lifa
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”) (cognate with Faroese liva, Swedish leva, Danish and Norwegian leve, Dutch leven, German leben, English live).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]lifa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lifði, supine lifað)
- (intransitive) to live
- to experience something [with accusative]
- Synonym: reyna
- to survive, to endure, to come through [intransitive or with accusative]
- (intransitive, of fire) to burn
Conjugation
[edit]This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
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[edit]Old English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]līfa
Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *libjaną (“to live, to be alive”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to leave, cling, linger”). Cognate with Old English libban, Old Frisian leva, Old Saxon libbian, Old Dutch libben, Old High German lebēn, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (liban).
Verb
[edit]lifa (singular past indicative lifði, plural past indicative lifðu, past participle lifaðr)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | lifa | |
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present participle | lifandi | |
past participle | lifaðr | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | lifi | lifða |
2nd-person singular | lifir | lifðir |
3rd-person singular | lifir | lifði |
1st-person plural | lifum | lifðum |
2nd-person plural | lifið | lifðuð |
3rd-person plural | lifa | lifðu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | lifa | lifða |
2nd-person singular | lifir | lifðir |
3rd-person singular | lifi | lifði |
1st-person plural | lifim | lifðim |
2nd-person plural | lifið | lifðið |
3rd-person plural | lifi | lifði |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | lif | |
1st-person plural | lifum | |
2nd-person plural | lifið |
infinitive | lifask | |
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present participle | lifandisk | |
past participle | lifazk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | lifumk | lifðumk |
2nd-person singular | lifisk | lifðisk |
3rd-person singular | lifisk | lifðisk |
1st-person plural | lifumsk | lifðumsk |
2nd-person plural | lifizk | lifðuzk |
3rd-person plural | lifask | lifðusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | lifumk | lifðumk |
2nd-person singular | lifisk | lifðisk |
3rd-person singular | lifisk | lifðisk |
1st-person plural | lifimsk | lifðimsk |
2nd-person plural | lifizk | lifðizk |
3rd-person plural | lifisk | lifðisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | lifsk | |
1st-person plural | lifumsk | |
2nd-person plural | lifizk |
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: lifa
- Faroese: liva
- Norwegian Nynorsk: leva, liva (pre-1917 spelling)
- Old Swedish: liva, leffua
- Danish: leve
- Norwegian Bokmål: leve
References
[edit]- “lifa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swazi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]lîfá class 5 (plural émâfá class 6)
- inheritance
- growth under the skin
Inflection
[edit]This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Volapük
[edit]Noun
[edit]lifa
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