leva

leva

1. plural of lev

• Vale, Veal, Vela, avel, eval, lave, vale, veal, vela

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leva

1. third-person singular past historic of lever

• lave, lavé

Borrowed from Russian лев (lev).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈleʋɑ/, [ˈlʲe̞ʋɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈleʋɑ/, [ˈle̞ʋɑ]
• Rhymes: -eʋɑ
• Hyphenation: le‧va

leva

1. lion
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, N. J. Molotsova, transl., Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 52:

     Afrikan ja Läns-Aazian variloil steeppilöil ellää suur vihakas hiisnikka - leva.

     In the warm steppes of Africa and West-Asia lives a big angry predator - the lion.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 262

leva

1. present of levar
2. imperative of levar

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.va/
• Rhymes: -ɛva
• Syllabification: lè‧va

leva f (plural leve)

1. lever
2. (military) call-up, conscription, draft, national service
3. (military, called up soldiers) those called-up, conscripts

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

leva

1. inflection of levare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• lave, vale, vela

levā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of levō

• leva in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

• leve

From Old Norse lifa. Akin to English live.

• IPA^(key): /²leːʋɑ/

leva (present tense lever, past tense levde, past participle levt or levd, present participle levande, imperative lev)

1. to live (be alive)

   Han har levd eit langt liv.

   He has lived a long life.

2. to subsist (nourish oneself)

   Pandaen lever av bambus.

   The panda subsists on bamboo.

• “leva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse leifa, from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną.

lēva

1. to leave behind

• Swedish: leva (obsolete)

leva f (plural levas)

1. wave (sudden unusually large amount of something)

   Uma leva de vândalos entrou na loja.

   A wave of vandals entered the store.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

leva

1. inflection of levar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

From Bulgarian лева (leva), plural of лев (lev, “lion”), from Proto-Slavic *lьvъ (“lion”).

leva f (plural leve)

1. lev (currency of Bulgaria)

leva

1. inflection of levi:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Ultimately from Latin levo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈleba/ [ˈle.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -eba
• Syllabification: le‧va

leva f (plural levas)

1. (military) draft (of troops)
2. (mechanical) cog
3. (mechanical) cam

leva

1. inflection of levar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “leva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• lefva (obsolete spelling)

From Old Swedish liva, from Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”). Cognate with Norwegian leve, Danish leve, Icelandic lifa, Dutch leven, German leben and English live.

• IPA^(key): /²leːva/

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leva (present lever, preterite levde, supine levt, imperative lev)

1. to live; to be alive

   Lever den skådisen fortfarande?

   Is that actor still alive?

• livs levande
• länge leve

• liv

From Old Swedish lēva, from Old Norse leifa, from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, cling, linger”). Cognate with Icelandic leifa, English leave.

leva (present lever, preterite levde, supine levt, imperative lev)

1. (obsolete) to leave
   • 1541, Gustav Vasa Bible, Gospel of Matthew, 22:25

     När oss woro siw brödher / Then förste toogh sigh hustru och bleff dödh. Och effter han hadhe ingen sädh / leeffde han sina hustru sinom brodher.

     (pre-1906 spelling) När oss voro sju bröder; den förste tog sig hustru, och blef död; och efter han hade ingen säd, lefde han sina hustru sinom broder.

     Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:

   Synonym: lämna

• kvarleva

leva

1. indefinite plural of lev. (currency of Bulgaria)

• elva, lave, vale, vela