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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "livs levande"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "länge leve"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gmq-osw",
"3": "liva"
},
"expansion": "Old Swedish liva",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "non",
"3": "lifa"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse lifa",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*libjaną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *libjaną",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*leyp-",
"4": "",
"5": "leave, cling, linger"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "leve"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian leve",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "leve"
},
"expansion": "Danish leve",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "lifa"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic lifa",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "leven"
},
"expansion": "Dutch leven",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "leben"
},
"expansion": "German leben",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "live"
},
"expansion": "English live",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Swedish liva, from Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”). Cognate with Norwegian leve, Danish leve, Icelandic lifa, Dutch leven, German leben and English live.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "lever",
"tags": [
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "levde",
"tags": [
"preterite"
]
},
{
"form": "levt",
"tags": [
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "lev",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "weak",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sv-conj-wk",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "leva",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "levas",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "levt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "levat",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "levts",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive",
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "levats",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive",
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "lev",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "leven",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"archaic",
"imperative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"imperative",
"passive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lever",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"indicative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "levde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"indicative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "levs",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"passive",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "leves",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"passive",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "levdes",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"passive",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "leva",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"archaic",
"indicative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "levde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"archaic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "levas",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"indicative",
"passive",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "levdes",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"indicative",
"passive",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "leve",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"dated",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "levde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"dated",
"past",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "leves",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"dated",
"passive",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "levdes",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"dated",
"passive",
"past",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "levande",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "levd",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"10": "lev",
"2": "verbs",
"3": "present",
"4": "lever",
"5": "preterite",
"6": "levde",
"7": "supine",
"8": "levt",
"9": "imperative",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "leva (present lever, preterite levde, supine levt, imperative lev)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lev",
"sup": "levt,levat"
},
"name": "sv-conj-wk"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "liv"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The monsters live up in the mountains",
"text": "Monstren lever uppe i bergen",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the people who live within the city walls",
"text": "människorna som lever inom stadens murar",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "The disciples live with the master",
"text": "Lärjungarna lever med mästaren",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to live, to be alive (concretely or figuratively)",
"to live (lead one's life somewhere, with someone, or the like)"
],
"id": "en-leva-sv-verb-DR-qLSN8",
"links": [
[
"live",
"live"
],
[
"alive",
"alive"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "bo"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "live/lead a life of sin",
"text": "leva ett liv i synd",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "They lived/lead a quiet life",
"text": "De levde ett stillsamt liv",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to live, to be alive (concretely or figuratively)",
"to live (in a particular way), to lead"
],
"id": "en-leva-sv-verb-dDehevDr",
"links": [
[
"live",
"live"
],
[
"alive",
"alive"
],
[
"lead",
"lead"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Is that actor still alive? I thought he was dead.",
"text": "Lever den skådisen än? Jag trodde han var död.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "It's alive!",
"text": "Den lever!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "The composer is dead, but the music lives",
"text": "Kompositören är död, men musiken lever",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Hope is alive",
"text": "Hoppet lever",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "The memory lives in us",
"text": "Minnet lever i oss",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "You can't work all the time. You have to have time to live too.",
"text": "Man kan inte arbeta hela tiden. Man måste ha tid att leva också.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "[The] life is good, the world is big. Here we sit, me and my brother. The fish in the lake is probably sleeping now. It is probably tired. Or what do you think? It should be good to live, otherwise there's no point (\"otherwise it may (might as well) not matter\" (what happens or the like)). Nice to live, otherwise there's no point. Easy to live, otherwise there's no point. Don't run around and vacillate, then you ruin the whole thing. Don't run around and wave. It should be good, good, good, good to live.",
