leafa
See also: leafă
Irish
Verb
leafa
- past participle of leamh
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *laubu, from Proto-Germanic *laubō (compare Dutch geloof and German Glaube).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlæ͜ɑː.fɑ/, [ˈlæ͜ɑː.vɑ]
Noun
lēafa m
Synonyms
Descendants
- Middle English: bileve, beleve, byleve, beleeve, believe, bilieve, byleeve (especially Late Middle English), beleave (Early Middle English or Kent), bileave (AB language), byleove (Southwest Midland), belefe, belyefe (Northern), beleiff, belewe (Early Scots)