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live

See also: Live and livè

English edit

 
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Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English lyven, libben, from Old English lifian, libban (“to live; be alive”), from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian líeuwje (“to live”), West Frisian libje (“to live”), Dutch leven (“to live”), German Low German leven, lęven (“to live”), German leben (“to live”), Swedish leva (“to live”), Icelandic lifa (“to live”), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (liban, “to live”).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

live (third-person singular simple present lives, present participle living, simple past and past participle lived)

  1. (intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
    He's not expected to live for more than a few months.
  2. (intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
    I live at 2a Acacia Avenue.  He lives in LA, but he's staying here over the summer.
    • 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 16:
      Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
    • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
      It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
    1. (intransitive, informal) (of an object) to have its proper place; to normally be stored.
      I washed your gravy boat. Where does it live?
  3. (intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
  4. (intransitive) To endure in memory; to escape oblivion.
    Her memory lives in that song.
    • 2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian‎[1]:
      He has now overseen three straight victories since taking over from Claudio Ranieri and this latest win, against one of the best teams in Europe, will live long in the memory for every Leicester supporter.
  5. (intransitive, hyperbolic) To cope.
    You'll just have to live with it!  I can't live in a world without you.
  6. (intransitive) To pass life in a specified manner.
    It is difficult to live in poverty.   And they lived happily ever after.
  7. (transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
    To live an idle or a useful life.
    • 1921, Juanita Helm Floyd, Women in the Life of Balzac:
      Many people write their romances, others live them; Honore de Balzac did both.
    • 2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, in The Guardian:
      By 1980, South Korea had overtaken its northern neighbour, and was well on its way to being one of the Asian tigers – high-performing economies, with democratic movements ultimately winning power in the 1990s. The withdrawal of most Soviet aid in 1991, with the fall of the Soviet empire, pushed North Korea further down. Kim Il-sung had held a genuine place on North Korean people's affections. His son was regarded as a shadowy playboy, with rumours circulating over the years that he imported Russian and Chinese prostitutes, and lived a life of profligacy and excess.
    • 2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 11:
      But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.
  8. (transitive) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
  9. (transitive, obsolete) To live as; to live being.
    • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, (please specify the page):
      at leaſt admit vs libertie,
      Euen as thou hopſt to be eternized,
      By liuing Aſias mightie Emperour.
  10. (intransitive) To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc).
    No ship could live in such a storm.
  11. (intransitive, followed by on, upon, or by) To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself; to feed; to subsist.
    It is hard to live on the minimum wage.   They lived on stale bread.   Man shall not live by bread alone.
  12. (intransitive, informal) To make the most of life; to experience a full, rich life.
    I'm sick of spending every day studying at home: I want to go out there and live!
Usage notes edit

Throughout Late Middle English and Early Modern English in Midlands and Northern dialects, the present participle form livand co-occurs with the form living.

Synonyms edit
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Etymology 2 edit

An aphetic form of alive.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

live (comparative more live, superlative most live)

  1. (only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
    The post office will not ship live animals.
  2. Being in existence; actual.
    He is a live example of the consequences of excessive drinking.
  3. Having active properties; being energized.
    Because the vaccinia virus is live, it is important to follow care instructions for the vaccination site.
  4. Operational; in actual use rather than in testing etc.
    1. (programming) Of an object or value: that may potentially be used in the future execution of a program.
      Antonym: dead
      • 1996, Richard Jones, Rafael Lins, Garbage Collection, →ISBN, page 4:
        An object in the heap is live if its address is held in a root, or there is a pointer to it held in another live heap node.
  5. Taken from a living animal.
    live feathers
  6. (engineering) Imparting power; having motion.
    the live spindle of a lathe
    a live, or driving, axle
  7. (sports) Still in active play.
    a live ball
  8. (card games) Of a card: not yet dealt or played.
    • 2005, Alison M. Pendergast, Play Winning Poker in No Time, page 57:
      As a beginner, when you are in a hand, you should practice counting your outs, or those live cards left in the deck that can improve your hand.
  9. (broadcasting) Being broadcast ("on the air"), as it happens.
    The station presented a live news program every evening.
    Are we live?
  10. (of a performance or speech) In person.
    This nightclub has a live band on weekends.
  11. (entertainment, performing) Recorded from a performance in front of an audience.
    a live album
  12. live, unexploded (of firearms or explosives)
    The air force practices dropping live bombs on the uninhabited island.
  13. Of an environment where sound is recorded: having noticeable reverberation.
    • 2002, John Eargle, Chris Foreman, Audio Engineering for Sound Reinforcement, page 21:
      A good experiment is to have a friend stand in a fixed position in a moderately live room and talk in a clear voice.
    • 2016, Jason Corey, Audio Production and Critical Listening: Technical Ear Training, page 136:
      It sounds like the instruments were recorded in a fairly live room with reverb added.
  14. (circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution if touched.
    Use caution when working near live wires.
  15. (poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
    Tommy's blind was live, so he was given the option to raise.
  16. (film) Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
  17. Being in a state of ignition; burning.
    a live coal; live embers
    • 1916 March 25, Irvin S. Cobb, “"Unaccustomed as I am—"”, in Saturday Evening Post‎[2]:
      Call it a dead language if you want to—it looks to me like those Latinites were the live boys when it came to putting a whole lot of meaning into just two or three words.
  18. (obsolete) Vivid; bright.
  19. (slang)
    1. (dated) Energetic, attentive, active.
      a live man, or orator
      • 1915, “In the Scout Cave”, in Boys' Life, volume 5, number 3, page 23:
        Now then, Bill, I've recommended to the troop that they take you in, and the fellows have all voted in favor of you. These scouts are a live bunch and they all expect you to make good.
    2. Outstanding, top-notch, exhilarating.
      • 1998, Kimberly S. Phillips, Purpose Lies Within, Messenger Publishing, →ISBN, page 119:
        The party was live, and the music was jammin. All over the beach people in colorful swimsuits were moving to the beat.
  20. (linguistics) Of a syllable in languages such as Thai and Burmese: resonating, not ending abruptly.
    Antonym: dead
Usage notes edit
  • Live in the sense of "having life" is used only attributively (before a noun), as in "live animals". Predicatively (after the noun), alive is used, as in "be alive". Living may be used either attributively or predicatively.
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Derived terms edit
Terms derived from the adjective live
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Adverb edit

live (comparative more live, superlative most live)

  2. Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.
    The concert was broadcast live by radio.
  4. Of making a performance or speech, in person.
    He'll be appearing live at the auditorium.
Translations edit

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

Chinese edit

Etymology edit

From English live, possibly via Japanese ライブ (raibu).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Hong Kong Cantonese) IPA(key): /laːi̯f⁵⁵/

Verb edit

live

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Taiwanese Mandarin) to broadcast live; to stream
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) to reach the end (i.e. the newest posts) on a forum thread

Noun edit

live

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Taiwanese Mandarin) live performance; concert　(Classifier: 場／场 m c)
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) livestream (Classifier: 條／条 c)

Derived terms edit

Danish edit

Etymology 1 edit

Verbal form of the noun liv (“life”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /liːvə/, [ˈliːʊ̯ə], [ˈliːʊ]

Verb edit

live (imperative liv, infinitive at live, present tense liver, past tense livede, perfect tense har livet)

  1. enliven
Usage notes edit

Used with op (“up”): live op

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from English live First attested in 1965.

