levin

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English levene. Spellings in Middle English and Early Modern English include leven, levin, levyn, leiven, and leyven. The earlier etymology is less clear. It is thought to be related to Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌹 (lauhmuni) (which see for some more), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright, to shine”). Possibly a regular reflex, possibly North Germanic loan, or possibly from a lost substrate. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlɛvɪn/ Rhymes: -ɛvɪn === Noun === levin (countable and uncountable, plural levins) (archaic) (poetic) Lightning; a bolt of lightning; also, a bright flame or light. ==== Derived terms ==== levin brand ==== Translations ==== === Verb === levin (third-person singular simple present levins, present participle levining, simple past and past participle levined) (intransitive, archaic, poetic) To strike, as lightning. === References === === Anagrams === Elvin, Nevil, V line, V-line, liven, v-line == Antigua and Barbuda Creole English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === levin (plural levin dem, quantified levin) leftovers == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.vin/ Rhymes: -ɛvin Hyphenation: lè‧vin === Verb === levin apocopic form of levino == Scots == === Numeral === levin obsolete form of eleeven === References === “levin, num.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 7 June 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.