bli
AlbanianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Albanian *blina, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlen- (compare Lithuanian blindìs (“pussy willow”)).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bli m (indefinite plural blirë, definite singular bliri)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Albanian *blina, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlen- (compare Greek βλέννος (vlénnos)).
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
bli m (indefinite plural blij, definite singular blini)
HigaononEdit
EtymologyEdit
From bili, compare Aklanon bili.
NounEdit
bli
Middle DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Dutch *blī, from Proto-West Germanic *blīwī.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bli n
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “bli”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bli”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Norwegian BokmålEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Short form of blive, from Middle Norwegian blífa, from Middle Low German bliven. Meanings 2, 3 and 4 are taken from Old Norse verða, which also has given rise to the dated vorde. In several dialects, the Low German word did not displace the Old Norse word completely. As a result, vart was allowed in past tense besides ble(i) between 1938 and 2005.
VerbEdit
bli (imperative bli, present tense blir, simple past ble or blei, past participle blitt, present participle blivende)
- to stay, remain.
- Hva sier du til å bli hjemme i stedet for å gå på den dumme festen?
- How about staying home instead of going to that stupid party?
- Du blir her!
- You stay here!
- (as an auxiliary verb to create passive voice with the main verb in past participle) to be
- To personer ble arrestert for tyveri i går.
- Two people were arrested for theft yesterday.
- Hun ble grepet av angst.
- She was gripped with fear.
- (change, development over time) to become, get, go.
- Det blir jo bare verre!
- It keeps getting worse!
- Øhm, er det bare meg, eller begynner du å bli skallet?
- Erm, is it just me, or are you going bald?
- to be, become, will, going to, turn out,
- Når jeg blir stor skal jeg bli lege.
- When I grow up, I'm going to be a doctor.
- Festen ble en suksess!
- The party turned out to be/was a success!
- (bills and payments) to be, come to
- Det blir 25 kroner.
- That's 25 kroner
SynonymsEdit
- (to stay, remain): bestå, dvele, forbli, vedbli, vedvare
- (to become, get, be): forme seg, forvandle seg, fremkomme/framkomme, føre til, lede til, oppstå, utvikle seg, vokse seg, vorde
- (bills and payment; to be): beløpe seg til, koste
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle Norwegian blífa and Middle Low German bliven. A short and juxtaposed form of blive.
Alternative formsEdit
- blive (juxtaposed form)
VerbEdit
bli (imperative bli, present tense blir, simple past blev or bleiv, past participle blitt, present participle blivende)
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “bli” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
Short form of blive, from Middle Norwegian blífa, from Middle Low German bliven. Meaning 2, 3 and 4 are taken from Old Norse verða. The forms vart, vorte and vorten are from verta and verte, also from Old Norse verða.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
bli (present tense blir, past tense blei or vart, supine blitt or vorte, past participle blitt or vorten, present participle blivande, imperative bli)
- to stay, remain.
- Kva seier du til å bli heime i staden for å gå på den dumme festen?
- How about staying home instead of going to that stupid party?
- Du blir her!
- You stay here!
- Kva seier du til å bli heime i staden for å gå på den dumme festen?
- (as an auxiliary verb to create passive voice with the main verb in past participle) to be
- To personar vart arresterte for tjuveri i går.
- Two people were arrested for theft yesterday.
- Ho vart gripen av angst.
- She was gripped with fear.
- To personar vart arresterte for tjuveri i går.
- (change, development over time) to become, get, go.
- Det blir jo berre verre!
- It keeps getting worse!
- Øhm, er det berre meg, eller byrjar du å bli skalla?
- Erm, is it just me, or are you going bald?
- Det blir jo berre verre!
- to be, become, will, going to, turn out,
- Når eg blir stor, skal eg bli lege.
- When I grow up, I'm going to be a doctor.
- Festen vart ein suksess!
- The party turned out to be/was a success!
- Når eg blir stor, skal eg bli lege.
- to be necessary, to have to, to be
- Det blir å byrje på nytt, går eg ut frå.
- I have to start over again I guess.
- Det blir å byrje på nytt, går eg ut frå.
- (bills and payments) to be, come to
- Det blir 25 kroner.
- That's 25 kroner
- Det blir 25 kroner.
SynonymsEdit
- to stay, remain
- to become, get, be
- bills and payment; to be
Derived termsEdit
- blivende
- bli av
- bli av med
- bli etter
- bli kor ein er
- bli kjend
- bli kjend med
- bli klar over/bli klår over
- bli med
- bli seg sjølv igjen
- bli til
- bli til at
- bli ute av seg
- bli ved med
- la bli
- la det bli med det
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “bli” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old SaxonEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *blīwī.
NounEdit
blī n
DescendantsEdit
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Apocopic form of bliva, from Old Swedish bliva, from Middle Low German blîven (“to remain”), from Old Saxon bilīvan, from Proto-West Germanic *bilīban, from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
bli (present blir, preterite blev, supine blivit, imperative bli)
- (dated) to remain, to stay
- Skomakare, bli vid din läst!
- Cobbler, stick to thy last!
- to become; to turn into (with an optional preposition till)
- vattnet blev vin ― the water turned into wine
- grodan blev en prins ― the frog turned into a prince
- guldet blev till sand ― the gold turned into sand
- (impersonal) to be (in a future sense)
- Det ska bli kul att träffa honom
- It will be fun to meet him
- (auxiliary) used together with an adjective or past participle, meaning "has become"
- 1915, Dan Andersson, Kolvaktarens Visor, Tjuvskytten
- Mätt av åren, tung och darrhänt
var han bliven, Jägar-Vilhelm […]- Full of the years, heavy and trembling
was he become, Hunter-Vilhelm […]
- Full of the years, heavy and trembling
- han har blivit gammal ― he has become old
- det hade blivit kallt ― it had become cold (the weather had gotten colder)
- 1915, Dan Andersson, Kolvaktarens Visor, Tjuvskytten
Usage notesEdit
- The sense to remain, stay used to be more common in 1950 than it is now.
- Note that bli till transitively means turn into, but intransitively means to come into being. The stress is on bli in the transitive sense, but till in the intransitive sense.
- In many dialects, the past tense blev is often replaced with the past tense of varda.
ConjugationEdit
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | bli | — | ||
Supine | blivit | — | ||
Imperative | bli | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | blin | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | blir | blev | — | — |
Ind. plural1 | bli | blevo | — | — |
Subjunctive2 | bli | bleve | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | blivande | |||
Past participle | bliven | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | bliva | — | ||
Supine | blivit | — | ||
Imperative | bliv | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | bliven | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | bliver | blev | — | — |
Ind. plural1 | bliva | blevo | — | — |
Subjunctive2 | blive | bleve | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | blivande | |||
Past participle | bliven | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
SynonymsEdit
- bliva (archaic, infinitive) (blifva, blifwa)
- förbli (“to remain, stay”) (förbliva, förblifva, förblifwa)
- varda (archaic except in past tense)
Derived termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
Further readingEdit
- bli in Svensk ordbok.