bli
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bli m (plural blirë, definite bliri)
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
Higaonon edit
Etymology edit
From bili, compare Aklanon bili.
Noun edit
bli
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch *blī, from Proto-West Germanic *blīwī.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bli n
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “bli”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bli”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Short form of blive, from Danish blive, 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.
Verb edit
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
Synonyms edit
- (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 terms edit
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Danish blive and Middle Low German bliven. A short and juxtaposed form of blive.
Alternative forms edit
- blive (juxtaposed form)
Verb edit
bli (imperative bli, present tense blir, simple past blev or bleiv, past participle blitt, present participle blivende)
Synonyms edit
References edit
- “bli” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
- bi (dialectal)
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
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!
- (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.
- (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?
- 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!
- 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.
- (bills and payments) to be, come to
- Det blir 25 kroner.
- That's 25 kroner
- Det blir 25 kroner.
Synonyms edit
- to stay, remain
- to become, get, be
- bills and payment; to be
Derived terms edit
- 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 also edit
References edit
- “bli” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Saxon edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *blīwī.
Noun edit
blī n
Descendants edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bli (present blir, preterite blev or (dialectal) vart, supine blivit, imperative bli)
- (sometimes dated) to remain, to stay
- Nisse kom och blev stående i dörröppningen
- Nisse came and stopped and remained standing in the doorway (not dated)
- Arbetet blev liggande
- The work stayed lying (not being worked on) (not dated)
- Skomakare, bli vid din läst!
- Cobbler, stick to thy last!
- to become; to turn into (with an optional preposition till)
- vattnet blev (till) vin ― the water turned into wine
- grodan blev (till) en prins ― the frog turned into a prince
- guldet blev (till) 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 notes edit
- The initial examples for (sense 1) could also be analyzed as "became standing" and "became lying." Not dated for those usages.
- 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 vart (etymologically the past tense of varda).
Conjugation edit
Active | Passive | |||
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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. |
Synonyms edit
- bliva (archaic, infinitive) (blifva, blifwa)
- förbli (“to remain, stay”) (förbliva, förblifva, förblifwa)
- varda (archaic except in past tense)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- bli in Svensk ordbok.