See blífa on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"blive",
"blive#Danish"
],
[
"blîven",
"bliven#Middle_Low_German"
],
[
"*bilībaną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bilībaną"
],
[
"bleiben",
"bleiben#German"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "da",
"3": "blive"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Danish blive",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "gml",
"3": "blîven"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German blîven",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*bilībaną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bilībaną",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "First attested in the 16th century. Borrowed from Danish blive, from Middle Low German blîven, from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną. Used to translate German bleiben in Oddur Gottskálksson's New Testament translation (published 1540).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bleif",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "blifum",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "blifið",
"tags": [
"supine"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"10": "blifið",
"2": "verb",
"3": "strong verb",
"4": "",
"5": "third-person singular past indicative",
"6": "bleif",
"7": "third-person plural past indicative",
"8": "blifum",
"9": "supine",
"cat2": "strong verbs",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "blífa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative bleif, third-person plural past indicative blifum, supine blifið)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bleif",
"2": "blifum",
"3": "blifið"
},
"expansion": "blífa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative bleif, third-person plural past indicative blifum, supine blifið)",
"name": "is-verb-strong"
}
],
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"to become"
],
"id": "en-blífa-is-verb-rV000xq8",
"links": [
[
"become",
"become"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) to become"
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"strong",
"verb"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "17 54 29",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 61 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 62 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be (as an auxiliary verb in passive constructions)"
],
"id": "en-blífa-is-verb-WW0zApHs",
"links": [
[
"be",
"be"
]
],
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"(obsolete) to be (as an auxiliary verb in passive constructions)"
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"strong",
"verb"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"to remain, stay"
],
"id": "en-blífa-is-verb-hQf30SsZ",
"links": [
[
"remain",
"remain"
],
[
"stay",
"stay"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly dated) to remain, stay"
],
"tags": [
"dated",
"strong",
"verb"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈpliːva]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːva"
}
],
"word": "blífa"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"word": "bli"
},
{
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"word": "bliva"
},
{
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"word": "blive"
},
{
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"word": "bli"
},
{
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"word": "blive"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"blîven",
"bliven#Middle_Low_German"
],
[
"*bilībaną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bilībaną"
]
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "gmq-mno",
"2": "gml",
"3": "blîven"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German blîven",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmq-mno",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*bilībaną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bilībaną",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Low German blîven, from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną.",
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{
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"2": "verb"
},
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"name": "head"
}
],
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"parents": [],
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}
],
"word": "blífa"
}
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"Icelandic class 1 strong verbs",
"Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
"Icelandic lemmas",
"Icelandic strong verbs",
"Icelandic terms borrowed from Danish",
"Icelandic terms derived from Danish",
"Icelandic terms derived from Middle Low German",
"Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Icelandic verbs",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Icelandic/iːva",
"Rhymes:Icelandic/iːva/2 syllables"
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"blive",
"blive#Danish"
],
[
"blîven",
"bliven#Middle_Low_German"
],
[
"*bilībaną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bilībaną"
],
[
"bleiben",
"bleiben#German"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "da",
"3": "blive"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Danish blive",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "gml",
"3": "blîven"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German blîven",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*bilībaną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bilībaną",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "First attested in the 16th century. Borrowed from Danish blive, from Middle Low German blîven, from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną. Used to translate German bleiben in Oddur Gottskálksson's New Testament translation (published 1540).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bleif",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "blifum",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "blifið",
"tags": [
"supine"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"10": "blifið",
"2": "verb",
"3": "strong verb",
"4": "",
"5": "third-person singular past indicative",
"6": "bleif",
"7": "third-person plural past indicative",
"8": "blifum",
"9": "supine",
"cat2": "strong verbs",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "blífa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative bleif, third-person plural past indicative blifum, supine blifið)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bleif",
"2": "blifum",
"3": "blifið"
},
"expansion": "blífa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative bleif, third-person plural past indicative blifum, supine blifið)",
"name": "is-verb-strong"
}
],
"lang": "Icelandic",
"lang_code": "is",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Icelandic terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"to become"
],
"links": [
[
"become",
"become"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) to become"
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"strong",
"verb"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Icelandic terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"to be (as an auxiliary verb in passive constructions)"
],
"links": [
[
"be",
"be"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) to be (as an auxiliary verb in passive constructions)"
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"strong",
"verb"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Icelandic dated terms"
],
"glosses": [
"to remain, stay"
],
"links": [
[
"remain",
"remain"
],
[
"stay",
"stay"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly dated) to remain, stay"
],
"tags": [
"dated",
"strong",
"verb"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈpliːva]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːva"
}
],
"word": "blífa"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"word": "bli"
},
{
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"word": "bliva"
},
{
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"word": "blive"
},
{
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"word": "bli"
},
{
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"word": "blive"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"blîven",
"bliven#Middle_Low_German"
],
[
"*bilībaną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/bilībaną"
]
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "gmq-mno",
"2": "gml",
"3": "blîven"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German blîven",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmq-mno",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*bilībaną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bilībaną",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Low German blîven, from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną.",
"head_templates": [
{
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"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "blífa",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "gmq-mno",
"pos": "verb",
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"Middle Norwegian lemmas",
"Middle Norwegian terms borrowed from Middle Low German",
"Middle Norwegian terms derived from Middle Low German",
"Middle Norwegian terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle Norwegian verbs",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"tags": [
"no-gloss"
]
}
],
"word": "blífa"
}
Download raw JSONL data for blífa meaning in All languages combined (4.3kB)
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