lyf

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch lijf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləif/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

lyf (plural lywe, diminutive lyfie)

1. body, corpse

Synonyms

• liggaam

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lyf, from Proto-Germanic *lubją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɪːv/

  Rhymes: -ɪːv

Noun

lyf n (genitive singular lyfs, nominative plural lyf)

1. (medicine) drug, medicine

   Synonym: meðal n

Declension

Declension of lyf (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lyf	lyfið	lyf	lyfin
accusative	lyf	lyfið	lyf	lyfin
dative	lyfi	lyfinu	lyfjum	lyfjunum
genitive	lyfs	lyfsins	lyfja	lyfjanna

Derived terms

• eiturlyf
• eiturlyfjasali
• lyfjasali

Middle English

Alternative forms

• leyfe, lif, life, lijf, live

Etymology

From Old English līf, from Proto-West Germanic *līb, from Proto-Germanic *lībą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liːf/
• Rhymes: -iːf

Noun

lyf (plural lyves or lyven, dative lyve)

1. life
   • c. 1380, Geoffrey Chaucer, Parlement of Foulys:

     The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne,

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎^[1], published c. 1410, Joon 10:10, page 49v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     a nyȝt þeef comeþ not .· but þat he ſteele ſle ⁊ leeſe / and I cam þat þey haue lijf .· ⁊ haue more plenteuouſli.

     A stealthy thief doesn't come unless he can steal, kill, and ruin. But I came so they could have life, and have it more abundantly.

Related terms

• alyve
• lyfles
• lyven
• lyvere

Descendants

• English: life
• Scots: life, leif
• Yola: lief, life

References

• “līf, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /lɨːv/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /liːv/

Verb

lyf

1. Soft mutation of llyf.

Mutation

Mutated forms of llyf

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llyf	lyf	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.