English

Alternative forms

• lief

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

• levend (life)
• buk (belly)

Old English

Noun

līf n

1. life

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

Declension

Descendants

• English: life

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːv

Noun

lif n

1. Obsolete spelling of liv

Declension

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowing from English life.

Noun

lif ‎(plural lifs)

1. life

Declension

Derived terms

Welsh

Noun

lif

1. Soft mutation of llif.