levir

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin lēvir. === Noun === levir (plural levirs) A husband's brother. ==== Usage notes ==== Used in reference to levirate marriages. === Anagrams === Elvir, Liver, ervil, liver, livre, rivel, viler == Ido == === Verb === levir past infinitive of levar == Latin == === Alternative forms === laevir === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr (“one's brother-in-law”). For initial l- compare lingua, lacrima. The expected *-ver was possibly altered under the influence of vir (“man”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫeː.wɪr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlɛː.vir] === Noun === lēvir m (genitive lēvirī); second declension (Late Latin) one's husband's brother Coordinate term: glōs f ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -r). ==== Descendants ==== → English: levir, ⇒ levirate (learned) === References === === Further reading === “levir”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “levir”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.