"liv" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

IPA: /liːʋ/ Forms: livet [definite, singular], liv [indefinite, plural], liva [definite, plural], livene [definite, plural]
Etymology: From Old Norse líf (“life”), from Proto-Germanic *lībą (“body, life”), likely derived from *lībaną (“to remain, be left”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick; fat or stick substance”), from *ley-, *(s)ley- (“to slip, slide, glide; slimy”). Etymology templates: {{root|nb|ine-pro|*leyp-}}, {{inh|nb|non|líf||life}} Old Norse líf (“life”), {{inh|nb|gem-pro|*lībą||body, life}} Proto-Germanic *lībą (“body, life”), {{inh|nb|ine-pro|*leyp-||to stick; fat or stick substance}} Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick; fat or stick substance”)
  1. life Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-liv-nb-noun-Y71wZe8e
  2. waist Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-liv-nb-noun-bCRWuZub
  3. energy, eagerness Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-liv-nb-noun-hTl8g2c3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "A4-liv"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "arbeidsliv"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dagligliv"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dobbeltliv"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "dyreliv"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "friluftsliv"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "fugleliv"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "hundeliv"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "hverdagsliv"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "kjærlighetsliv"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "kortlivet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "kristenliv"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "livbøye"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "livbåt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "livgivende"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "livlege"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "livlig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "livløs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "livmor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "livreddende"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "livsfarlig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "livsform"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "livsforsikring"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "livskraftig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "livskvalitet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "livslang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "livslinje"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "livsløp"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "livsstil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "livssyklus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "livssyn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "livstruende"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "livvakt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "menneskeliv"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "midtlivskrise"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "næringsliv"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "planteliv"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "privatliv"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "sexliv"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "sjøliv"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "underliv"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*leyp-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "líf",
        "4": "",
        "5": "life"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse líf (“life”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*lībą",
        "4": "",
        "5": "body, life"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *lībą (“body, life”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*leyp-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to stick; fat or stick substance"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick; fat or stick substance”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse líf (“life”), from Proto-Germanic *lībą (“body, life”), likely derived from *lībaną (“to remain, be left”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick; fat or stick substance”), from *ley-, *(s)ley- (“to slip, slide, glide; slimy”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "livet",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "liv",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "liva",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "livene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "life"
      ],
      "id": "en-liv-nb-noun-Y71wZe8e",
      "links": [
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "waist"
      ],
      "id": "en-liv-nb-noun-bCRWuZub",
      "links": [
        [
          "waist",
          "waist"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "energy, eagerness"
      ],
      "id": "en-liv-nb-noun-hTl8g2c3",
      "links": [
        [
          "energy",
          "energy"
        ],
        [
          "eagerness",
          "eagerness"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/liːʋ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "liv"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 10 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "A4-liv"
    },
    {
      "word": "arbeidsliv"
    },
    {
      "word": "dagligliv"
    },
    {
      "word": "dobbeltliv"
    },
    {
      "word": "dyreliv"
    },
    {
      "word": "friluftsliv"
    },
    {
      "word": "fugleliv"
    },
    {
      "word": "hundeliv"
    },
    {
      "word": "hverdagsliv"
    },
    {
      "word": "kjærlighetsliv"
    },
    {
      "word": "kortlivet"
    },
    {
      "word": "kristenliv"
    },
    {
      "word": "livbøye"
    },
    {
      "word": "livbåt"
    },
    {
      "word": "livgivende"
    },
    {
      "word": "livlege"
    },
    {
      "word": "livlig"
    },
    {
      "word": "livløs"
    },
    {
      "word": "livmor"
    },
    {
      "word": "livreddende"
    },
    {
      "word": "livsfarlig"
    },
    {
      "word": "livsform"
    },
    {
      "word": "livsforsikring"
    },
    {
      "word": "livskraftig"
    },
    {
      "word": "livskvalitet"
    },
    {
      "word": "livslang"
    },
    {
      "word": "livslinje"
    },
    {
      "word": "livsløp"
    },
    {
      "word": "livsstil"
    },
    {
      "word": "livssyklus"
    },
    {
      "word": "livssyn"
    },
    {
      "word": "livstruende"
    },
    {
      "word": "livvakt"
    },
    {
      "word": "menneskeliv"
    },
    {
      "word": "midtlivskrise"
    },
    {
      "word": "næringsliv"
    },
    {
      "word": "planteliv"
    },
    {
      "word": "privatliv"
    },
    {
      "word": "sexliv"
    },
    {
      "word": "sjøliv"
    },
    {
      "word": "underliv"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*leyp-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "líf",
        "4": "",
        "5": "life"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse líf (“life”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*lībą",
        "4": "",
        "5": "body, life"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *lībą (“body, life”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*leyp-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to stick; fat or stick substance"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick; fat or stick substance”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse líf (“life”), from Proto-Germanic *lībą (“body, life”), likely derived from *lībaną (“to remain, be left”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick; fat or stick substance”), from *ley-, *(s)ley- (“to slip, slide, glide; slimy”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "livet",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "liv",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "liva",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "livene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "life"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "waist"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "waist",
          "waist"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "energy, eagerness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "energy",
          "energy"
        ],
        [
          "eagerness",
          "eagerness"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/liːʋ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "liv"
}

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