"lib" meaning in Old High German

See lib in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *līb, from Proto-Germanic *lībą. Etymology templates: {{dercat|goh|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|goh|gmw-pro|*līb}} Proto-West Germanic *līb, {{der|goh|gem-pro|*lībą}} Proto-Germanic *lībą Head templates: {{head|goh|noun|g=m|g2=n|head=līb}} līb m or n Inflection templates: {{goh-decl-noun-a-m|līb}}, {{goh-decl-noun-a-n|līb}} Forms: līb [canonical, masculine, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], līb [nominative, singular], lībā [nominative, plural], lība [nominative, plural], līb [accusative, singular], lībā [accusative, plural], lība [accusative, plural], lībes [genitive, singular], lībo [genitive, plural], lībe [dative, singular], lībum [dative, plural], lību [instrumental, singular], - [instrumental, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], līb [nominative, singular], līb [nominative, plural], līb [accusative, singular], līb [accusative, plural], lībes [genitive, singular], lībo [genitive, plural], lībe [dative, singular], lībum [dative, plural], lību [instrumental, singular], - [instrumental, plural]
  1. life
    Sense id: en-lib-goh-noun-Y71wZe8e
  2. livelihood
    Sense id: en-lib-goh-noun-wd4uQBuj
  3. body
    Sense id: en-lib-goh-noun-Iw2DWNyO
  4. monastic life
    Sense id: en-lib-goh-noun-FEcHCFDO Categories (other): Old High German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old High German entries with incorrect language header: 20 23 20 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: guotwërklīb
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "guotwërklīb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "līp",
            "3": "līph",
            "4": "līf",
            "5": "līb"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: līp, līph, līf, līb",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: līp, līph, līf, līb"
    },
    {
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            "1": "gsw",
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          },
          "expansion": "Alemannic German: Liib",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Alemannic German: Liib"
    },
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          },
          "expansion": "Central Franconian: Liev, Leiv",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Central Franconian: Liev, Leiv"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hrx",
            "2": "Leib"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lb",
            "2": "Läif"
          },
          "expansion": "Luxembourgish: Läif",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Luxembourgish: Läif, Leif"
    },
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          },
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Cimbrian: laip"
    },
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            "1": "de",
            "2": "Leib"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Leib",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Leib"
    },
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          },
          "expansion": "Vilamovian: łaowa",
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        }
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      "text": "Vilamovian: łaowa"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Yiddish: לײַב (layb)"
    }
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "lībe",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "lībum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "lību",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "-",
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        "instrumental",
        "plural"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "līb",
      "source": "declension",
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        "instrumental",
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "life"
      ],
      "id": "en-lib-goh-noun-Y71wZe8e",
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          "life"
        ]
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
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      "id": "en-lib-goh-noun-wd4uQBuj",
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          "livelihood"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
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          "body",
          "body"
        ]
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "monastic life"
      ],
      "id": "en-lib-goh-noun-FEcHCFDO",
      "links": [
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          "monastic",
          "monastic"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lib"
}
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    "Old High German a-stem nouns",
    "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old High German lemmas",
    "Old High German masculine nouns",
    "Old High German neuter nouns",
    "Old High German nouns",
    "Old High German nouns with multiple genders",
    "Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old High German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Pages with 9 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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      "word": "guotwërklīb"
    }
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        }
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
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      ]
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      "form": "lībe",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    },
    {
      "form": "līb",
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "lībo",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "lībe",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "lību",
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  "lang": "Old High German",
  "lang_code": "goh",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "life"
      ],
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      "glosses": [
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          "livelihood",
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        ]
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "body"
      ],
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        [
          "body",
          "body"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "monastic life"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "monastic",
          "monastic"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lib"
}

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