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lifa

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See also: lǐfà and lǐfǎ

Icelandic

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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lifa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lifði, supine lifað)

  1. (intransitive) to live
    • Genesis 5:3 (Icelandic, English)
      Adam lifði hundrað og þrjátíu ár. Þá gat hann son í líking sinni, eftir sinni mynd, og nefndi hann Set.
      When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth.
  2. to experience something [with accusative]
    Synonym: reyna
  3. to survive, to endure, to come through [intransitive or with accusative]
    Synonyms: endast, þrauka
    Ég lifi.
    I'll come through.
  4. (intransitive, of fire) to burn
    Synonyms: loga, brenna
    Eldurinn lifir.
    The fire is burning.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Old English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈliː.fɑ/, [ˈliː.vɑ]

Noun

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līfa

  1. genitive plural of līf

Old Norse

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Etymology

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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

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lifa (singular past indicative lifði, plural past indicative lifðu, past participle lifaðr)

  1. to live
  2. to be alive

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: lifa
  • Faroese: liva
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: leva, liva (pre-1917 spelling)
  • Old Swedish: liva, leffua
  • Danish: leve
    • Norwegian Bokmål: leve

References

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  • lifa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swazi

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Etymology

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From li- +‎ -fa.

Noun

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lîfá class 5 (plural émâfá class 6)

  1. inheritance
  2. growth under the skin

Inflection

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Volapük

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Noun

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lifa

  1. genitive singular of lif