levir
English
Noun
levir (plural levirs)
- A husband's brother.
- 2001, David L. Lieber; Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 236:
- The tie between the childless widow and the levir exists automatically from the moment of widowhood. Thus a sexual relationship with anyone other than the levir would be adulterous, an offense punishable by the death penalty, according to Lev. 20:10 and Deut. 22:22.
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Usage notes
- Used in reference to levirate marriages.
Ido
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] For /*d/ > /l/ cf. Old Latin dingua and Classical Latin lingua.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈleː.u̯ir/, [ˈɫ̪eːu̯ɪr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈle.vir/, [ˈlɛːvir]
Declension
Second-declension noun (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 |
Antonyms
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, 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
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