English

Noun

levir ‎(plural levirs)

1. A husband's brother.

Usage notes

• Used in reference to levirate marriages.

Ido

Verb

levir

1. past infinitive of levar

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *daiwēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr ‎(“one's brother-in-law”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈleː.wir/, [ˈɫeː.wɪr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.vir/, [ˈleː.vir]

Noun

lēvir m ‎(genitive lēvirī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) one's husband's brother

Inflection

Second declension, nominative singular in -r.

¹May also be lēvire.

Descendants

• English: levir, levirate

References

• levir in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “levir”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.