lieve
See also: Lieve
Dutch
Pronunciation
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Adjective
lieve
- Inflected form of lief
Anagrams
- veile, viele, vleie
Finnish
Etymology
Considered of Baltic origin, related to eg. Latvian klēpis (“lap”). Distribution of the word within Baltic Finnic is limited to the northern languages, e.g. Veps ĺebe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlie̞ʋe̞]
- Hyphenation: lie‧ve
Noun
lieve
- the lower edge of a garment; hem
- hem (rim or margin of something)
- In plural of adessive, ablative and allative cases used to indicate approximate location; see liepeillä, liepeiltä, liepeille.
Declension
| Inflection of lieve (Kotus type 48/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 | |
Derived terms
- liepeillä, liepeiltä, liepeille
Compounds
- hameenlieve
- lievealue
- lieveilmiö
- suolilieve
- takalieve
Anagrams
- Leevi
Italian
Etymology
From Latin levem, accusative form of levis (“light (not heavy)”), from Proto-Italic *leɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus (“lightweight”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈljɛ.ve/, [ˈl̺jɛːve]
- Rhymes: -ɛve
- Stress: liève
- Hyphenation: lie‧ve
Adjective
lieve (masculine and feminine plural lievi)
- light
- light, delicate, gentle
- slight, minor
- mild (punishment, sentence)
Synonyms
- (1, 2, 3, 4): leggero
- (2): delicato
- (3): minore
Derived terms
- lievemente
- lievità
Anagrams
- elevi
Old French
Verb
lieve
- third-person singular present indicative of lever
- second-person singular imperative of lever