lieve

See also: Lieve

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

lieve

1. Inflected form of lief

Anagrams

• veile, viele, vleie

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *leebek (compare Veps ĺebe), borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Latvian klēpis (“lap”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlie̯ʋeˣ/, [ˈlie̞̯ʋe̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ieʋe
• Syllabification^(key): lie‧ve

Noun

lieve

1. the lower edge of a garment; hem
2. hem (rim or margin of something)
3. In plural of adessive, ablative and allative cases used to indicate approximate location; see liepeillä, liepeiltä, liepeille.

Declension

Inflection of lieve (Kotus type 48*E/hame, p-v gradation)
nominative		lieve	liepeet
genitive		liepeen	liepeiden liepeitten
partitive		lievettä	liepeitä
illative		liepeeseen	liepeisiin liepeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		lieve	liepeet
accusative	nom.	lieve	liepeet
	gen.	liepeen
genitive		liepeen	liepeiden liepeitten
partitive		lievettä	liepeitä
inessive		liepeessä	liepeissä
elative		liepeestä	liepeistä
illative		liepeeseen	liepeisiin liepeihin
adessive		liepeellä	liepeillä
ablative		liepeeltä	liepeiltä
allative		liepeelle	liepeille
essive		liepeenä	liepeinä
translative		liepeeksi	liepeiksi
instructive		—	liepein
abessive		liepeettä	liepeittä
comitative		—	liepeineen

Possessive forms of lieve (type hame)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	liepeeni	liepeemme
2nd person	liepeesi	liepeenne
3rd person	liepeensä

Derived terms

• liepeille
• liepeillä
• liepeiltä

 

Compounds

• hameenlieve
• lievealue
• lieveilmiö
• suolilieve
• takalieve
• takinlieve

 

Anagrams

• Leevi

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːvə/

Verb

lieve

1. to love

Related terms

• lieb
• Lieb
• liever

 

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Italian

Etymology

From Latin levem (“light (not heavy)”), from Proto-Italic *leɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus (“lightweight”), from *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈljɛ.ve/, /ˈlje.ve/
• Rhymes: -ɛve, -eve
• Hyphenation: liè‧ve, lié‧ve

Adjective

lieve (plural lievi, superlative lievissimo)

1. light

   Synonym: leggero

2. light, delicate, gentle

   Synonyms: leggero, delicato

3. slight, minor

   Synonyms: leggero, minore

4. mild (punishment, sentence)

   Synonym: leggero

Derived terms

• lievemente
• lievità

Anagrams

• elevi, velie

Old French

Verb

lieve

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