English edit
Etymology edit
From Old English Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist., from Template:Wt/sco/Proto, whence Gothic Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist.. Cognate with Dutch Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist., German Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist., Russian Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist., Swadish and Norwegian Nynorsk Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist..
Adverb: Compare German Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist., Dutch Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(No language code specified.): /liːf/
Adjective edit
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Adverb edit
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- Template:Wt/sco/Archaic Readily, willingly.
- 1869, RD Blackmoore, Lorna Doone, II:
- these great masters of the art, who would far liefer see us little ones practice it, than themselves engage [...].
- 1869, RD Blackmoore, Lorna Doone, II:
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Quotations edit
- For uissage exemples o this term, see Citations:lief.
Anagrams edit
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Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
lief (comparative liever, superlative Wt/sco/liefst)
Declension edit
| Inflection of Wt/sco/lief | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | Wt/sco/lief | |||
| inflected | lieve | |||
| comparative | liever | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| Wt/sco/predicative/Wt/sco/adverbial | Wt/sco/lief | liever | het Wt/sco/Wt/sco/liefst het Wt/sco/Wt/sco/liefste | |
| Wt/sco/indefinite | m./f. sing. | lieve | lievere | Wt/sco/liefste |
| n. sing. | Wt/sco/lief | liever | Wt/sco/liefste | |
| Wt/sco/plural | lieve | lievere | Wt/sco/liefste | |
| Wt/sco/definite | lieve | lievere | Wt/sco/liefste | |
| Wt/sco/partitive | Wt/sco/liefs | lievers | — | |
Noun edit
lief ? (plural liefje, diminutive [please provide])
- one's beloved in a romantic relationship, i.e. a boyfriend or girlfriend
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Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
lief
Scots edit
Alternative forms edit
- (contracted) Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist.
Etymology edit
From Old English Script error: The function "template_l_term" does not exist., from Template:Wt/sco/Proto.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
Wt/sco/lief (comparative liefer, superlative liefest)