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)
- love (emotion)
- love, person or thing that one loves
Further reading
- “leafde”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011