"ref": "1990, Claes Eriksson (lyrics and music), “Gôtt å leva [Gött att leva] [Good to live/be alive]”, in Det ska va gôtt å leva [Det ska vara gött att leva – ô signifies a dialectal vowel sound] [It should be good to live/be alive], performed by Anders Eriksson, Jan Rippe",
"text": "Livet är gött [colloquial or dialectal form of gott], världen är stor. Här sitter vi, jag och min bror. Fisken i sjön sover nog nu. Den är nog trött. Eller vad tror du? Det ska va' [vara] gött å [att] leva, annars kan det kvitta. Fint å [att] leva, annars kan det kvitta. Lätt å [att] leva, annars kan det kvitta. Spring inte runt och vela, då sabbar du det hela. Spring inte runt och veva. Det ska va' [vara] gött, gött, gött, gött å [att] leva.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to live, to be alive (concretely or figuratively)"
],
"id": "en-leva-sv-verb-f4xTvVeo",
"links": [
[
"live",
"live"
],
[
"alive",
"alive"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "live on bread and water",
"text": "leva på bröd och vatten",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "live off returns",
"text": "leva på avkastning",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "live on [the] hope",
"text": "leva på hoppet",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "In this box is everything I will live on during the expedition",
"text": "I den här lådan ligger allt jag kommer leva av under expeditionen",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"(with på or (more rarely) av) to live on, to live off (something)",
"to live on, to live off (something)"
],
"id": "en-leva-sv-verb-srrrq77l",
"links": [
[
"på",
"på#Swedish"
],
[
"av",
"av#Swedish"
],
[
"live on",
"live on"
],
[
"live off",
"live off"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(with på or (more rarely) av) to live on, to live off (something)"
],
"raw_tags": [
"with på or (more rarely) av"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "livnära"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "sv",
"name": "Sports",
"orig": "sv:Sports",
"parents": [
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The ball is alive",
"text": "Bollen lever",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be live (be in active play, of a ball)"
],
"id": "en-leva-sv-verb-PKihMC6j",
"links": [
[
"sports",
"sports"
],
[
"live",
"live"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(sports) to be live (be in active play, of a ball)"
],
"topics": [
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The dogs were being wild and noisy",
"text": "Hundarna levde om",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be wild (and noisy) (of a person or animal the like, or other things by extension)"
],
"id": "en-leva-sv-verb-s1~-yLw8",
"links": [
[
"wild",
"wild"
]
],
"qualifier": "\" with stress on \"om\"",
"raw_glosses": [
"(often as \"leva om,\" with stress on \"om\") to be wild (and noisy) (of a person or animal the like, or other things by extension)"
],
"raw_tags": [
"as \"leva om"
],
"tags": [
"often"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"to be wild (and noisy) (of a person or animal the like, or other things by extension)",
"to party, to indulge in debauchery"
],
"id": "en-leva-sv-verb-HfgsI~Tn",
"links": [
[
"wild",
"wild"
],
[
"party",
"party"
],
[
"indulge",
"indulge"
],
[
"debauchery",
"debauchery"
]
],
"qualifier": "\" with stress on \"om\"",
"raw_glosses": [
"(often as \"leva om,\" with stress on \"om\") to be wild (and noisy) (of a person or animal the like, or other things by extension)",
"(in \"leva om,\" with stress on \"om\") to party, to indulge in debauchery"
],
"raw_tags": [
"in \"leva om",
"as \"leva om"
],
"tags": [
"often"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/²leːva/"
},
{
"audio": "Sv-leva.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/07/Sv-leva.ogg/Sv-leva.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Sv-leva.ogg",
"text": "audio"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "obsolete spelling",
"word": "lefva"
}
],
"word": "leva"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gmq-osw",
"3": "leva",
"4": "lēva"
},
"expansion": "Old Swedish lēva",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "non",
"3": "leifa"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse leifa",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "sv",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*laibijaną"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*leyp-",
"4": "",
"5": "leave, cling, linger"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "leifa"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic leifa",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "leave"
},
"expansion": "English leave",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Swedish lēva, from Old Norse leifa, from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”). Cognate with Icelandic leifa, English leave.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "lever",
"tags": [
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "levde",
"tags": [
"preterite"
]
},
{
"form": "levt",
"tags": [
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "lev",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "weak",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sv-conj-wk",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "leva",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "levas",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "levt",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "levts",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive",
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "lev",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "leven",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"archaic",
"imperative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"imperative",
"passive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lever",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"indicative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "levde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"indicative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "levs",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"passive",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "leves",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"passive",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "levdes",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"passive",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "leva",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"archaic",
"indicative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "levde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"archaic",
"indicative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "levas",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"indicative",
"passive",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "levdes",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"indicative",
"passive",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "leve",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"dated",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "levde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"dated",
"past",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "leves",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"dated",
"passive",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "levdes",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"dated",
