Faroese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse bifa, from Proto-Germanic *bibāną, cf. German beben, from Proto-Germanic *bʰeyH-.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

biva (third person singular past indicative bivaði, third person plural past indicative bivaðu, supine bivað)

  1. shake, tremble

Declension edit

Conjugation of biva (group v-30)
infinitive biva
supine bivað
participle (a6)1 bivandi bivaður
present past
first singular bivi bivaði
second singular bivar bivaði
third singular bivar bivaði
plural biva bivaðu
imperative
singular biva!
plural bivið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Ladino edit

Adjective edit

biva (Latin spelling, masculine bivo)

  1. alive, lively

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Verb edit

biva (present tense bivar, past tense biva, past participle biva, passive infinitive bivast, present participle bivande, imperative biva/biv)

  1. (pre-1917) alternative form of beva

Volapük edit

Noun edit

biva

  1. genitive singular of biv