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leve

See also: Leve, lève, levé, and léve

Danish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈleːʋə], [ˈleːʊ]

Etymology 1

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From Old Norse lifa, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną, cognate with Swedish leva, Norwegian leve, Icelandic lifa, Dutch leven, German leben, and English live.

Verb

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leve (imperative lev, infinitive at leve, present tense lever, past tense levede, perfect tense har levet)

  1. to live, be alive
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Etymology 2

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A nominalization of the fossilized subjunctive leve (“may ... live”).

Noun

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leve n (uninflected)

  1. cheers

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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leve c

  1. indefinite plural of lev (“bread”, archaic)

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -eːvə

Verb

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leve

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of leven

Usage notes

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Commonly used. Not archaic.

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *lebeh.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈleʋeˣ/, [ˈle̞ʋe̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -eʋe
  • Hyphenation(key): le‧ve

Noun

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leve

  1. (dialectal) Synonym of hahtuva
  2. Synonym of lapo (“rakeful of hay”)

Declension

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Inflection of leve (Kotus type 48*E/hame, p-v gradation)
nominative leve lepeet
genitive lepeen lepeiden
lepeitten
partitive levettä lepeitä
illative lepeeseen lepeisiin
lepeihin
singular plural
nominative leve lepeet
accusative nom. leve lepeet
gen. lepeen
genitive lepeen lepeiden
lepeitten
partitive levettä lepeitä
inessive lepeessä lepeissä
elative lepeestä lepeistä
illative lepeeseen lepeisiin
lepeihin
adessive lepeellä lepeillä
ablative lepeeltä lepeiltä
allative lepeelle lepeille
essive lepeenä lepeinä
translative lepeeksi lepeiksi
abessive lepeettä lepeittä
instructive — lepein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of leve (Kotus type 48*E/hame, p-v gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lepeeni lepeeni
accusative nom. lepeeni lepeeni
gen. lepeeni
genitive lepeeni lepeideni
lepeitteni
partitive levettäni lepeitäni
inessive lepeessäni lepeissäni
elative lepeestäni lepeistäni
illative lepeeseeni lepeisiini
lepeihini
adessive lepeelläni lepeilläni
ablative lepeeltäni lepeiltäni
allative lepeelleni lepeilleni
essive lepeenäni lepeinäni
translative lepeekseni lepeikseni
abessive lepeettäni lepeittäni
instructive — —
comitative — lepeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lepeesi lepeesi
accusative nom. lepeesi lepeesi
gen. lepeesi
genitive lepeesi lepeidesi
lepeittesi
partitive levettäsi lepeitäsi
inessive lepeessäsi lepeissäsi
elative lepeestäsi lepeistäsi
illative lepeeseesi lepeisiisi
lepeihisi
adessive lepeelläsi lepeilläsi
ablative lepeeltäsi lepeiltäsi
allative lepeellesi lepeillesi
essive lepeenäsi lepeinäsi
translative lepeeksesi lepeiksesi
abessive lepeettäsi lepeittäsi
instructive — —
comitative — lepeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lepeemme lepeemme
accusative nom. lepeemme lepeemme
gen. lepeemme
genitive lepeemme lepeidemme
lepeittemme
partitive levettämme lepeitämme
inessive lepeessämme lepeissämme
elative lepeestämme lepeistämme
illative lepeeseemme lepeisiimme
lepeihimme
adessive lepeellämme lepeillämme
ablative lepeeltämme lepeiltämme
allative lepeellemme lepeillemme
essive lepeenämme lepeinämme
translative lepeeksemme lepeiksemme
abessive lepeettämme lepeittämme
instructive — —
comitative — lepeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lepeenne lepeenne
accusative nom. lepeenne lepeenne
gen. lepeenne
genitive lepeenne lepeidenne
lepeittenne
partitive levettänne lepeitänne
inessive lepeessänne lepeissänne
elative lepeestänne lepeistänne
illative lepeeseenne lepeisiinne
lepeihinne
adessive lepeellänne lepeillänne
ablative lepeeltänne lepeiltänne
allative lepeellenne lepeillenne
essive lepeenänne lepeinänne
translative lepeeksenne lepeiksenne
abessive lepeettänne lepeittänne
instructive — —
comitative — lepeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative lepeensä lepeensä
accusative nom. lepeensä lepeensä
gen. lepeensä
genitive lepeensä lepeidensä
lepeittensä
partitive levettään
levettänsä 		lepeitään
lepeitänsä
inessive lepeessään
lepeessänsä 		lepeissään
lepeissänsä
elative lepeestään
lepeestänsä 		lepeistään
lepeistänsä
illative lepeeseensä lepeisiinsä
lepeihinsä
adessive lepeellään
lepeellänsä 		lepeillään
lepeillänsä
ablative lepeeltään
lepeeltänsä 		lepeiltään
lepeiltänsä
allative lepeelleen
lepeellensä 		lepeilleen
lepeillensä
essive lepeenään
lepeenänsä 		lepeinään
lepeinänsä
translative lepeekseen
lepeeksensä 		lepeikseen
lepeiksensä
abessive lepeettään
lepeettänsä 		lepeittään
lepeittänsä
instructive — —
comitative — lepeineen
lepeinensä

