leef

English

Adjective

leef

Obsolete form of lief.

Anagrams

elfe, feel, fele, flee

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

lewe

Etymology

From Dutch leven.

Verb

leef (present leef, present participle lewende, past participle geleef)

to live

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -eːf

Verb

leef

first-person singular present indicative of leven
imperative of leven

Middle English

Alternative forms

lefe, leve, lewe

Etymology

From Old English lēaf, from Proto-Germanic *laubą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɛːf/
Rhymes: -ɛːf

Noun

leef (plural leves or lefes)

leaf

Descendants

English: leaf
Scots: leaf, lefe, leif
Yola: laafe

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