See lief in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*lewbʰ-",
"id": "love"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "dum",
"3": "lief"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch lief",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "odt",
"3": "*liof"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch *liof",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*leub"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *leub",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*leubaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *leubaz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*lewbʰ-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch lief, from Old Dutch *liof, from Proto-West Germanic *leub, from Proto-Germanic *leubaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "lieven",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "liefje",
"tags": [
"diminutive",
"neuter"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "n",
"2": "-ven",
"3": "+"
},
"expansion": "lief n (plural lieven, diminutive liefje n)",
"name": "nl-noun"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"lief"
]
}
],
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"one's beloved in a romantic relationship, i.e. a boyfriend or girlfriend"
],
"links": [
[
"beloved",
"beloved"
],
[
"boyfriend",
"boyfriend"
],
[
"girlfriend",
"girlfriend"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/lif/"
},
{
"ipa": "[lif]"
},
{
"audio": "Nl-lief.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0b/Nl-lief.ogg/Nl-lief.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Nl-lief.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-if"
}
],
"word": "lief"
}
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