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Galician

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Etymology 1

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    From Old Galician-Portuguese leve, from Latin levis, from Proto-Italic *leɣwis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light”).

    Adjective

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    leve m or f (plural leves)

    1. light (of low weight; not heavy)
      Synonym: livián
    2. gentle, light (having little force)
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    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

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    leve

    1. inflection of levar:
      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative

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    Haitian Creole

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    Etymology

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    From French lever (“rise”), French soulever (“raise”).

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    leve

    1. to rise
    2. to raise

    Hungarian

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    Etymology

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    From the lev- stem of lé (“juice”) +‎ -e (possessive suffix).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [ˈlɛvɛ]
    • Hyphenation: le‧ve

    Noun

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    leve

    1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of lé

    Declension

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    Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
    singular plural
    nominative leve —
    accusative levét —
    dative levének —
    instrumental levével —
    causal-final levéért —
    translative levévé —
    terminative levéig —
    essive-formal leveként —
    essive-modal levéül —
    inessive levében —
    superessive levén —
    adessive levénél —
    illative levébe —
    sublative levére —
    allative levéhez —
    elative levéből —
    delative levéről —
    ablative levétől —
    non-attributive
    possessive - singular         		levéé —
    non-attributive
    possessive - plural         		levééi —

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    Hunsrik

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    leve

    1. to live
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    Ingrian

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Finnic *lebeh. Cognates include Finnish leve and dialectal Estonian leve.

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    leve

    1. fluff
    2. lock of hair

    Declension

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    Declension of leve (type 6/lähe, p-v gradation, gemination)
    singular plural
    nominative leve leppeet
    genitive leppeen leppein
    partitive levettä leppeitä
    illative leppeesse leppeisse
    inessive leppees leppeis
    elative leppeest leppeist
    allative leppeelle leppeille
    adessive leppeel leppeil
    ablative leppeelt leppeilt
    translative leppeeks leppeiks
    essive leppeennä, leppeen leppeinnä, leppein
    exessive1) leppeent leppeint
    1) obsolete
    *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
    **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

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    References

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

    Italian

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    • IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.ve/
    • Rhymes: -ɛve
    • Hyphenation: lè‧ve

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    leve f

    1. plural of leva

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    Latin

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    Etymology 1

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    Adjective

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    leve

    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of levis

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    Noun

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    lēve n (genitive lēvis); third declension

    1. smoothness
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    Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

    singular plural
    nominative lēve lēvia
    genitive lēvis lēvium
    dative lēvī lēvibus
    accusative lēve lēvia
    ablative lēvī lēvibus
    vocative lēve lēvia

    Adjective

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    lēve

    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of lēvis

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    Limburgish

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *libbjan, from Proto-Germanic *libjaną.

