levir
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin levir
Noun
levir (plural levirs)
- A husband's brother.
Usage notes
- Used in reference to levirate marriages.
Anagrams
- Elvir, Liver, ervil, liver, livre, rivel, viler
Ido
Verb
levir
- past infinitive of levar
Latin
Alternative forms
- laevir
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *daiwēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr (“one's brother-in-law”), with its ending altered under the influence of vir (“man”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈleː.wir/, [ˈɫeː.wɪr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈle.vir/, [ˈleː.vir]
Noun
lēvir m (genitive lēvirī); second declension
- (Late Latin) one's husband's brother
Inflection
Second declension, nominative singular in -r.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lēvir | lēvirī |
| Genitive | lēvirī | lēvirōrum |
| Dative | lēvirō | lēvirīs |
| Accusative | lēvirum | lēvirōs |
| Ablative | lēvirō | lēvirīs |
| Vocative | lēvir | lēvirī |
Descendants
- English: levir, levirate
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 336
- levir in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- levir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette