lif in Old English

IPA: /liːf/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *lībą. Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gmw-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*lībą}} Proto-Germanic *lībą Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=līf|sort=}} līf n, {{ang-noun|n|head=līf}} līf n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|līf}}, {{ang-decl-noun|līf|līf|līf|līf|līfes|līfa|līfe|līfum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: līf [canonical, neuter], strong [table-tags], līf [nominative, singular], līf [nominative, plural], līf [accusative, singular], līf [accusative, plural], līfes [genitive, singular], līfa [genitive, plural], līfe [dative, singular], līfum [dative, plural]

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "lyf"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: lyf, leyfe, lif, life, lijf, live\nEnglish: life\nScots: life, leif\nYola: lief, life",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: lyf, leyfe, lif, life, lijf, live\nEnglish: life\nScots: life, leif\nYola: lief, life"
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*lībą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *lībą",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *lībą.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "līf",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līfes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "līf",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "līf n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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        "1": "līf",
        "2": "līf",
        "3": "līf",
        "4": "līf",
        "5": "līfes",
        "6": "līfa",
        "7": "līfe",
        "8": "līfum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "līflēas"
        },
        {
          "word": "līflīċ"
        },
        {
          "word": "sundorlīf"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "life"
      ],
      "id": "en-lif-ang-noun-Y71wZe8e",
      "links": [
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "libban"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "feorh"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/liːf/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lif"
}

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "līflēas"
    },
    {
      "word": "līflīċ"
    },
    {
      "word": "sundorlīf"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "lyf"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: lyf, leyfe, lif, life, lijf, live\nEnglish: life\nScots: life, leif\nYola: lief, life",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: lyf, leyfe, lif, life, lijf, live\nEnglish: life\nScots: life, leif\nYola: lief, life"
    }
  ],
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        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*lībą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *lībą",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *lībą.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "līf",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līfes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "līfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "līf",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "līf n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "head": "līf"
      },
      "expansion": "līf n",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "līf"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-n"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "līf",
        "2": "līf",
        "3": "līf",
        "4": "līf",
        "5": "līfes",
        "6": "līfa",
        "7": "līfe",
        "8": "līfum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "libban"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English neuter a-stem nouns",
        "Old English neuter nouns",
        "Old English nouns",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "life"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/liːf/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "feorh"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lif"
}

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"lif" meaning in Old English

Noun