Synonyms: abandon, desert, forsake, quit
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /liːv/ |
| Hyphenation | leave |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑤𐑰𐑝 |
| Deseret alphabet | 𐑊𐐨𐑂 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) leave | (I) left |
| (thou) leavest | (thou) leftst, leftest |
| (he) leaves, leaveth | (he) left |
| (we) leave | (we) left |
| (you) leave | (you) left |
| (they) leave | (they) left |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) leave | (I) left |
| (thou) leave | (thou) left |
| (he) leave | (he) left |
| (we) leave | (we) left |
| (you) leave | (you) left |
| (they) leave | (they) left |
| Imperative mood | |
| leave | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| leaving | left |
| Danish | forlade |
|---|---|
| Dutch | in de steek laten; verlaten |
| Esperanto | forlasi |
| Faeroese | fara frá |
| French | abandonner; délaisser; livrer |
| German | entäußern; fortlassen; überlassen; unterlassen; im Stich lassen |
| Greek | εγκαταλείπω; αφήνω |
| Hungarian | elhagy |
| Icelandic | yfirgefa |
| Italian | abbandonare |
| Norwegian | forlate |
| Papiamento | abandoná |
| Polish | opuścić |
| Portuguese | abandonar |
| Romanian | abandona; părăsi |
| Saterland Frisian | wächläite; uurläite; ferläite; in Stik läite |
| Spanish | abandonar |
| Swedish | lämna |
| West Frisian | ferlitte |