A1adjective · frequent

left

left · further left · furthest left

лівий

левый, остальной, либеральный, оставшийся

link, links, übrig

Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing northDesignating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←

UK/ˈlɛft/US/ˈɫɛft/

» There's only a little milk left.

Es ist nur noch wenig Milch da.

Es ist nur ein bisschen Milch übrig.

Молока осталось совсем немного.

Лишилося лише трохи молока.

Meaning

6 senses

Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←
Near-synonym: port
The left side.
link
ле́выйlévyj
лі́вийlívyj
being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north
Anticlockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.
The road up ahead contains a left bend.
Rotate the bolt to the left to loosen it.
Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's left when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the north bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥲ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the left side of the river.
The Eiffel Tower is on the left bank of the Seine.
Left-wing; pertaining to the political left.
links
ле́выйlévyj, либера́льныйliberálʹnyj
лі́вийlívyj
of or belonging to the political or intellectual left
Relating to the beginning or earlier part of a phrase.
left dislocation
(not comparable)Leftover, remaining
übrig
оста́вшийсяostávšijsja, остально́йostalʹnój

Examples

11967 sentences

There's only a little milk left.
Лишилося лише трохи молока. — deniko
ruМолока осталось совсем немного. — marafon
deEs ist nur noch wenig Milch da. — Sudajaengi
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Do you have any tickets left?
У вас лишилися ще якісь квитки? — deniko
deHaben Sie noch Tickets? — mayabe
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Start reading where you left off.
Починай читати там, де ти зупинився. — ChickenKiev
ruНачни читать с того места, где остановился. — marafon
deFang dort an zu lesen, wo du aufgehört hast. — flitz
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She left home ten minutes ago.
Вона вийшла з будинку десять хвилин тому. — rmdas
ruОна ушла из дома десять минут назад. — Lenin_1917
deSie ist vor zehn Minuten aus dem Haus gegangen. — wolfgangth
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Lie down on your left side.
Ляжте на лівий бік. — aandrusiak
ruЛожитесь на левый бок. — corvard
deLegen Sie sich auf die linke Seite. — corvard
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

west side of the body when one is facing north:

Русский

By meaning 3

west side of the body when one is facing north:

pertaining to the political left — see also leftist:

leftover:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

west side of the body when one is facing north:

pertaining to the political left — see also leftist:

leftover:

Origin

From Middle English left, luft, leoft, lift, lyft, from Old English left, lyft (“weak, clu

From Middle English left, luft, leoft, lift, lyft, from Old English left, lyft (“weak, clumsy, foolish”), attested in Old English lyftādl (“palsy, paralysis”), from Proto-Germanic *luft-, from *lubjaną (“to castrate, lop off”) (compare dialectal English lib, West Frisian lobje, Dutch lubben), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lewp-, *(s)lup- (“hanging limply”). Compare Scots left (“left”), North Frisian lefts, leeft, leefts (“left”), West Frisian lofts (“left”), obsolete Dutch lucht, leftsch, lefts, lefs (“left”), dialectal Dutch loof (“weak, worthless”), archaic Low German lucht (“left”).

From Middle English left, variant of laft (“remaining, left”), from Old English lǣfed, ġelǣfed, past participle of lǣfan (“to leave”). More at leave.

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