"levir" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: levirs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin lēvir. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|lēvir}} Late Latin lēvir Head templates: {{en-noun}} levir (plural levirs)
  1. A husband's brother.
    Sense id: en-levir-en-noun-dP4gg0g- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Verb [Ido]

Head templates: {{head|io|verb form}} levir
  1. past infinitive of levar Tags: form-of, infinitive, past Form of: levar
    Sense id: en-levir-io-verb-49tu2ygb Categories (other): Ido entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈleː.u̯ir/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈɫ̪eːu̯ɪr] [Classical-Latin], /ˈle.vir/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈlɛːvir] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr (“one's brother-in-law”). For initial l- compare lingua, lacrima. The expected *-ver was possibly altered under the influence of vir (“man”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|ine-pro|*dayh₂wḗr||one's brother-in-law}} Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr (“one's brother-in-law”) Head templates: {{la-noun|lēvir<2>}} lēvir m (genitive lēvirī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|lēvir<2>}} Forms: lēvir [canonical, masculine], lēvirī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], lēvir [nominative, singular], lēvirī [nominative, plural], lēvirī [genitive, singular], lēvirōrum [genitive, plural], lēvirō [dative, singular], lēvirīs [dative, plural], lēvirum [accusative, singular], lēvirōs [accusative, plural], lēvirō [ablative, singular], lēvirīs [ablative, plural], lēvir [singular, vocative], lēvirī [plural, vocative]
  1. (Late Latin) one's husband's brother Tags: Late-Latin, declension-2 Categories (topical): Male family members Synonyms: laevir

Inflected forms

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