leafde

West Frisian

Alternative forms

• ljeafde, liefde, lyfde

Etymology

From Old Frisian liāfte, liāfithe, from Proto-West Germanic *liubiþu, equivalent to leaf +‎ -de.

Noun

leafde c (plural leafdes)

1. love (emotion)
2. love, person or thing that one loves

Further reading

• “leafde”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011