say it: LAHYF-giv-ing
life-giving is an adjective meaning "giving or having the power to give life and spirit". It carries one recorded sense.
giving or having the power to give life and spirit
“returning the life-giving humus to the land”
“life-giving love and praise”
“the vitalizing rays of the warming sun”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for life-giving come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.