bliven

See also: Bliven

English

Verb

bliven

1. past participle of blive

Anagrams

• Belvin

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch blīvan, from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbliːvən/

Verb

bliven

1. to become
2. to stay, to remain
3. to die, to perish
4. to give birth

Inflection

Conjugation of bliven (strong class 1)

infinitive	base form	bliven
	genitive	blivens
	dative	blivene
		indicative			subjunctive
		present	past		present	past
1st person singular		blive	blêef		blive	blēve
2nd person singular		blijfs, blives	blēefs, blēves		blijfs, blives	blēves
3rd person singular		blijft, blivet	blêef		blive	blēve
1st person plural		bliven	blēven		bliven	blēven
2nd person plural		blijft, blivet	blēeft, blēvet		blijft, blivet	blēvet
3rd person plural		bliven	blēven		bliven	blēven
		imperative
singular		blijf, blive
plural		blijft, blivet
		present	past
participle		blivende	geblēven

Derived terms

• blivinge
• gebliven
• ontbliven
• verbliven
• volbliven

Descendants

• Dutch: blijven
  • Afrikaans: bly
  • Javindo: belijf
  • Jersey Dutch: blāive
  • Negerhollands: bliev, blief, bli
• Limburgish: blieve
• Zealandic: bluve

Further reading

• “bliven (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bliven”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Swedish

Participle

bliven

1. past participle of bli

Adjective

bliven (not comparable)

1. having become

   De nyligen blivna föräldrarna bjöds på tårta.

   The recently become parents were treated to cake.

Declension

Inflection of bliven

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	bliven	—	—
neuter singular	blivet	—	—
plural	blivna	—	—
masculine plural2	blivne	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	blivne	—	—
all	blivna	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

• efterbliven
• kvarbliven
• nybliven
• överbliven

Verb

bliven

1. inflection of bli:
   1. (obsolete) second-person plural present indicative
   2. (archaic or dialectal) second-person plural imperative
   • Flyn, rädden edra liv, och bliven som torra buskar i öknen.

     Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness.

     (Jeremiah 48:6)

Anagrams

• blivne