"Lief" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Low German]

Forms: Liever [plural]
Etymology: From Middle Low German lîf, from Old Saxon līf, from Proto-West Germanic *līb. Cognate with Dutch lijf (“body”), English life, German Leib (“body”), Swedish liv (“waist, life”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|nds|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|nds|gml|lîf}} Middle Low German lîf, {{inh|nds|osx|līf}} Old Saxon līf, {{inh|nds|gmw-pro|*līb}} Proto-West Germanic *līb, {{cog|nl|lijf||body}} Dutch lijf (“body”), {{cog|en|life}} English life, {{cog|de|Leib||body}} German Leib (“body”), {{cog|sv|liv||waist, life}} Swedish liv (“waist, life”) Head templates: {{head|nds|noun|pl|Liever|g=n}} Lief n (pl Liever)
  1. body Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-Lief-nds-noun-Iw2DWNyO
  2. body
    (in particular) the stomach, the belly; the abdomen, the trunk
    Tags: neuter Synonyms (belly): Buuk
    Sense id: en-Lief-nds-noun-Nm4LuGRq Categories (other): Low German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Low German entries with incorrect language header: 26 47 26 Disambiguation of 'belly': 0 100 0
  3. (rare) life Tags: neuter, rare
    Sense id: en-Lief-nds-noun-Y71wZe8e
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Liev

Alternative forms

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