lieve

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lieve

1. inflection of lief:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

• veile, viele, vleie

From Proto-Finnic *leebek (compare Veps ĺebe), borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Latvian klēpis (“lap”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlie̯ʋeˣ/, [ˈlie̞̯ʋe̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ieʋe
• Hyphenation^(key): lie‧ve

lieve

1. hem (the lower edge of a garment)
2. hem (rim or margin of something)

• “lieve”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• Leevi

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːvə/

lieve

1. to love

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

From Latin levem (“light (not heavy)”), from Proto-Italic *leɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus (“lightweight”), from *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈljɛ.ve/, /ˈlje.ve/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛve, -eve
• Hyphenation: liè‧ve, lié‧ve

lieve (plural lievi, superlative lievissimo or levissimo)

1. light

   Synonym: leggero

2. light, delicate, gentle

   Synonyms: leggero, delicato

3. slight, minor

   Synonyms: leggero, minore

4. mild (punishment, sentence)

   Synonym: leggero

• lievemente
• lievità

• elevi, velie

lieve

1. inflection of lever:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative