leva

See also: Leva, levá, levà, levâ, and levä

English

Noun

leva

  1. plural of lev

Anagrams

French

Verb

leva

  1. third-person singular past historic of lever

Anagrams

Interlingua

Verb

leva

  1. present of levar
  2. imperative of levar

Italian

Noun

leva f (plural leve)

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

Verb

leva

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

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

levā

  1. first-person singular present active imperative of levō

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse lifa. Akin to English live

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²leːʋɑ/

Verb

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.

References

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Verb

lēva

  1. to leave behind

Conjugation
Conjugation of lēva (weak)
present past
infinitive lēva —
participle lēvandi, lēvande lēvþer
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk lēvir lēvi, lēve —   lēvþi, lēvþe lēvþi, lēvþe
þū lēvir lēvi, lēve lēv lēvþi, lēvþe lēvþi, lēvþe
han lēvir lēvi, lēve —   lēvþi, lēvþe lēvþi, lēvþe
vīr lēvum, lēvom lēvum, lēvom lēvum, lēvom lēvþum, lēvþom lēvþum, lēvþom
īr lēvin lēvin lēvin lēvþin lēvþin
þēr lēva lēvin —   lēvþu, lēvþo lēvþin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk lēvis lēvis, lēves —   lēvþis, lēvþes lēvþis, lēvþes
þū lēvis lēvis, lēves —   lēvþis, lēvþes lēvþis, lēvþes
han lēvis lēvis, lēves —   lēvþis, lēvþes lēvþis, lēvþes
vīr lēvums, lēvoms lēvums, lēvoms —   lēvþums, lēvþoms lēvþums, lēvþoms
īr lēvins lēvins —   lēvþins lēvþins
þēr lēvas lēvins —   lēvþus, lēvþos lēvþins

Descendants

References
  1. http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/etymology.cgi?single=1&basename=%2Fdata%2Fie%2Fpiet&text_number=++2333&root=config

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun

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.

Verb

leva

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of levar
    Ele leva isso.
    He takes this.
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of levar
    Tu aí, leva isso sozinho.
    You there, take this by yourself.

Spanish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin levo.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -eβa

Noun

leva f (plural levas)

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

Swedish

Etymology 1

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.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /leːva/
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Verb

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

  1. to live; to be alive
Conjugation

An alternative supine is levat.

Conjugation of leva (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive leva —
Present tense lever —
Past tense levde —
Supine levt —
Imperative lev —
Present participle levande
Past participle —
See also
  • livs levande
  • liv

Etymology 2

Noun

leva

  1. indefinite plural of lev (currency of Bulgaria)
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