leva
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Noun
leva
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Pronunciation
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Verb
leva
- third-person singular past historic of lever
Anagrams
Pronunciation
Verb
leva
- inflection of levar:
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
leva
- lion
- 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 52:
- Afrikan ja Läns-Aazian variloil steeppilöil ellää suur vihakas hiisnikka - leva.
- In the warm steppes of Africa and West-Asia lives a big angry predator - the lion.
Declension
| Declension of leva (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | leva | levat |
| genitive | levan | levvoin |
| partitive | levvaa | levoja |
| illative | levvaa | levvoi |
| inessive | levas | levois |
| elative | levast | levoist |
| allative | levalle | levoille |
| adessive | leval | levoil |
| ablative | levalt | levoilt |
| translative | levaks | levoiks |
| essive | levanna, levvaan | levoinna, levvoin |
| exessive1) | levant | levoint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Derived terms
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 262
Verb
leva
- present of levar
- imperative of levar
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
leva f (plural leve)
- lever
- (military) call-up, conscription, draft, national service
- (military, called up soldiers) those called-up, conscripts
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
leva
- inflection of levare:
Anagrams
Verb
levā
References
- leva in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
leva (present tense lever, past tense levde, past participle levt or levd, present participle levande, imperative lev)
References
- “leva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Etymology
From Old Norse leifa, from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną.
Verb
lēva
- to leave behind
Conjugation
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| present | past | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | lēva | — | |||
| participle | lēvandi, lēvande | lēvþer | |||
| active voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| iæk | lēvir | lēvi, lēve | — | lēvþi, lēvþe | lēvþi, lēvþe |
| þū | lēvir | lēvi, lēve | lēv | lēvþi, lēvþe | lēvþi, lēvþe |
| han | lēvir | lēvi, lēve | — | lēvþi, lēvþe | lēvþi, lēvþe |
| vīr | lēvum, lēvom | lēvum, lēvom | lēvum, lēvom | lēvþum, lēvþom | lēvþum, lēvþom |
| īr | lēvin | lēvin | lēvin | lēvþin | lēvþin |
| þēr | lēva | lēvin | — | lēvþu, lēvþo | lēvþin |
| mediopassive voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| iæk | lēvis | lēvis, lēves | — | lēvþis, lēvþes | lēvþis, lēvþes |
| þū | lēvis | lēvis, lēves | — | lēvþis, lēvþes | lēvþis, lēvþes |
| han | lēvis | lēvis, lēves | — | lēvþis, lēvþes | lēvþis, lēvþes |
| vīr | lēvums, lēvoms | lēvums, lēvoms | — | lēvþums, lēvþoms | lēvþums, lēvþoms |
| īr | lēvins | lēvins | — | lēvþins | lēvþins |
| þēr | lēvas | lēvins | — | lēvþus, lēvþos | lēvþins |
Conjugation of lēva (weak)
Descendants
- Swedish: leva (obsolete)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
leva f (plural levas)
- wave (sudden unusually large amount of something)
- Uma leva de vândalos entrou na loja.
- A wave of vandals entered the store.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
leva
- inflection of levar:
Etymology
Borrowed from Bulgarian лева (leva), plural of лев (lev, “lion”), from Proto-Slavic *lьvъ (“lion”).
Noun
leva f (plural leve)
- lev (currency of Bulgaria)
Declension
Adjective
leva
- inflection of levi:
Verb
leva (Cyrillic spelling лева)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
leva f (plural levas)
Derived terms
- ancla de leva
- mar de leva
- pieza de leva
Etymology 2
Verb
leva
- inflection of levar:
Further reading
- “leva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
Alternative forms
- lefva (obsolete spelling)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish liva, from Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”). Cognate with Norwegian leve, Danish leve, Icelandic lifa, Dutch leven, German leben and English live.
Verb
leva (present lever, preterite levde, supine levt, imperative lev)
- to live, to be alive (concretely or figuratively)
- Lever den skådisen än? Jag trodde han var död.
- Is that actor still alive? I thought he was dead.
- Den lever!
- It's alive!
- Kompositören är död, men musiken lever
- The composer is dead, but the music lives
- Hoppet lever
- Hope is alive
- Minnet lever i oss
- The memory lives in us
- Man kan inte arbeta hela tiden. Man måste ha tid att leva också.
- You can't work all the time. You have to have time to live too.
- 1990, Claes Eriksson (lyrics and music), “Gôtt å leva [Gött att leva] [Good to live/be alive]”, in Det ska va gôtt å leva [Det ska vara gött att leva – ô signifies a dialectal vowel sound] [It should be good to live/be alive], performed by Anders Eriksson, Jan Rippe:
- Livet är gött [colloquial or dialectal form of gott], världen är stor. Här sitter vi, jag och min bror. Fisken i sjön sover nog nu. Den är nog trött. Eller vad tror du? Det ska va' [vara] gött å [att] leva, annars kan det kvitta. Fint å [att] leva, annars kan det kvitta. Lätt å [att] leva, annars kan det kvitta. Spring inte runt och vela, då sabbar du det hela. Spring inte runt och veva. Det ska va' [vara] gött, gött, gött, gött å [att] leva.
- [The] life is good, the world is big. Here we sit, me and my brother. The fish in the lake is probably sleeping now. It is probably tired. Or what do you think? It should be good to live, otherwise there's no point ("otherwise it may (might as well) not matter" (what happens or the like)). Nice to live, otherwise there's no point. Easy to live, otherwise there's no point. Don't run around and vacillate, then you ruin the whole thing. Don't run around and wave. It should be good, good, good, good to live.
- to live (lead one's life somewhere, with someone, or the like)
- Synonym: (in a home) bo
- Monstren lever uppe i bergen
- The monsters live up in the mountains
- människorna som lever inom stadens murar
- the people who live within the city walls
- Lärjungarna lever med mästaren
- The disciples live with the master
- to live (in a particular way), to lead
- leva ett liv i synd
- live/lead a life of sin
- De levde ett stillsamt liv
- They lived/lead a quiet life
- (with på or (more rarely) av) to live on, to live off (something)
- Synonym: (make a living, subsist) livnära
- leva på bröd och vatten
- live on bread and water
- leva på avkastning
- live off returns
- leva på hoppet
- live on [the] hope
- I den här lådan ligger allt jag kommer leva av under expeditionen
- In this box is everything I will live on during the expedition
- (sports) to be live (be in active play, of a ball)
- Bollen lever
- The ball is alive
- (often as "leva om," with stress on "om") to be wild (and noisy) (of a person or animal the like, or other things by extension)
- Hundarna levde om
- The dogs were being wild and noisy
- (in "leva om," with stress on "om") to party, to indulge in debauchery
Conjugation
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | leva | levas | ||
| Supine | levt, levat | levts, levats | ||
| Imperative | lev | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | leven | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | lever | levde | levs, leves | levdes |
| Ind. plural1 | leva | levde | levas | levdes |
| Subjunctive2 | leve | levde | leves | levdes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | levande | |||
| Past participle | levd | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Conjugation of leva (weak)
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Old Swedish lēva, from Old Norse leifa, from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”). Cognate with Icelandic leifa, English leave.
Verb
leva (present lever, preterite levde, supine levt, imperative lev)
- (obsolete) to leave
- 1541, Gustav Vasa Bible, Gospel of Matthew, 22:25
- När oss woro siw brödher / Then förste toogh sigh hustru och bleff dödh. Och effter han hadhe ingen sädh / leeffde han sina hustru sinom brodher.
- (pre-1906 spelling) När oss voro sju bröder; den förste tog sig hustru, och blef död; och efter han hade ingen säd, lefde han sina hustru sinom broder.
- Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
- Synonym: lämna
- 1541, Gustav Vasa Bible, Gospel of Matthew, 22:25
Conjugation
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | leva | levas | ||
| Supine | levt | levts | ||
| Imperative | lev | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | leven | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | lever | levde | levs, leves | levdes |
| Ind. plural1 | leva | levde | levas | levdes |
| Subjunctive2 | leve | levde | leves | levdes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | levande | |||
| Past participle | levd | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Conjugation of leva (weak)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Noun
leva
- indefinite plural of lev (“lev (currency of Bulgaria)”)
References
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