The living or actual form, person, thing, or state; as, a
picture or a description from the life.

A person; a living being, usually a human being; as, many
lives were sacrificed.

The potential principle, or force, by which the organs of
animals and plants are started and continued in the performance of
their several and cooperative functions; the vital force, whether
regarded as physical or spiritual.

That which imparts or excites spirit or vigor; that upon
which enjoyment or success depends; as, he was the life of the company,
or of the enterprise.

Figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also, the
period of duration, of anything that is conceived of as resembling a
natural organism in structure or functions; as, the life of a state, a
machine, or a book; authority is the life of government.

Of human beings: The union of the soul and body; also, the
duration of their union; sometimes, the deathless quality or existence
of the soul; as, man is a creature having an immortal life.

s. n. u. of لیف A single parcel of palm-fibre.

i. yaşam, hayat, ömür. Is there life in outer space? (Uzayda hayat var mıdır?)

The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or
germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this
state continues; that state of an animal or plant in which all or any
of its organs are capable of performing all or any of their functions;
– used of all animal and vegetable organisms.

Animation; spirit; vivacity; vigor; energy.