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, cognate with Swedish leva, Norwegian leve, Icelandic lifa, Dutch leven, German leben, and English live.
Verb
leve (imperative lev, infinitive at leve, present tense lever, past tense levede, perfect tense har levet)
Related terms
Etymology 2
A nominalization of the fossilized subjunctive leve (“may ... live”).
Noun
leve n (uninflected)
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
leve c
- indefinite plural of lev (“bread”, archaic)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
leve
Usage notes
Commonly used. Not archaic.
Anagrams
Finnish
Pronunciation
Noun
leve
Declension
Inflection 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. |
Galician
Verb
leve
- inflection of levar:
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French lever (“rise”), French soulever (“raise”).
Verb
leve
Hungarian
Etymology
From the lev- stem of lé (“juice”) + -e (possessive suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
leve
Declension
Inflection (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
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Verb
leve
- to live
Related terms
Further reading
Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
leve f
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
Adjective
leve
Etymology 2
Noun
lēve n (genitive lēvis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | lēve | lēvia |
Genitive | lēvis | lēvium |
Dative | lēvī | lēvibus |
Accusative | lēve | lēvia |
Ablative | lēvī | lēvibus |
Vocative | lēve | lēvia |
Adjective
lēve
References
- 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)
Middle Dutch
Verb
lēve
- inflection of lēven:
Middle English
Etymology 1
Old English lēaf (“permission, privilege”), from Proto-Germanic *laubō (“permission, privilege, favour, worth”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love”).
Noun
leve (plural leves)
References
- “lēve, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Noun
leve
- Alternative form of leef
Etymology 3
Noun
leve
- Alternative form of love (“remainder”)
Etymology 4
Verb
leve
- Alternative form of leven
Etymology 5
Verb
leve
- Alternative form of lyven
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From 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
leve (imperative lev, present tense lever, simple past levde or levet, past participle levd or levet, present participle levende)
- to live
Derived terms
References
- “leve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Verb
leve (present tense lever, past tense levde, supine levd or levt, past participle levd, present participle levande, imperative lev)
Etymology 2
Specialised from the optative use of leva.
Noun
leve n
References
- “leve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: le‧ve
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese leve, from Latin levis, from Proto-Italic *leɣwis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light”). Doublet of léu, ligeiro, and light.
Adjective
leve m or f (plural leves, comparable, comparative mais leve, superlative o mais leve or levíssimo)
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Verb
leve
- inflection of levar:
San Juan Colorado Mixtec
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
levé
- white-throated magpie-jay(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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References
- 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
Adjective
leve
- inflection of levi:
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed 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
Adjective
leve m or f (masculine and feminine plural leves, superlative levísimo)
Related terms
Further reading
- “leve”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Verb
leve
- inflection of levar:
References
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Gredos
Swedish
Verb
leve
- (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
- Han leve! ― May he live (long)!
Usage notes
- This is one of very few Swedish subjunctives that still has a use.
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɛve
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