lever
English
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈliː.və/,[1]
Audio (Received Pronunciation): (file) - Hyphenation: le‧ver
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɛv.ɚ/, /ˈliː.vɚ/,[2][3]
Audio (General American): (file) - Hyphenation: lev‧er, le‧ver
- (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈliː.vɚ/
- Rhymes: -iːvə(ɹ), -ɛvə(ɹ)
- Homophones: leaver, Lever
Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English lever, levore, levour, from Old French leveor, leveur (“a lifter, lever (also Old French and French levier)”), from Latin levātor (“a lifter”), from levō (“to raise”). Doublet of levator.
Noun
[edit]lever (plural levers)
- (mechanics) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which are two or more other points where forces are applied; — used for transmitting and modifying force and motion.
- Specifically, a bar of metal, wood or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures.
- 1952 September, “Modernised Pull-and-Push Trains”, in Railway Magazine, page 617:
- Retractable steps and handrails are provided on each side of the cars. The steps, which are under the control of the guard, are operated by hand levers in the entrance vestibule.
- Specifically, a bar of metal, wood or other rigid substance, used to exert a pressure, or sustain a weight, at one point of its length, by receiving a force or power at a second, and turning at a third on a fixed point called a fulcrum. It is usually named as the first of the six mechanical powers, and is of three kinds, according as either the fulcrum F, the weight W, or the power P, respectively, is situated between the other two, as in the figures.
- A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a switch or a button).
- (mechanics) A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.
- 2012 March, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist[1], volume 100, number 2, pages 112–3:
- A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.
- (mechanics) An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.
- (obsolete, except in generalized senses below) A crowbar.
- 1613, John Marston, William Barksted, The Insatiate Countess, IV.1:
- My lord, I brained him with a lever my neighbour lent me, and he stood by and cried, ‘Strike home, old boy!’
Derived terms
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Verb
[edit]lever (third-person singular simple present levers, present participle levering, simple past and past participle levered)
- (transitive) To move with a lever.
- With great effort and a big crowbar I managed to lever the beam off the floor.
- 1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter VII, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC:
- Someone found a pick and levered a burst plank out of the floor, and in a few minutes we had got a fire alight and our drenched clothes were steaming.
- (figuratively, transitive) To use, operate or move (something) like a lever (physically).
- 1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, published 2001, Part Two, Chapter 1:
- Suddenly he had levered himself up from the sofa, rocking the lame man violently, and was walking towards the receptionist.
- 2023 October 12, HarryBlank, “Fire in the Hole”, in SCP Foundation[2], archived from the original on 22 May 2024:
- The guard at the door coughed up blood, and died instantly. Fina was carrying an empty rifle with a sharpened bayonet, and she'd thrust it straight up through his neck, severing the spinal cord. She levered him off the front stoop and into the bushes, then stood up on the tips of her toes to peer through the window in the door.
- (figuratively, transitive) To use (something) like a lever (in an abstract sense).
- 2001 April 9, Joshua Cooper Ramo, “Bagging the Butcher”, in Time:
- He was a man who levered his way from small-time communist hack to political power by tapping into the most potent vein of historical juice in the Balkans: nationalism.
- 2013 December 8, Robert McCrum, “Biographies of the year — review”, in The Guardian:
- Credited with pioneering the detective novel, Collins has attracted many biographers over the years, drawn to his extraordinary life and work in the hope of levering open a new understanding of the Victorian psyche.
- (chiefly UK, finance) To increase the share of debt in the capitalization of a business.
- 1989 June 26, “Corporate America wants its privacy”, in Minneapolis Star-Tribune:
- "The equity holders want you to 'lever up,' use as much debt as you can," said David Stanley, chairman of Kansas City-based Payless Cashways,
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle English lever, comparative of leve, leef (“dear, beloved, lief”), equivalent to lief + -er. Related to German lieber (“rather”).
Alternative forms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]lever (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Rather.
- [1531, William Tyndale, transl.], The prophete Ionas […], [Antwerp: Merten de Keyser], chapter iiij:[3]:
- Now therfore take my life from me / for I had leuer dye then liue.
- [1545?], John Heywood, The Playe Called The Foure PP […], London: […] Wyllyam Myddylton, →OCLC; reprinted as John S. Farmer, editor, The Play Called The Four PP […] (The Tudor Facsimile Texts), London; Edinburgh: […] T. C. & E. C. Jack, […], 1908, →OCLC, signature [E.ii.], verso:
- The wolde ſome mayſter perhappes clowt ye / But as for me ye nede nat doute ye / For I had leuer be without ye / Then haue ſuche beſyneſſe aboute ye.
