leef
English
Adjective
leef
- Obsolete form of lief.
Anagrams
- elfe, feel, fele, flee
Afrikaans
Alternative forms
- lewe
Etymology
From Dutch leven.
Verb
leef (present leef, present participle lewende, past participle geleef)
- to live
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eːf
Verb
leef
- first-person singular present indicative of leven
- imperative of leven
Middle English
Alternative forms
- lefe, leve, lewe
Etymology
From Old English lēaf, from Proto-Germanic *laubą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɛːf/
- Rhymes: -ɛːf
Noun
leef (plural leves or lefes)
- leaf
Descendants
- English: leaf
- Scots: leaf, lefe, leif
- Yola: laafe