biva

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bifa, from Proto-Germanic *bibāną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiːva/
• Rhymes: -iːva
• Hyphenation: bi‧va

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to quiver, to shake, to tremble

   Synonym: skelva

Declension

Conjugation of biva (group v-30)

infinitive	biva
supine	bivað
	present	past
first singular	bivi	bivaði
second singular	bivar	bivaði
third singular	bivar	bivaði
plural	biva	bivaðu
participle (a6)1	bivandi	bivaður
	imperative
singular	biva!
plural	bivið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Derived terms

nouns

• bivan f

References

• "biva" at Sprotin.fo

Ladino

Adjective

biva (masculine bivo)

1. alive, lively

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

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

Noun

biva

1. genitive singular of biv