lief – English adjective declension

Adjective: lief

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Sample Sentences

Adjectives inflected like lief

lief,

Etymology

1. From Middle English lef, leve, leef, from Old English lēof, from Proto-West Germanic *leub, from Proto-Germanic *leubaz.
2. Cognate with Saterland Frisian ljo, ljoo, ljoof, West Frisian leaf, Dutch lief, German Low German leev, German lieb, Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk ljuv, Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍆𐍃 (liufs), Russian любо́вь (ljubóvʹ), Polish luby.
3. For the adverb, compare German lieber, Dutch liever (“preferably, rather”). See: Dutch Adjectives 'lief', German Adjectives 'lieb', Gothic Adjectives '𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍆𐍃', Polish Adjectives 'luby'.

Verbs referencing "lief"

German Adjectives lieb, Gothic Adjectives 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍆𐍃.