líf
Icelandic
/liːv/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) life the state of being alive
- (uncountable) life the period during which an individual is alive
- (usually) an individual’s way of living or experience of being alive (throughout one’s lifespan or in some period of it); life, lifestyle
- (uncountable) life living things collectively
- (by extension) life the existence of an inanimate object as a functional or distinct entity
- (countable) life one of the player’s chances to play, lost when a mistake is made
- (uncountable) health, hit points, the amount of damage a player can take before he loses a life
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse líf derived from Proto-Germanic *lībą (life, body).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*lībą
Gloss
life, body
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
生
Emoji
🧬
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afterlife English
- antilife English
- birdlife English
- counterlife English
- cryolife English
- cyberlife English
- daylife English
- dreamlife English
- enliven English
- fishlife English
- folklife English
- forelife English
- half-life English
- halflife English
- highlife English
- homelife English
- lack-life English
- life English
- life cot English
- life raft English
- life stance English
- life-bearing English
- life-changing English
- life-size English
- lifeaholic English
- lifebar English
- lifeblood English
- lifeboat English
- lifecare English
- lifecast English
- lifecasting English
- lifechanging English
- lifeday English
- lifedraining English
- lifeform English
- lifeful English
- lifeguard English
- lifehack English
- lifehacker English
- lifehacking English
- lifehold English
- lifeless English
- lifelike English
- lifeline English
- lifelog English
- lifelogger English
- lifelong English
- lifelore English
- lifely English
- lifemanship English
- lifemate English
- lifen English
- lifeness English
- lifepath English
- lifer English
- liferent English
- liferenter English
- lifesaver English
- lifesaving English
- lifescape English
- lifeskill English
- lifesome English
- lifespan English
- lifespring English
- lifestream English
- lifestreaming English
- lifestring English
- lifestyle English
- lifetable English
- lifetaker English
- lifetap English
- lifetime English
- lifeward English
- lifeway English
- lifework English
- lifeworthy English
- lifey English
- lifie English
- lively English
- livish English
- long-lived English
- lowlife English
- midlife English
- minelife English
- nightlife English
- nonlife English
- plantlife English
- pondlife English
- prelife English
- pro-life English
- pseudolife English
- quarterlifer English
- relife English
- sealife English
- self-life English
- short-lived English
- simple-lifeish English
- streetlife English
- swamplife English
- underlife English
- unlife English
- wildlife English
- *leyp- Proto-Indo-European
- liv Norwegian Bokmål
- *lībaną Proto-Germanic
- *lībą Proto-Germanic
- ライフ Japanese
- liv Norwegian Nynorsk
- lif Old English
- līf Old English
- lif Middle English
- líf Old Norse
- liv Danish
- andi Icelandic
- dagur Icelandic
- efnafræði Icelandic
- eðlisfræði Icelandic
- frumulíffæri Icelandic
- færi Icelandic
- gleði Icelandic
- himna Icelandic
- ljómun Icelandic
- lífdagar Icelandic
- lífefnafræði Icelandic
- lífeðlisfræði Icelandic
- líffræði Icelandic
- líffræðilegur Icelandic
- líffæri Icelandic
- lífhimna Icelandic
- lífljómun Icelandic
- lífsandi Icelandic
- lífsgleði Icelandic
- lífsmark Icelandic
- lífsspursmál Icelandic
- lífstíð Icelandic
- lífsþróttur Icelandic
- líftími Icelandic
- lífvörður Icelandic
- mark Icelandic
- spursmál Icelandic
- tími Icelandic
- tíð Icelandic
- vörður Icelandic
- þróttur Icelandic
- *līf Old High German
- līb Old High German
- lív Faroese
- Leif Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- līf Old Dutch
- līf Old Saxon
- Liib Alemannic German
- Liibli Alemannic German
- līf Old Swedish
- līf Old Frisian
- lif Volapük
- laip Tok Pisin
- laipstori Tok Pisin
- ਲਾਈਫ਼ Panjabi, Punjabi