Adverb edit

live

  1. live (as it happens)
Synonyms edit

Esperanto edit

Etymology edit

From liva +‎ -e.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈlive]
  • Rhymes: -ive
  • Hyphenation: li‧ve

Adverb edit

live (lative liven)

  1. (neologism) on the left
    Synonym: maldekstre
    Antonym: dekstre

Finnish edit

Etymology 1 edit

lipeä +‎ -e

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈliʋeˣ/, [ˈliʋe̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -iʋe
  • Syllabification(key): li‧ve

Noun edit

live (dialectal)

  1. lye
Declension edit
Inflection of live (Kotus type 48*E/hame, p-v gradation)
nominative live lipeet
genitive lipeen lipeiden
lipeitten
partitive livettä lipeitä
illative lipeeseen lipeisiin
lipeihin
singular plural
nominative live lipeet
accusative nom. live lipeet
gen. lipeen
genitive lipeen lipeiden
lipeitten
partitive livettä lipeitä
inessive lipeessä lipeissä
elative lipeestä lipeistä
illative lipeeseen lipeisiin
lipeihin
adessive lipeellä lipeillä
ablative lipeeltä lipeiltä
allative lipeelle lipeille
essive lipeenä lipeinä
translative lipeeksi lipeiksi
abessive lipeettä lipeittä
instructive — lipein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of live (type hame)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lipeeni lipeeni
accusative nom. lipeeni lipeeni
gen. lipeeni
genitive lipeeni lipeideni
lipeitteni
partitive livettäni lipeitäni
inessive lipeessäni lipeissäni
elative lipeestäni lipeistäni
illative lipeeseeni lipeisiini
lipeihini
adessive lipeelläni lipeilläni
ablative lipeeltäni lipeiltäni
allative lipeelleni lipeilleni
essive lipeenäni lipeinäni
translative lipeekseni lipeikseni
abessive lipeettäni lipeittäni
instructive — —
comitative — lipeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lipeesi lipeesi
accusative nom. lipeesi lipeesi
gen. lipeesi
genitive lipeesi lipeidesi
lipeittesi
partitive livettäsi lipeitäsi
inessive lipeessäsi lipeissäsi
elative lipeestäsi lipeistäsi
illative lipeeseesi lipeisiisi
lipeihisi
adessive lipeelläsi lipeilläsi
ablative lipeeltäsi lipeiltäsi
allative lipeellesi lipeillesi
essive lipeenäsi lipeinäsi
translative lipeeksesi lipeiksesi
abessive lipeettäsi lipeittäsi
instructive — —
comitative — lipeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lipeemme lipeemme
accusative nom. lipeemme lipeemme
gen. lipeemme
genitive lipeemme lipeidemme
lipeittemme
partitive livettämme lipeitämme
inessive lipeessämme lipeissämme
elative lipeestämme lipeistämme
illative lipeeseemme lipeisiimme
lipeihimme
adessive lipeellämme lipeillämme
ablative lipeeltämme lipeiltämme
allative lipeellemme lipeillemme
essive lipeenämme lipeinämme
translative lipeeksemme lipeiksemme
abessive lipeettämme lipeittämme
instructive — —
comitative — lipeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lipeenne lipeenne
accusative nom. lipeenne lipeenne
gen. lipeenne
genitive lipeenne lipeidenne
lipeittenne
partitive livettänne lipeitänne
inessive lipeessänne lipeissänne
elative lipeestänne lipeistänne
illative lipeeseenne lipeisiinne
lipeihinne
adessive lipeellänne lipeillänne
ablative lipeeltänne lipeiltänne
allative lipeellenne lipeillenne
essive lipeenänne lipeinänne
translative lipeeksenne lipeiksenne
abessive lipeettänne lipeittänne
instructive — —
comitative — lipeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative lipeensä lipeensä
accusative nom. lipeensä lipeensä
gen. lipeensä
genitive lipeensä lipeidensä
lipeittensä
partitive livettään
livettänsä 		lipeitään
lipeitänsä
inessive lipeessään
lipeessänsä 		lipeissään
lipeissänsä
elative lipeestään
lipeestänsä 		lipeistään
lipeistänsä
illative lipeeseensä lipeisiinsä
lipeihinsä
adessive lipeellään
lipeellänsä 		lipeillään
lipeillänsä
ablative lipeeltään
lipeeltänsä 		lipeiltään
lipeiltänsä
allative lipeelleen
lipeellensä 		lipeilleen
lipeillensä
essive lipeenään
lipeenänsä 		lipeinään
lipeinänsä
translative lipeekseen
lipeeksensä 		lipeikseen
lipeiksensä
abessive lipeettään
lipeettänsä 		lipeittään
lipeittänsä
instructive — —
comitative — lipeineen
lipeinensä
Synonyms edit

Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

From English live.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈliʋe/, [ˈliʋe̞]
  • Rhymes: -iʋe
  • Syllabification(key): li‧ve

Noun edit

live

  1. (in compounds) live
Usage notes edit
  • Chiefly used as modifier in compound terms:
    live-esitys ― live performance
  • Almost always used in the essive singular when used independently:
    He esiintyvät tänään livenä areenalla.
    They will perform live today at the arena.
Declension edit
Inflection of live (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative live livet
genitive liven livejen
partitive liveä livejä
illative liveen liveihin
singular plural
nominative live livet
accusative nom. live livet
gen. liven
genitive liven livejen
liveinrare
partitive liveä livejä
inessive livessä liveissä
elative livestä liveistä
illative liveen liveihin
adessive livellä liveillä
ablative liveltä liveiltä
allative livelle liveille
essive livenä liveinä
translative liveksi liveiksi
abessive livettä liveittä
instructive — livein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of live (type nalle)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative liveni liveni
accusative nom. liveni liveni
gen. liveni
genitive liveni livejeni
liveinirare
partitive liveäni livejäni
inessive livessäni liveissäni
elative livestäni liveistäni
illative liveeni liveihini
adessive livelläni liveilläni
ablative liveltäni liveiltäni
allative livelleni liveilleni
essive livenäni liveinäni
translative livekseni liveikseni
abessive livettäni liveittäni
instructive — —
comitative — liveineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative livesi livesi
accusative nom. livesi livesi
gen. livesi
genitive livesi livejesi
liveisirare
partitive liveäsi livejäsi
inessive livessäsi liveissäsi
elative livestäsi liveistäsi
illative liveesi liveihisi
adessive livelläsi liveilläsi
ablative liveltäsi liveiltäsi
allative livellesi liveillesi
essive livenäsi liveinäsi
translative liveksesi liveiksesi
abessive livettäsi liveittäsi
instructive — —
comitative — liveinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative livemme livemme
accusative nom. livemme livemme
gen. livemme
genitive livemme livejemme
liveimmerare
partitive liveämme livejämme
inessive livessämme liveissämme
elative livestämme liveistämme
illative liveemme liveihimme
adessive livellämme liveillämme
ablative liveltämme liveiltämme
allative livellemme liveillemme
essive livenämme liveinämme
translative liveksemme liveiksemme
abessive livettämme liveittämme
instructive — —
comitative — liveinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative livenne livenne
accusative nom. livenne livenne
gen. livenne
genitive livenne livejenne
liveinnerare
partitive liveänne livejänne
inessive livessänne liveissänne
elative livestänne liveistänne
illative liveenne liveihinne
adessive livellänne liveillänne
ablative liveltänne liveiltänne
allative livellenne liveillenne
essive livenänne liveinänne
translative liveksenne liveiksenne
abessive livettänne liveittänne
instructive — —
comitative — liveinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative livensä livensä
accusative nom. livensä livensä
gen. livensä
genitive livensä livejensä
liveinsärare
partitive liveään
liveänsä 		livejään
livejänsä
inessive livessään
livessänsä 		liveissään
liveissänsä
elative livestään
livestänsä 		liveistään
liveistänsä
illative liveensä liveihinsä
adessive livellään
livellänsä 		liveillään
liveillänsä
ablative liveltään
liveltänsä 		liveiltään
liveiltänsä
allative livelleen
livellensä 		liveilleen
liveillensä
essive livenään
livenänsä 		liveinään
liveinänsä
translative livekseen
liveksensä 		liveikseen
liveiksensä
abessive livettään
livettänsä 		liveittään
liveittänsä
instructive — —
comitative — liveineen
liveinensä
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Adjective edit

live

  1. recorded at a concert as opposed to in a studio
  2. in real time
  3. (Quebec, Eastern Ontario) now, at this moment.