- 1571, John Calvin, “Iohn Calvin to the Godly Readers Sendeth Greeting”, in Arthur Golding, transl., The Psalmes of Dauid and Others. With M. Iohn Caluin’s Commentaries, London: […] Thomas East and Henry Middelton; for Lucas Harison, and G[e]orge Byshop, →OCLC, 1st part:
- For although they were worthy of any puniſhment: yit had I leuer they might haue flooriſhed in welfare and ſafetie: […]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 128:
- For leuer had I die, then ſee his deadly face.
Translations
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Noun
[edit]lever (plural levers)
- (rare) A levee.
- 1742, Miss Robinson, Mrs. Delany's Letters, II.191:
- We do not appear at Phœbus's Levér.
- 2011 September 21, Tim Blanning, “The reinvention of the night”, in Times Literary Supplement:
- Louis XIV’s day began with a lever at 9 and ended (officially) at around midnight.
Further reading
[edit]- “lever”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “lever”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
References
[edit]- ^ “lever”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ^ “lever”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ “lever”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Danish liuær, from Old Norse lifr, from Proto-Germanic *librō, cognate with English liver and German Leber. The Germanic word may be an irregular remodelling of the Proto-Indo-European word for "liver", *yókʷr̥, cf. Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar) and Latin iecur.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lever c (singular definite leveren, plural indefinite levere)
Inflection
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]lever
Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]lever or levér
- imperative of levere
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Dutch lēvere, from Old Dutch *levara, from Proto-West Germanic *libru, from Proto-Germanic *librō.
Noun
[edit]lever f (plural levers, diminutive levertje n)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: lewer
- Berbice Creole Dutch: lefre
- Negerhollands: leber
- → Aukan: lebii
- → Indonesian: lever
- → Saramaccan: lebèn
- → Sranan Tongo: lefre
- → Caribbean Javanese: léfer
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]lever
- inflection of leveren:
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle French lever, from Old French lever, from Latin levāre (“to elevate”), from levis (“light, not heavy”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]lever
- (transitive) to raise, lift
- Antonym: baisser
- (reflexive) to rise, stand up
- Antonym: s’abaisser
- (reflexive, of celestial bodies) to rise, come up
- Antonym: se coucher
- Le Soleil se lève à l’est et se couche à l’ouest. ― The Sun rises in the East and sets in the West.
- (reflexive) to get up (out of bed)
- Antonyms: se coucher, s’allonger
- Je me lève, je me lave. ― I get up, I wash.
- (reflexive, of fog, rain, etc.) to clear, lift
Conjugation
[edit]This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il lève and the third-person singular future indicative il lèvera.
infinitive | simple | lever | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | levant /lə.vɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | levé /lə.ve/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | lève /lɛv/ |
lèves /lɛv/ |
lève /lɛv/ |
levons /lə.vɔ̃/ |
levez /lə.ve/ |
lèvent /lɛv/ |
imperfect | levais /lə.vɛ/ |
levais /lə.vɛ/ |
levait /lə.vɛ/ |
levions /lə.vjɔ̃/ |
leviez /lə.vje/ |
levaient /lə.vɛ/ | |
past historic2 | levai /lə.ve/ |
levas /lə.va/ |
leva /lə.va/ |
levâmes /lə.vam/ |
levâtes /lə.vat/ |
levèrent /lə.vɛʁ/ | |
future | lèverai /lɛ.vʁe/ or /le.vʁe/ |
lèveras /lɛ.vʁa/ or /le.vʁa/ |
lèvera /lɛ.vʁa/ or /le.vʁa/ |
lèverons /lɛ.vʁɔ̃/ or /le.vʁɔ̃/ |
lèverez /lɛ.vʁe/ or /le.vʁe/ |
lèveront /lɛ.vʁɔ̃/ or /le.vʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | lèverais /lɛ.vʁɛ/ or /le.vʁɛ/ |
lèverais /lɛ.vʁɛ/ or /le.vʁɛ/ |
lèverait /lɛ.vʁɛ/ or /le.vʁɛ/ |
lèverions /lɛ.və.ʁjɔ̃/ or /le.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
lèveriez /lɛ.və.ʁje/ or /le.və.ʁje/ |
lèveraient /lɛ.vʁɛ/ or /le.vʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | lève /lɛv/ |
lèves /lɛv/ |
lève /lɛv/ |
levions /lə.vjɔ̃/ |
leviez /lə.vje/ |
lèvent /lɛv/ |
imperfect2 | levasse /lə.vas/ |
levasses /lə.vas/ |
levât /lə.va/ |
levassions /lə.va.sjɔ̃/ |
levassiez /lə.va.sje/ |
levassent /lə.vas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | lève /lɛv/ |
— | levons /lə.vɔ̃/ |
levez /lə.ve/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
[edit]- au pied levé
- levage
- levant
- Levant
- Levantin
- lève-Dieu
- lève-tard
- levée
- lever du soleil
- lever le camp
- lever le petit doigt
- lever le pied
- lever le voile
- lever les yeux au ciel
- lever l’ancre
- lever un lièvre
- leveur
- levure
- l’avenir appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt
- se lever
- se lever du mauvais pied
- se lever du pied gauche
- vote à main levée
Noun
[edit]lever m (plural levers)
- the act of getting up in the morning
Further reading
[edit]- “lever”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]lever
- (transitive) to knock down
Conjugation
