See also: bliva, blīva, and blīvā

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German bliven (to remain), from Old Saxon bilīvan, from Proto-West Germanic *bilīban, from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną.

Verb

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blíva (third person singular past indicative bleiv, third person plural past indicative blivu, supine blivið)

  1. to become

Conjugation

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Conjugation of blíva (irregular)
infinitive blíva
supine blivið
participle (a26)1 blívandi blivin
present past
first singular blívi bleiv
second singular blívur bleivst
third singular blívur bleiv
plural blíva blivu
imperative
singular blív!
plural blívið!
1Only the past participle being declined.