"bíða" meaning in Icelandic

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Verb

IPA: /ˈpiːða/
Rhymes: -iːða Etymology: From Old Norse bíða, from Proto-Germanic *bīdaną. Etymology templates: {{root|is|ine-pro|*bʰeydʰ-}}, {{inh|is|non|bíða}} Old Norse bíða, {{inh|is|gem-pro|*bīdaną}} Proto-Germanic *bīdaną Head templates: {{head|is|verb|strong verb||third-person singular past indicative|beið|third-person plural past indicative|biðu|supine|beðið|cat2=strong verbs|head=}} bíða (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative beið, third-person plural past indicative biðu, supine beðið), {{is-verb-strong|beið|biðu|beðið}} bíða (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative beið, third-person plural past indicative biðu, supine beðið) Forms: beið [indicative, past, singular, third-person], biðu [indicative, past, plural, third-person], beðið [supine], no-table-tags [table-tags], beðinn [masculine, nominative, singular], beðin [feminine, nominative, singular], beðið [neuter, nominative, singular], beðnir [masculine, nominative, plural], beðnar [feminine, nominative, plural], beðin [neuter, nominative, plural], beðinn [accusative, masculine, singular], beðna [accusative, feminine, singular], beðið [accusative, neuter, singular], beðna [accusative, masculine, plural], beðnar [accusative, feminine, plural], beðin [accusative, neuter, plural], beðnum [dative, masculine, singular], beðinni [dative, feminine, singular], beðnu [dative, neuter, singular], beðnum [dative, masculine, plural], beðnum [dative, feminine, plural], beðnum [dative, neuter, plural], beðins [genitive, masculine, singular], beðinnar [feminine, genitive, singular], beðins [genitive, neuter, singular], beðinna [genitive, masculine, plural], beðinna [feminine, genitive, plural], beðinna [genitive, neuter, plural], beðni [masculine, nominative, singular], beðna [feminine, nominative, singular], beðna [neuter, nominative, singular], beðnu [masculine, nominative, plural], beðnu [feminine, nominative, plural], beðnu [neuter, nominative, plural], beðna [accusative, masculine, singular], beðnu [accusative, feminine, singular], beðna [accusative, neuter, singular], beðnu [accusative, masculine, plural], beðnu [accusative, feminine, plural], beðnu [accusative, neuter, plural], beðna [dative, masculine, singular], beðnu [dative, feminine, singular], beðna [dative, neuter, singular], beðnu [dative, masculine, plural], beðnu [dative, feminine, plural], beðnu [dative, neuter, plural], beðna [genitive, masculine, singular], beðnu [feminine, genitive, singular], beðna [genitive, neuter, singular], beðnu [genitive, masculine, plural], beðnu [feminine, genitive, plural], beðnu [genitive, neuter, plural]
  1. wait
    (intransitive) to wait [with eftir (+ dative) ‘for whom’]
    Tags: intransitive, strong, verb
    Sense id: en-bíða-is-verb-ZLiQI2ic
  2. wait
    (formal, less common) to wait for, await [with genitive ‘for whom’]
    Tags: formal, strong, uncommon, verb
    Sense id: en-bíða-is-verb-GmuZRmYN
  3. (intransitive) to wait, pile up, be on the docket Tags: intransitive, strong, verb
    Sense id: en-bíða-is-verb-VizK79Ix Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Icelandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Norse entries with incorrect language header: 6 2 5 24 4 23 23 3 4 3 2 Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 3 5 30 4 29 29
  4. (transitive) to await, wait for; to be on someone's to-do list [with genitive ‘for what/whom’] Tags: strong, transitive, verb
    Sense id: en-bíða-is-verb-qViORWLR
  5. [with accusative or genitive, along with fyrir (+ dative) ‘against whom’ (optional)]
    receive
    Tags: strong, verb Synonyms: hljóta, , öðlast
    Sense id: en-bíða-is-verb-cyk~4LtG Categories (other): Icelandic terms with collocations, Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Icelandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Norse entries with incorrect language header: 6 2 5 24 4 23 23 3 4 3 2 Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 3 5 30 4 29 29
  6. [with accusative or genitive, along with fyrir (+ dative) ‘against whom’ (optional)]
    to abide, undergo, suffer (some fate, usually something bad)
    Tags: strong, verb
    Sense id: en-bíða-is-verb-bHXZqCag Categories (other): Icelandic terms with collocations, Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Icelandic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Norse entries with incorrect language header: 6 2 5 24 4 23 23 3 4 3 2 Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 3 5 30 4 29 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bið, beiða
Derived forms: bíða átekta, bíða bætur, bíða eftir, bíða hnekki, bíða í ofvæni, bíða lægri hlut, bíða með, bíða ósigur, bíða tjón, bíða við, láta bíða, sem skammt er að bíða

