lif
English
Alternative forms
Noun
lif (uncountable)
- 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)
German Low German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [liːf]
Middle English
Noun
lif
- 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.
- 1390, John Gower, Confessio Amantis:
Middle Low German
Etymology
From Old Saxon līf, from Proto-Germanic *lībą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liːf/
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lībą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liːf/
Declension
Declension of lif (strong a-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | līf | līf |
| accusative | līf | līf |
| genitive | līfes | līfa |
| dative | līfe | līfum |
Swedish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iːv
Volapük
Declension
declension of lif
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lif | lifs |
| genitive | lifa | lifas |
| dative | life | lifes |
| accusative | lifi | lifis |
| vocative 1 | o lif! | o lifs! |
| predicative 2 | lifu | lifus |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in some later, non-classical Volapük only
Derived terms
Terms derived from lif
- bapöfalif
- belif
- belifot
- belifön
- blebükön eki lifiki
- blud lifüköl
- bödalif
- brefalif
- brefalifik
- büsidalif
- dogalif
- dönulelifikam
- dönu elifiköl
- dönulifikam
- dönulifikön
- dönulifükön
- ebepönidom dub dunot at lifi oka
- elifiköl
- febädalif
- felifädön timi, lifi okik
- finükön mekädo lifi eka
- galedanalif
- gitod tefü lif e dead
- hikritanalif
- hilepulalif
- hilifan
- hilifavan
- italifajenäd
- jäpanalif
- jemodalif
- jilifan
- jilifavan
- jikritanalif
- kritanalif
- lailif
- lailifön
- länädalif
- lelif
- lelifäl
- lelifälo
- lelifikam
- lelifikön
- lesinalif
- lifabim
- lifadul
- lifadulik
- lifadulo
- lifafäg
- lifafägik
- lifagität
- lifahikompenan
- lifakompenan
- lifajenäd
- lifajikompenan
- lifajuit
- lifamal
- lifamod
- lifamotam
- lifamotamik
- lifan
- lifaneod
- lifaneodotasäkäd
- lifaneodotijafäd
- lifanom
- lifariskäd
- lifariskädik
- lifastad
- lifatim
- lifatufav
- lifatufavik
- lifav
- lifavan
- lifavanik
- lifaveg
- lifavik
- lifaviko
- lifayel
- lifazeil
- lifädön
- lifäl
- lifälik
- lifälim
- lifibepenam
- lifibepenan
- lificinik
- lifihibepenan
- lifijibepenan
- lifijuit
- lifijuitik
- lifik
- lifiko
- lifikön
- lifikum
- lifikün
- lifisur
- lifo
- lif olik riskädikon
- lifot
- lifotalevolf
- lifotavamot
- lifotaväntar
- lifovor
- lifovorik
- lifovorikön
- liföf
- lifölans ed edeadölans
- liföfik
- liföfikam
- liföfükön
- lifön
- lifön bapöfiko
- lif sogädakonömik
- lifü
- lifükam
- lifükamabain
- lifükamalesetrat
- lifükön
- lifüp
- lifüpakosidid
- lifüpakosididäb
- lifüpamem
- lifüpamemo
- lifüpasoar
- lifüpik
- lomöfalif
- lovelifädön
- lovelifön
- lunalif
- lunalifik
- lüminät sekü lifajenäds (biologalüminät)
- magot lifik
- magots lifik
- ma lifüpamem
- melanalif
- menalif
- miserabalif
- musiganalif
- nelifäl
- nelifälik
- nulalifälim
- oklifibepenam
- periodapelot lifüpik
- privatalif
- selibanalif
- siöralif
- slafanalif
- sogalif
- us lif oya no binon neriskodik
- us lif oya no binon sefik
Welsh
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