"passive",
"past",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "levande",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "levd",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"10": "lev",
"2": "verbs",
"3": "present",
"4": "lever",
"5": "preterite",
"6": "levde",
"7": "supine",
"8": "levt",
"9": "imperative",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "leva (present lever, preterite levde, supine levt, imperative lev)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lev"
},
"name": "sv-conj-wk"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant target parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "kvarleva"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:",
"ref": "1541, Gustav Vasa Bible, Gospel of Matthew, 22:25",
"text": "När oss woro siw brödher / Then förste toogh sigh hustru och bleff dödh. Och effter han hadhe ingen sädh / leeffde han sina hustru sinom brodher.\n(pre-1906 spelling) När oss voro sju bröder; den förste tog sig hustru, och blef död; och efter han hade ingen säd, lefde han sina hustru sinom broder.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to leave"
],
"id": "en-leva-sv-verb-dDKDyhdh",
"links": [
[
"leave",
"leave"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) to leave"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "lämna"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/²leːva/"
},
{
"audio": "Sv-leva.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/07/Sv-leva.ogg/Sv-leva.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Sv-leva.ogg",
"text": "audio"
}
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{
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{
"english": "The composer is dead, but the music lives",
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{
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{
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{
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"ref": "1990, Claes Eriksson (lyrics and music), “Gôtt å leva [Gött att leva] [Good to live/be alive]”, in Det ska va gôtt å leva [Det ska vara gött att leva – ô signifies a dialectal vowel sound] [It should be good to live/be alive], performed by Anders Eriksson, Jan Rippe",
"text": "Livet är gött [colloquial or dialectal form of gott], världen är stor. Här sitter vi, jag och min bror. Fisken i sjön sover nog nu. Den är nog trött. Eller vad tror du? Det ska va' [vara] gött å [att] leva, annars kan det kvitta. Fint å [att] leva, annars kan det kvitta. Lätt å [att] leva, annars kan det kvitta. Spring inte runt och vela, då sabbar du det hela. Spring inte runt och veva. Det ska va' [vara] gött, gött, gött, gött å [att] leva.",
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{
"english": "In this box is everything I will live on during the expedition",
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{
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"archaic",
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"plural"
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{
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"imperative",
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"active",
"indicative",
"present"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"active",
"indicative",
"past"
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{
"form": "levs",
"source": "conjugation",
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"passive",
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"indicative",
"passive",
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},
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"source": "conjugation",
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"archaic",
"indicative",
"passive",
"past",
"plural"
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{
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"dated",
"present",
"subjunctive"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"dated",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"passive",
"present",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"passive",
"past",
"subjunctive"
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"form": "levande",
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"1": "sv",
"10": "lev",
"2": "verbs",
"3": "present",
"4": "lever",
"5": "preterite",
"6": "levde",
"7": "supine",
"8": "levt",
"9": "imperative",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "leva (present lever, preterite levde, supine levt, imperative lev)",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"args": {
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},
"name": "sv-conj-wk"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Swedish terms with obsolete senses",
"Swedish terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:",
"ref": "1541, Gustav Vasa Bible, Gospel of Matthew, 22:25",
"text": "När oss woro siw brödher / Then förste toogh sigh hustru och bleff dödh. Och effter han hadhe ingen sädh / leeffde han sina hustru sinom brodher.\n(pre-1906 spelling) När oss voro sju bröder; den förste tog sig hustru, och blef död; och efter han hade ingen säd, lefde han sina hustru sinom broder.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to leave"
],
"links": [
[
"leave",
"leave"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) to leave"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "lämna"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/²leːva/"
},
{
"audio": "Sv-leva.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/07/Sv-leva.ogg/Sv-leva.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Sv-leva.ogg",
"text": "audio"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"english": "obsolete spelling",
"word": "lefva"
}
],
"word": "leva"
}
{
"categories": [
"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish non-lemma forms",
"Swedish noun forms",
"Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Swedish terms with audio links"
],
"etymology_number": 3,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "noun form"
},
"expansion": "leva",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "noun",
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{
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{
"extra": "(“lev (currency of Bulgaria)”)",
"word": "lev"
}
],
"glosses": [
"indefinite plural of lev (“lev (currency of Bulgaria)”)"
],
"links": [
[
"lev",
"lev#Swedish"
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],
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"form-of",
"indefinite",
"plural"
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}
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{
"ipa": "/²leːva/"
},
{
"audio": "Sv-leva.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/07/Sv-leva.ogg/Sv-leva.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Sv-leva.ogg",
"text": "audio"
}
],
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{
"english": "obsolete spelling",
"word": "lefva"
}
],
"word": "leva"
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{
"called_from": "page/1498/20230118",
"msg": "''to live, to be alive (concrete'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
"path": [
"leva"
],
"section": "Swedish",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "leva",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swedish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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