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bíða átekta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bíða bætur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bíða eftir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bíða hnekki"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bíða í ofvæni"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bíða lægri hlut"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bíða með"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bíða ósigur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bíða tjón"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bíða við"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "láta bíða"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sem skammt er að bíða"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰeydʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "bíða"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse bíða",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*bīdaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bīdaną",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse bíða, from Proto-Germanic *bīdaną.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beið",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "biðu",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðið",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðinn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðið",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðnir",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðnar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðinn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðið",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðnar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðnum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðinni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðnum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðnum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðnum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðins",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðinnar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðins",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðinna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðinna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðinna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beðnu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "10": "beðið",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "strong verb",
        "4": "",
        "5": "third-person singular past indicative",
        "6": "beið",
        "7": "third-person plural past indicative",
        "8": "biðu",
        "9": "supine",
        "cat2": "strong verbs",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "bíða (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative beið, third-person plural past indicative biðu, supine beðið)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "beið",
        "2": "biðu",
        "3": "beðið"
      },
      "expansion": "bíða (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative beið, third-person plural past indicative biðu, supine beðið)",
      "name": "is-verb-strong"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bið"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "beiða"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Wait for me!",
          "text": "Bíddu eftir mér!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Wait!",
          "text": "Bíddu!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wait",
        "to wait"
      ],
      "id": "en-bíða-is-verb-ZLiQI2ic",
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": ":eftir(dat)<for whom>"
          },
          "expansion": "[with eftir (+ dative) ‘for whom’]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "eftir",
              "(+",
              "dative)",
              "‘for",
              "whom’"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wait",
          "wait"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "wait",
        "(intransitive) to wait [with eftir (+ dative) ‘for whom’]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "strong",
        "verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Wait for me.",
          "text": "Bíddu mín.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wait",
        "to wait for, await"
      ],
      "id": "en-bíða-is-verb-GmuZRmYN",
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "gen<for whom>"
          },
          "expansion": "[with genitive ‘for whom’]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "genitive",
              "‘for",
              "whom’"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wait",
          "wait"
        ],
        [
          "wait for",
          "wait for"
        ],
        [
          "await",
          "await"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "wait",
        "(formal, less common) to wait for, await [with genitive ‘for whom’]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "strong",
        "uncommon",
        "verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 2 5 24 4 23 23 3 4 3 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 5 30 4 29 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The tasks are piling up.",
          "text": "Verkefnin bíða í hrönnum.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to wait, pile up, be on the docket"
      ],
      "id": "en-bíða-is-verb-VizK79Ix",
      "links": [
        [
          "wait",
          "wait"
        ],
        [
          "pile up",
          "pile up"
        ],
        [
          "on the docket",
          "on the docket"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to wait, pile up, be on the docket"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "strong",
        "verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The government has many tasks to get to.",
          "text": "Stjórnarinnar bíða mörg verkefnin.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Many projects await a resolution.",
          "text": "Mörg verkefni bíða úrlausnar.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to await, wait for; to be on someone's to-do list"
      ],
      "id": "en-bíða-is-verb-qViORWLR",
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "gen<for what/whom>"
          },
          "expansion": "[with genitive ‘for what/whom’]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "genitive",
              "‘for",
              "what/whom’"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "await",
          "await"
        ],
        [
          "wait for",
          "wait for"
        ],
        [
          "to-do list",
          "to-do list"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to await, wait for; to be on someone's to-do list [with genitive ‘for what/whom’]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "strong",
        "transitive",
        "verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic terms with collocations",
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          ],
          "english": "never be the same after smth",
          "text": "bíða e-s aldrei bætur",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "[with accusative or genitive, along with fyrir (+ dative) ‘against whom’ (optional)]",
        "receive"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "acc/gen +:fyrir<qq:optional>(dat)<against whom>"
          },
          "expansion": "[with accusative or genitive, along with fyrir (+ dative) ‘against whom’ (optional)]",
          "extra_data": {
            "tags": [
              "accusative",
              "genitive"
            ],
            "words": [
              "along",
              "with",
              "fyrir",
              "(+",
              "dative)",
              "‘against",
              "whom’",
              "(optional)"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "receive",
          "receive"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hljóta"
        },
        {
          "word": "fá"
        },
        {
          "word": "öðlast"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "strong",
        "verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Icelandic terms with collocations",
        "Icelandic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "receive an injury",
          "text": "bíða tjón",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The Carthaginians suffered defeat at the hands of the Romans.",
          "text": "Karþagómenn biðu ósigur fyrir Rómverjum.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "[with accusative or genitive, along with fyrir (+ dative) ‘against whom’ (optional)]",
        "to abide, undergo, suffer (some fate, usually something bad)"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "acc/gen +:fyrir<qq:optional>(dat)<against whom>"
          },
          "expansion": "[with accusative or genitive, along with fyrir (+ dative) ‘against whom’ (optional)]",
          "extra_data": {
            "tags": [
              "accusative",
              "genitive"
            ],
            "words": [
              "along",
              "with",
              "fyrir",
              "(+",
              "dative)",
              "‘against",
              "whom’",
              "(optional)"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "abide",
          "abide"
        ],
        [
          "undergo",
          "undergo"
        ],
        [
          "suffer",
          "suffer"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "strong",
        "verb"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpiːða/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːða"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bíða"
}

Download raw JSONL data for bíða meaning in Icelandic (11.9kB)

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