"לייב" meaning in All languages combined

See לייב on Wiktionary

Proper name [Yiddish]

IPA: /ˈɫeɪ̯b/, [ˈɫeɪ̯b] [Northeastern, Southeastern], [ˈɫaɪ̯p] (note: Mideastern) Forms: Leyb [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle High German lewe, from Old High German leo, from Proto-West Germanic *lēwō, from Latin leō. Cognate with German Löwe. The given name is equivalent to Polish Lew, Ukrainian Лев (Lev), Russian Лев (Lev). Etymology templates: {{inh|yi|gmh|lewe}} Middle High German lewe, {{inh|yi|goh|leo}} Old High German leo, {{inh|yi|gmw-pro|*lēwō}} Proto-West Germanic *lēwō, {{der|yi|la|leō}} Latin leō, {{cog|de|Löwe}} German Löwe, {{ncog|pl|Lew}} Polish Lew, {{ncog|uk|Лев}} Ukrainian Лев (Lev), {{ncog|ru|Лев}} Russian Лев (Lev) Head templates: {{head|yi|proper noun|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=Leyb}} לייב • (Leyb) m, {{yi-proper noun|g=m|tr=Leyb}} לייב • (Leyb) m
  1. a male given name: Leo Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-לייב-yi-name-axQN40VE Categories (other): Yiddish given names, Yiddish male given names, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header, Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Panthers Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Panthers: 100 0

Noun [Yiddish]

IPA: /ˈɫeɪ̯b/, [ˈɫeɪ̯b] [Northeastern, Southeastern], [ˈɫaɪ̯p] (note: Mideastern) Forms: לייב [canonical, masculine], plural לייבן [canonical], feminine לייביכע [canonical], leyb [romanization], leybn [romanization], leybikhe [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle High German lewe, from Old High German leo, from Proto-West Germanic *lēwō, from Latin leō. Cognate with German Löwe. The given name is equivalent to Polish Lew, Ukrainian Лев (Lev), Russian Лев (Lev). Etymology templates: {{inh|yi|gmh|lewe}} Middle High German lewe, {{inh|yi|goh|leo}} Old High German leo, {{inh|yi|gmw-pro|*lēwō}} Proto-West Germanic *lēwō, {{der|yi|la|leō}} Latin leō, {{cog|de|Löwe}} German Löwe, {{ncog|pl|Lew}} Polish Lew, {{ncog|uk|Лев}} Ukrainian Лев (Lev), {{ncog|ru|Лев}} Russian Лев (Lev) Head templates: {{head|yi|noun|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr=}} לייב • (leyb) m, {{yi-noun|f=לייביכע|g=m|pl=n}} לייב • (leyb) m, plural לייבן (leybn), feminine לייביכע (leybikhe)
  1. lion Derived forms: לייב־מוראַשקע (leyb-murashke)
    Sense id: en-לייב-yi-noun-~FlIdxK7

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "lewe"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German lewe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "leo"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German leo",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*lēwō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *lēwō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "leō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin leō",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Löwe"
      },
      "expansion": "German Löwe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "Lew"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish Lew",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "Лев"
      },
      "expansion": "Ukrainian Лев (Lev)",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "Лев"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian Лев (Lev)",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German lewe, from Old High German leo, from Proto-West Germanic *lēwō, from Latin leō. Cognate with German Löwe.\nThe given name is equivalent to Polish Lew, Ukrainian Лев (Lev), Russian Лев (Lev).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "לייב",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plural לייבן",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feminine לייביכע",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leyb",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leybn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leybikhe",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "לייב • (leyb) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "f": "לייביכע",
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "לייב • (leyb) m, plural לייבן (leybn), feminine לייביכע (leybikhe)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "לייב"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "leyb-murashke",
          "word": "לייב־מוראַשקע"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lion"
      ],
      "id": "en-לייב-yi-noun-~FlIdxK7",
      "links": [
        [
          "lion",
          "lion"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɫeɪ̯b/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɫeɪ̯b]",
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern",
        "Southeastern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɫaɪ̯p]",
      "note": "Mideastern"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "yi:"
  ],
  "word": "לייב"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "lewe"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German lewe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "leo"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German leo",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*lēwō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *lēwō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "leō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin leō",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Löwe"
      },
      "expansion": "German Löwe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "Lew"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish Lew",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "Лев"
      },
      "expansion": "Ukrainian Лев (Lev)",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "Лев"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian Лев (Lev)",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German lewe, from Old High German leo, from Proto-West Germanic *lēwō, from Latin leō. Cognate with German Löwe.\nThe given name is equivalent to Polish Lew, Ukrainian Лев (Lev), Russian Лев (Lev).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Leyb",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "Leyb"
      },
      "expansion": "לייב • (Leyb) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "tr": "Leyb"
      },
      "expansion": "לייב • (Leyb) m",
      "name": "yi-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "לייב"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish male given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "yi",
          "name": "Panthers",
          "orig": "yi:Panthers",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name: Leo"
      ],
      "id": "en-לייב-yi-name-axQN40VE",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Leo",
          "Leo"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɫeɪ̯b/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɫeɪ̯b]",
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern",
        "Southeastern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɫaɪ̯p]",
      "note": "Mideastern"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "yi:"
  ],
  "word": "לייב"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yiddish lemmas",
    "Yiddish masculine nouns",
    "Yiddish nouns",
    "Yiddish proper nouns",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Latin",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Middle High German",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Old High German",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Yiddish terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "Yiddish terms inherited from Old High German",
    "Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "yi:Panthers"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "leyb-murashke",
      "word": "לייב־מוראַשקע"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "lewe"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German lewe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "leo"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German leo",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*lēwō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *lēwō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "leō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin leō",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Löwe"
      },
      "expansion": "German Löwe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "Lew"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish Lew",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "Лев"
      },
      "expansion": "Ukrainian Лев (Lev)",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "Лев"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian Лев (Lev)",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German lewe, from Old High German leo, from Proto-West Germanic *lēwō, from Latin leō. Cognate with German Löwe.\nThe given name is equivalent to Polish Lew, Ukrainian Лев (Lev), Russian Лев (Lev).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "לייב",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plural לייבן",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feminine לייביכע",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leyb",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leybn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leybikhe",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "לייב • (leyb) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "f": "לייביכע",
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "לייב • (leyb) m, plural לייבן (leybn), feminine לייביכע (leybikhe)",
      "name": "yi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "לייב"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lion",
          "lion"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɫeɪ̯b/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɫeɪ̯b]",
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern",
        "Southeastern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɫaɪ̯p]",
      "note": "Mideastern"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "yi:"
  ],
  "word": "לייב"
}

{
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Yiddish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yiddish lemmas",
    "Yiddish masculine nouns",
    "Yiddish nouns",
    "Yiddish proper nouns",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Latin",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Middle High German",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Old High German",
    "Yiddish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Yiddish terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "Yiddish terms inherited from Old High German",
    "Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "yi:Panthers"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "lewe"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German lewe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "leo"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German leo",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*lēwō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *lēwō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "leō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin leō",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Löwe"
      },
      "expansion": "German Löwe",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "Lew"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish Lew",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "Лев"
      },
      "expansion": "Ukrainian Лев (Lev)",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "Лев"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian Лев (Lev)",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German lewe, from Old High German leo, from Proto-West Germanic *lēwō, from Latin leō. Cognate with German Löwe.\nThe given name is equivalent to Polish Lew, Ukrainian Лев (Lev), Russian Лев (Lev).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Leyb",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "Leyb"
      },
      "expansion": "לייב • (Leyb) m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "tr": "Leyb"
      },
      "expansion": "לייב • (Leyb) m",
      "name": "yi-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "לייב"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Yiddish given names",
        "Yiddish male given names"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name: Leo"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Leo",
          "Leo"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɫeɪ̯b/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɫeɪ̯b]",
      "tags": [
        "Northeastern",
        "Southeastern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɫaɪ̯p]",
      "note": "Mideastern"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "yi:"
  ],
  "word": "לייב"
}

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