[edit]Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | leverek | leversz | lever | leverünk | levertek | levernek | |
Def. | leverem | levered | leveri | leverjük | leveritek | leverik | |||
2nd-p. o. | leverlek | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | levertem | levertél | levert | levertünk | levertetek | levertek | ||
Def. | levertem | leverted | leverte | levertük | levertétek | leverték | |||
2nd-p. o. | levertelek | ― | |||||||
Future | Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. le fog verni. | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | leverék | leverél | levere | leverénk | leverétek | leverének | ||
Def. | leverém | leveréd | leveré | leverénk | leverétek | leverék | |||
2nd-p. o. | leverélek | ― | |||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. lever vala, levert vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | leverendek | leverendesz | leverend | leverendünk | leverendetek | leverendenek | ||
Def. | leverendem | leverended | leverendi | leverendjük | leverenditek | leverendik | |||
2nd-p. o. | leverendelek | ― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | levernék | levernél | leverne | levernénk | levernétek | levernének | |
Def. | leverném | levernéd | leverné | levernénk (or levernők) |
levernétek | levernék | |||
2nd-p. o. | levernélek | ― | |||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. levert volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | leverjek | leverj or leverjél |
leverjen | leverjünk | leverjetek | leverjenek | |
Def. | leverjem | leverd or leverjed |
leverje | leverjük | leverjétek | leverjék | |||
2nd-p. o. | leverjelek | ― | |||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. levert légyen | ||||||||
Infinitive | leverni | levernem | leverned | levernie | levernünk | levernetek | leverniük | ||
Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
leverés | leverő | levert | leverendő | leverve (levervén) | leveret | ||||
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs). | |||||||||
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem ver le or le is ver. |
Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | leverhetek | leverhetsz | leverhet | leverhetünk | leverhettek | leverhetnek | |
Def. | leverhetem | leverheted | leverheti | leverhetjük | leverhetitek | leverhetik | |||
2nd-p. o. | leverhetlek | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | leverhettem | leverhettél | leverhetett | leverhettünk | leverhettetek | leverhettek | ||
Def. | leverhettem | leverhetted | leverhette | leverhettük | leverhettétek | leverhették | |||
2nd-p. o. | leverhettelek | ― | |||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | leverheték | leverhetél | leverhete | leverheténk | leverhetétek | leverhetének | ||
Def. | leverhetém | leverhetéd | leverheté | leverheténk | leverhetétek | leverheték | |||
2nd-p. o. | leverhetélek | ― | |||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. leverhet vala, leverhetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | leverhetendek or leverandhatok |
leverhetendesz or leverandhatsz |
leverhetend or leverandhat |
leverhetendünk or leverandhatunk |
leverhetendetek or leverandhattok |
leverhetendenek or leverandhatnak | ||
Def. | leverhetendem or leverandhatom |
leverhetended or leverandhatod |
leverhetendi or leverandhatja |
leverhetendjük or leverandhatjuk |
leverhetenditek or leverandhatjátok |
leverhetendik or leverandhatják | |||
2nd-p. o. | leverhetendelek or leverandhatlak |
― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | leverhetnék | leverhetnél | leverhetne | leverhetnénk | leverhetnétek | leverhetnének | |
Def. | leverhetném | leverhetnéd | leverhetné | leverhetnénk (or leverhetnők) |
leverhetnétek | leverhetnék | |||
2nd-p. o. | leverhetnélek | ― | |||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. leverhetett volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | leverhessek | leverhess or leverhessél |
leverhessen | leverhessünk | leverhessetek | leverhessenek | |
Def. | leverhessem | leverhesd or leverhessed |
leverhesse | leverhessük | leverhessétek | leverhessék | |||
2nd-p. o. | leverhesselek | ― | |||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. leverhetett légyen | ||||||||
Inf. | (leverhetni) | (leverhetnem) | (leverhetned) | (leverhetnie) | (leverhetnünk) | (leverhetnetek) | (leverhetniük) | ||
Positive adjective | leverhető | Neg. adj. | leverhetetlen | Adv. part. | (leverhetve / leverhetvén) | ||||
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem verhet le or le is verhet. |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- lever in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch lever (“liver”), from Middle Dutch lēvere, from Old Dutch *levara, from Proto-Germanic *librō. Doublet of liver.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lèvêr (first-person possessive leverku, second-person possessive levermu, third-person possessive levernya)
Alternative forms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “lever” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]lēver
Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Comparative of leve (“dear”) of Germanic origin (compare German lieb) or lief.
