lyf

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch lijf.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ləif/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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lyf (plural lywe, diminutive lyfie)

  1. body, corpse

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lyf n (genitive singular lyfs, nominative plural lyf)

  1. (medicine) drug, medicine

Declension

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    Declension of lyf
n-s 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

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Derived terms

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lyf (plural lyves or lyven, dative lyve)

  1. life
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Descendants

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

References

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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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lyf

  1. Soft mutation of llyf.

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
llyf lyf unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.