German

Noun

Leib m ‎(genitive Leibes or Leibs, plural Leiber, diminutive Leibchen n)

1. (dated, literary or religious) body

   Das ist mein Leib, der für euch hingegeben wird.

   This is my body, which is given for you. (Luke 22:19)

2. (dated, literary or religious) womb

   Gebenedeit ist die Frucht deines Leibes, Jesus.

   Blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. (Line from the Hail Mary)

3. (dated, literary) belly; abdomen; stomach
4. (dated, literary) trunk; torso; especially without limbs

Usage notes

• The labels dated, literary do not necessarily apply to fixed expressions.

Declension

Synonyms

• (body): Körper
• (womb): Mutterleib
• (belly): Bauch
• (trunk): Oberkörper; Torso

Derived terms

• fettleibig
• Leibesübung
• Leibgericht
• Leibwächter
• Mutterleib

Estonian

Noun

leib ‎(genitive leiva, partitive leiba)

1. bread

Declension

Veps

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz.

Noun

leib

1. bread

Inflection

Derived terms

• nižuleib
• voileib
• leibkaičim
• leibkorišk
• leibpaštam
• leibstauc
• leibänpaštai
• leibänpaštam

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “хлеб”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika