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Webster 1913 Edition


Lif

Lif

(lĭf)
,
Noun.
[Written also
lief
.]
The fiber by which the petioles of the date palm are bound together, from which various kinds of cordage are made.

Definition 2024


lif

lif

See also: lyf, LiF, and líf

English

Alternative forms

Noun

lif (uncountable)

  1. The fibre by which the petioles of the date palm are bound together, from which various kinds of cordage are made.


German Low German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [liːf]

Noun

lif n (genitive lives, dative live)

  1. Alternative form of Lief

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowing from English lift

Noun

lîf m

  1. elevator

Lojban

Rafsi

lif

  1. rafsi of lifri.

Middle Low German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liːf/

Etymology

From Old Saxon līf, from Proto-Germanic *lībą, from Proto-Indo-European *lībʰ-. Cognate with Dutch lijf (body), English life, German Leib (body), Swedish liv (waist, life).

Noun

lîf n (genitive lives, dative live)

  1. body
  2. life
  3. (figuratively) belly, abdomen

Synonyms


Old English

Noun

līf n

  1. life
    Ah him lifes geweald. He has power over life. (Legend of St Andrew)

Declension

Descendants


Swedish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iːv

Noun

lif n

  1. Obsolete spelling of liv

Declension

Inflection of lif 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lif lifvet lif lifven
Genitive lifs lifvets lifs lifvens

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowing from English life.

Noun

lif (plural lifs)

  1. life

Declension

Derived terms


Welsh

Noun

lif

  1. Soft mutation of llif.