lyf
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Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lyf (plural lywe, diminutive lyfie)
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse lyf, from Proto-Germanic *lubją.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lyf n (genitive singular lyfs, nominative plural lyf)
Declension[edit]
declension of lyf
Synonyms[edit]
- (drug): meðal n
Derived terms[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English līf, from Proto-West Germanic *līb, from Proto-Germanic *lībą.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lyf (plural lyves or lyven, dative lyve)
- life
- c. 1380, Geoffrey Chaucer, Parlement of Foulys:
- The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne,
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)[1], published c. 1410, Joon 10:10, page 49v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- a nyȝt þeef comeþ not .· but þat he ſteele ſle ⁊ leeſe / and I cam þat þey haue lijf .· ⁊ haue more plenteuouſli.
- A stealthy thief doesn't come unless he can steal, kill, and ruin. But I came so they could have life, and have it more abundantly.
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “līf, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Welsh[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /lɨːv/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /liːv/
Verb[edit]
lyf
- Soft mutation of llyf.
Mutation[edit]
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
llyf | lyf | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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