No. 455 in Icelandic

lífi

"Lífi" means "life" in English.

In a sentence

Hún finnur gleði í daglegu lífi.
She finds joy in daily life.
In this sentence, "lífi" is the dative case form of the noun "líf" (life), used as the object of the preposition "í" (in).
Vera í lífi einhvers er dýrmætt.
Being in someone's life is precious.
Here, "lífi" is again the dative case, used with "í" to express the state of being in someone's life.
Hann berst fyrir réttindum sínum með lífi sínu í hættu.
He fights for his rights with his life at risk.
The term "lífi" is used in the dative case to indicate the circumstance (at risk to his life) in a general descriptive context.

Hear it in real podcasts

The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “lífi” in actual Icelandic podcasts.

Learn it from shows you like

LangTurbo plays Icelandic podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.

Get the appDownload on the App Store Get the app Get it on Google Play

Icelandic books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).