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Noun edit

live m (plural live or lives)

  1. live stream, a video broadcast in real time, a Q&A (even written) in real time
    Synonym: direct
    comment faire un live sur YouTube ― how to do a livestream on YouTube
    Le Monde a fait un live pendant le confinement. - Le Monde did a live Q&A during the lockdown.

Derived terms edit

German edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English live.

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

live

  1. (broadcast, event) live (at it happens, in real time, directly)
    Synonyms: direkt, in Echtzeit

Usage notes edit

  • There is no adjective corresponding to live, but it can form compounds (see below).

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • “live” in Duden online
  • “live” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English live, originally as an adjective.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

live (invariable)

  1. performed or recorded live
    Synonym: dal vivo

Noun edit

live m (invariable)

  1. live broadcast; live reporting

References edit

  1. ^ live in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  2. ^ live in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Verb edit

līvē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of līveō

Middle English edit

Verb edit

live

  1. Alternative form of lyven

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

live n

  1. dative singular of liv
Usage notes edit

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from English live.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

live (singular and plural live)

  1. live (some technical senses)
    1. (broadcasting) on air
    2. (of a performance or speech) in person
    3. (entertainment, performing) recorded in front of a live audience

Etymology 3 edit

From Old Norse hlífa, from Proto-Germanic *hlībijaną. The noun is derived from the verb.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

live (present tense liver, past tense livde, past participle livt/livd, passive infinitive livast, present participle livande, imperative liv)

  1. (transitive) to shelter, protect, especially from the weather and elements
Alternative forms edit
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live n (definite singular livet, uncountable)

  1. (rare) shelter, cover, protection, especially from the elements
    Synonyms: le, livd, ly

Etymology 4 edit

Of the noun liv n (“life”).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

live (present tense livar, past tense liva, past participle liva, passive infinitive livast, present participle livande, imperative live/liv)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to liven
Alternative forms edit
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Picard edit

Etymology edit

From Latin liber.

Noun edit

live m (plural lives)

  1. book

Polish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from English live.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

live (not comparable)

  1. (broadcasting, colloquial, postpositive) live (seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens)
  2. (colloquial, music, postpositive) live (made during a performance in front of an audience, and not, as usual, in a recording studio)

Adverb edit

live (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial, postpositive) live (as it happens)
    Synonym: na żywo
    Antonym: z puszki

Noun edit

live m inan

  1. (broadcasting, colloquial) live transmission
  2. (colloquial, music) live recording (recording made during a performance in front of an audience, and not, as usual, in a recording studio)

Declension edit

Declension of live
singular plural
nominative live live'y
genitive live'a/live'u live'ów
dative live'owi live'om
accusative live'a/live'u live'y
instrumental live'em live'ami
locative livie live'ach
vocative livie live'y

Further reading edit

  • live in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • live in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from English live.

Pronunciation edit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlaj.vi/ [ˈlaɪ̯.vi]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlaj.ve/ [ˈlaɪ̯.ve]
 

  • Audio (Brazil)(file)

Noun edit

live m or f (plural lives)

  1. video stream (either a live stream or a recording of a past live stream)
    Synonym: direto
    Hoje assisti ao live que fizeram na semana passada.
    Today, I've watched the stream that they did last week.

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from English live.

Adjective edit

live m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. live

Declension edit

Declension of live (invariable)
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite live live live live
definite — — — —
genitive/
dative 		indefinite live live live live
definite — — — —

Adverb edit

live

  1. live

Swazi edit

Noun edit

líve class 5 (plural émáve class 6)

  1. country

Inflection edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Yola edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English lyven, from Old English libban, from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan.

Verb edit

live (present participle liveen)

  1. to live
    • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6:
      Lhaung mye thye live in prosperitee;
      Long may they live in prosperity;

References edit

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 104
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