"bly" meaning in Afrikaans

See bly in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /bləi/ Forms: blye [attributive], blyer [comparative], blyste [superlative]
Etymology: From Dutch blij, from Middle Dutch blide, from Old Dutch *blīthi, from Proto-West Germanic *blīþī, from Proto-Germanic *blīþiz. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|blij}} Dutch blij, {{inh|af|dum|blide}} Middle Dutch blide, {{inh|af|odt|*blīthi}} Old Dutch *blīthi, {{inh|af|gmw-pro|*blīþī}} Proto-West Germanic *blīþī, {{inh|af|gem-pro|*blīþiz}} Proto-Germanic *blīþiz Head templates: {{af-adj}} bly (attributive blye, comparative blyer, superlative blyste)
  1. happy
    Sense id: en-bly-af-adj-SJ9xnK35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /bləi/ Forms: bly [present], blywende [participle, present], gebly [participle, past]
Etymology: From Dutch blijven, from Middle Dutch bliven, from Old Dutch blīvan (“to remain”), from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną (“to remain”). Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|blijven}} Dutch blijven, {{inh|af|dum|bliven}} Middle Dutch bliven, {{inh|af|odt|blīvan||to remain}} Old Dutch blīvan (“to remain”), {{inh|af|gem-pro|*bilībaną||to remain}} Proto-Germanic *bilībaną (“to remain”) Head templates: {{af-verb|blywende}} bly (present bly, present participle blywende, past participle gebly)
  1. to live (somewhere)
    Sense id: en-bly-af-verb-orQcbP3T
  2. to stay; to remain
    Sense id: en-bly-af-verb-DrxUXHPi Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 26 31 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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      "name": "inh"
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    {
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch bliven",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "to remain"
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        "5": "to remain"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bilībaną (“to remain”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Dutch blijven, from Middle Dutch bliven, from Old Dutch blīvan (“to remain”), from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną (“to remain”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bly",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blywende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gebly",
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        {
          "english": "We live in a small village near the sea.",
          "text": "Ons bly in 'n dorpie by die see.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to live (somewhere)"
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        {
          "english": "They continue to sit in the car.",
          "text": "Hulle bly sit in die motor.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "That the heritage of our fathers, for our children heritage remain.",
          "ref": "1921, “Die Stem van Suid-Afrika”, C.J. Langenhoven (lyrics), M.L. de Villiers (music), South Africa",
          "text": "Dat die erwe van ons vadere, vir ons kinders erwe bly.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "to stay; to remain"
      ],
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          "remain",
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      "ipa": "/bləi/"
    }
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      "expansion": "Middle Dutch blide",
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      "name": "inh"
    }
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    },
    {
      "form": "blyer",
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      "form": "blyste",
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    },
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          "english": "We live in a small village near the sea.",
          "text": "Ons bly in 'n dorpie by die see.",
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        }
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          "english": "They continue to sit in the car.",
          "text": "Hulle bly sit in die motor.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "That the heritage of our fathers, for our children heritage remain.",
          "ref": "1921, “Die Stem van Suid-Afrika”, C.J. Langenhoven (lyrics), M.L. de Villiers (music), South Africa",
          "text": "Dat die erwe van ons vadere, vir ons kinders erwe bly.",
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    {
      "form": "blyer",
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        "comparative"
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      "form": "blyste",
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      "ipa": "/bləi/"
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