leva

See also: Levä, levä, levae, levá, levà, levâ, Leva, and лева

English

Noun

leva

1. plural of lev

Anagrams

• Vale, Veal, Vela, avel, eval, lave, vale, veal, vela

French

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

leva

1. third-person singular past historic of lever

Anagrams

• lave, lavé

Ingrian

Kaks levvaa - kullileva (kural) ja imikkoleva (oikial).

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian лев (lev).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈleʋɑ/, [ˈlʲe̞ʋɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈleʋɑ/, [ˈle̞ʋɑ]
• Rhymes: -eʋɑ
• Hyphenation: le‧va

Noun

leva

1. 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

• imikkoleva
• kullileva

 

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 262

Interlingua

Verb

leva

1. present of levar
2. imperative of levar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.va/
• Rhymes: -ɛva
• Hyphenation: lè‧va

Etymology 1

Noun

leva f (plural leve)

1. lever
2. (military) call-up, conscription, draft, national service
3. (military, called up soldiers) those called-up, conscripts

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

leva

1. inflection of levare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• lave, vale, vela

Latin

Verb

levā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of levō

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)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• leve

Etymology

From Old Norse lifa. Akin to English live.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²leːʋɑ/

Verb

leva (present tense lever, past tense levde, past participle levt or levd, present participle levande, imperative lev)

1. to live (be alive)

   Han har levd eit langt liv.

   He has lived a long life.

2. to subsist (nourish oneself)

   Pandaen lever av bambus.

   The panda subsists on bamboo.

References

• “leva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse leifa, from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną.

Verb

lēva

1. to leave behind

Conjugation

Conjugation of lēva (weak)

	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

Descendants

• Swedish: leva (obsolete)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.vɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.vɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.va/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.vɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.vɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.bɐ/ [ˈlɛ.βɐ]

Etymology 1

Noun

leva f (plural levas)

1. 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

1. inflection of levar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian лева (leva), plural of лев (lev, “lion”), from Proto-Slavic *lьvъ (“lion”).

Noun

leva f (plural leve)

1. lev (currency of Bulgaria)

Declension

Declension of leva

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) leva	leva	(niște) leve	levele
genitive/dative	(unei) leve	levei	(unor) leve	levelor
vocative	—		—

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

leva

1. inflection of levi:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Verb

leva (Cyrillic spelling лева)

1. third-person singular present of levati

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleba/ [ˈle.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -eba
• Syllabification: le‧va

Etymology 1

Deverbal from levar.

Noun

leva f (plural levas)

1. (military) draft (of troops)
2. (mechanical) cog
3. (mechanical) cam

Derived terms

• ancla de leva
• mar de leva
• pieza de leva

 

Etymology 2

Verb

leva

1. inflection of levar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “leva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Alternative forms

• lefva (obsolete spelling)

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²leːva/

• audio

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Verb

leva (present lever, preterite levde, supine levt, imperative lev)

1. to live; to be alive

   Lever den skådisen fortfarande?

   Is that actor still alive?

Conjugation

Conjugation of leva (weak)

	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.

Derived terms

• livs levande
• länge leve

Related terms

• liv

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)

1. (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

Conjugation

Conjugation of leva (weak)

	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.

Derived terms

• kvarleva

Etymology 3

Noun

leva

1. indefinite plural of lev (“lev (currency of Bulgaria)”)

Anagrams

• elva, lave, vale, vela