Old English · suffix
-life
- Part of speech
- suffix
- IPA
- /liː.fe/[liː.ve]
- Syllables
- liː · fe (2 syllables)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *-lībijaz, equivalent to līf + -e.
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