biv

See also: BIV and Biv.

Translingual

Symbol

biv

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Southern Birifor.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Southern Birifor terms

Cornish

Verb

biv

1. first-person singular present subjunctive/future subjunctive of bos (“to be”)

   Lowen ov py le pynag a viv.

   I am happy wherever I may be.

Mutation

Mutation of biv

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
biv	viv	unchanged	piv	fiv, viv*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic бꙑвъ (byvŭ), from Proto-Slavic *byvъ (“former”), from *byti (“to be”).

Adjective

biv m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. (dated, historical) ex-, former (preceding a medieval rank in Wallachia or Moldavia)

Declension

Declension of biv (invariable)

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	biv		biv	biv	biv
	definite	—		—	—	—
genitive- dative	indefinite	biv		biv	biv	biv
	definite	—		—	—	—

Further reading

• “biv”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English beaver (beaver > biv).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [biv]

Noun

biv (genitive biva, plural bivs)

1. beaver (rodent)

Declension

Declension of biv

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	biv	bivs
Genitive	biva	bivas
Dative	bive	bives
Accusative	bivi	bivis
Predicative1	bivu	bivus
Vocative	o biv	o bivs

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Hypernyms

• nim
• sügaf
• süganim
• tuetaf
• tuetanim

Hyponyms

• bivil
• bivül
• hibiv
• jibiv

Derived terms

• bivahät
• bivem
• bivik

See also

• kriset
• kavead
• mug
• rat
• visul
• yat