Adverb
[edit]lever
- Rather.
- For him was lever have at his bed's head
Twenty bookes, clad in black or red,
. . . Than robes rich, or fithel, or gay sawtrie. —The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer - But lever than this worldés good
She would have wist how that it stood —Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins, John Gower.
- For him was lever have at his bed's head
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]lever
- Alternative form of lyvere (“liver”)
Etymology 3
[edit]Noun
[edit]lever
- Alternative form of lyvere (“living being”)
Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French lever.
Verb
[edit]lever
- to lift
Conjugation
[edit]- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
infinitive | simple | lever | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | levant | |||||
compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past participle | levé | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | leve | leves | leve | levons | levez | levent |
imperfect | levois, levoys | levois, levoys | levoit, levoyt | levions, levyons | leviez, levyez | levoient, levoyent | |
past historic | leva | levas | leva | levasmes | levastes | leverent | |
future | leverai, leveray | leveras | levera | leverons | leverez | leveront | |
conditional | leverois, leveroys | leverois, leveroys | leveroit, leveroyt | leverions, leveryons | leveriez, leveryez | leveroient, leveroyent | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | leve | leves | leve | levons | levez | levent |
imperfect | levasse | levasses | levast | levassions | levassiez | levassent | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | leve | — | levons | levez | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). |
Descendants
[edit]- French: lever
References
[edit]- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (lever, supplement)
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse lifr, from Proto-Germanic *librō, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to smudge, stick”), from *ley- (“to be slimy, be sticky, glide”).
Noun
[edit]lever m or f (definite singular leveren or levra, indefinite plural levere or levre or levrer, definite plural leverne or levrene)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]lever
- present tense of leve
- imperative of levere
References
[edit]- “lever” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse lifr, from Proto-Germanic *librō, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to smudge, stick”), from *ley- (“to be slimy, be sticky, glide”). Akin to English liver.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lever f (definite singular levra, indefinite plural levrar or levrer, definite plural levrane or levrene)
Alternative forms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]lever
Further reading
[edit]- “lever” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin lēvāre, present active infinitive of lēvō.
Verb
[edit]lever
Conjugation
[edit]This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. This verb has a stressed present stem liev distinct from the unstressed stem lev. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | lever | avoir levé | |||||
gerund | en levant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | levant | ||||||
past participle | levé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | lief | lieves | lieve | levons | levez | lievent |
imperfect | levoie, leveie, levoe, leveve | levoies, leveies, levoes, leveves | levoit, leveit, levot, leveve | leviiens, leviens | leviiez, leviez | levoient, leveient, levoent, levevent | |
preterite | levai | levas | leva | levames | levastes | leverent | |
future | leverai | leveras | levera | leverons | leveroiz, levereiz, leverez | leveront | |
conditional | leveroie, levereie | leveroies, levereies | leveroit, levereit | leveriiens, leveriens | leveriiez, leveriez | leveroient, levereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | lief | lies | liet | levons | levez | lievent |
imperfect | levasse | levasses | levast | levissons, levissiens | levissoiz, levissez, levissiez | levassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | lieve | — | levons | levez | — |
Descendants
[edit]Old Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse hleifr, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz.
Noun
[edit]lēver m
Declension
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Swedish: lev
Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse lifr, from Proto-Germanic *librō, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to smudge, stick”), from *ley- (“to be slimy, be sticky, glide”).
Noun
[edit]lever c
Declension
[edit]Declension of lever | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | lever | levern | levrar | levrarna |
Genitive | levers | leverns | levrars | levrarnas |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- levra (“clot, coagulate”)
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]lever
References
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