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    leve (third-person singular present levt, preterite levde, past participle gelevt) (German-based spelling)

    1. (intransitive) to live, to be alive
    2. (intransitive) to dwell, to reside
    3. (intransitive) to live, to exist, to occupy a place
    4. (intransitive, hyperbolic, with met) to cope with, to live with, to deal with

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    lēve

    1. inflection of lēven:
      1. first-person singular present indicative
      2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive

    Middle English

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    Etymology 1

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    Old English lēaf (“permission, privilege”), from Proto-Germanic *laubō (“permission, privilege, favour, worth”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love”).

    Noun

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    leve (plural leves)

    1. leave

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    Etymology 2

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    Noun

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    leve

    1. Alternative form of leef

    Etymology 3

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    Noun

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    leve

    1. Alternative form of love (“remainder”)

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    Verb

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    leve

    1. Alternative form of leven

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    leve

    1. Alternative form of lyven

    Norwegian Bokmål

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    Etymology

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

    Verb

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    leve (imperative lev, present tense lever, simple past levde or levet, past participle levd or levet, present participle levende)

    1. to live

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    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    Etymology 1

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    From Old Norse lifa.

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

    1. alternative form of leva
    2. optative of leva
      leve kongen!
      live the king!

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    Specialised from the optative use of leva.

    Noun

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    leve n

    1. an exclamation of "leve!"
    2. (by extension) a wish for a good and long life

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    Old Galician-Portuguese

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    Alternative forms

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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      Inherited from Latin levis, from Proto-Italic *leɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus, from *h₁lengʷʰ- + *-us. Doublet of lheu.

      Cognate with Old Spanish lieve.

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      leve m or f (plural leves)

      1. light (of low weight)
        Synonyms: ligeyro, livião
      2. (derogatory) idiot; stupid
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      • Galician: leve
      • Portuguese: leve

      Etymology 2

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      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Verb

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      leve

      1. inflection of levar:
        1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
        2. third-person singular imperative

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      Portuguese

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      Etymology 1

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        From Old Galician-Portuguese leve, from Latin levis, from Proto-Italic *leɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light”). Doublet of léu.

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        leve m or f (plural leves, comparable, comparative mais leve, superlative o mais leve or levíssimo, diminutive levinho)

        1. light (of low weight; not heavy)
          Synonym: ligeiro
        2. gentle, light (having little force)
          Synonym: suave
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        Etymology 2

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        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

        Verb

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        leve

        1. inflection of levar:
          1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
          2. third-person singular imperative

        San Juan Colorado Mixtec

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        White-throated magpie-jay in Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico.
         
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        Etymology

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        (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

        Noun

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        levé

        1. white-throated magpie-jay (Calocitta formosa)
          Synonyms: coo iñi, coñi

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        • Stark Campbell, Sara, et al. (1986) Diccionario mixteco de San Juan Colorado (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 29)‎[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 27

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        Adjective

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        leve

        1. inflection of levi:
          1. masculine accusative plural
          2. feminine genitive singular
          3. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural

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        Etymology

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        Borrowed from Latin levem, probably a borrowing in this form, as it was often used primarily in learned or literary contexts.[1] However, the older form lieve, which it replaced, was inherited.

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        • IPA(key): /ˈlebe/ [ˈle.β̞e]
        • Rhymes: -ebe
        • Syllabification: le‧ve

        Adjective

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        leve m or f (masculine and feminine plural leves, superlative levísimo)

        1. mild, slight, light
        2. minor, trivial
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        Verb

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        leve

        1. inflection of levar:
          1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
          2. third-person singular imperative

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        1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “leve”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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        leve n

        1. a (proposed) cheer
          Synonym: (possibly regional) leverne
          Kungen utbringade ett fyrfaldigt leve för födelsedagsbarnet
          The king led four [the usual number in Sweden] cheers [a fourfold cheer] for the birthday girl

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        Declension of leve
        nominative genitive
        singular indefinite leve leves
        definite levet levets
        plural indefinite leven levens
        definite levena levenas

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        Verb

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        leve

        1. (archaic) present subjunctive of leva; used to express one's wish that someone or something may live long, mostly at celebration ceremonies, primarily birthday celebrations
          Leve konungen!
          Long live the king!
          Han leve! Hurra, hurra, hurra, hurra!
          (Long) may he live! Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah, hurrah!

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        One of few Swedish subjunctives still in common use.

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