See bli in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bli av"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bli av med"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bli till"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bli åka av"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "bliva"
},
"expansion": "Apocopic form of bliva",
"name": "apocopic form"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gmq-osw",
"3": "bliva"
},
"expansion": "Old Swedish bliva",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gml",
"3": "blîven",
"4": "",
"5": "to remain"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German blîven (“to remain”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "osx",
"3": "bilīvan"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon bilīvan",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*bilīban"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *bilīban",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*bilībaną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bilībaną",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Displaced"
},
"expansion": "Displaced",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "varda",
"3": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"t": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "Swedish varda",
"name": "ncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "varda"
},
"expansion": "Displaced Swedish varda",
"name": "displaced"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Apocopic form of bliva, from Old Swedish bliva, from Middle Low German blîven (“to remain”), from Old Saxon bilīvan, from Proto-West Germanic *bilīban, from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną. Displaced Swedish varda completely in the present tense, and partly in the past tense.",
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{
"form": "blir",
"tags": [
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "blev",
"tags": [
"preterite"
]
},
{
"form": "vart",
"tags": [
"dialectal",
"preterite"
]
},
{
"form": "blivit",
"tags": [
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "bli",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sv-conj-st",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "bli",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "blivit",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive",
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "bli",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "blin",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "blir",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"indicative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "blev",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"indicative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"passive",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"passive",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "bli",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "blevo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"passive",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"passive",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "bli",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"dated",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "bleve",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"dated",
"past",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"dated",
"passive",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"dated",
"passive",
"past",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "blivande",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"participle",
"past",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "bliven",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sv-conj-st",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "bliva",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "blivit",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive",
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "bliv",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "bliven",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "bliver",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"indicative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "blev",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"indicative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"passive",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"passive",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "bliva",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "blevo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"passive",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"passive",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "blive",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"dated",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "bleve",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"dated",
"past",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"dated",
"passive",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"dated",
"passive",
"past",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "blivande",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"participle",
"past",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "bliven",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"10": "bli",
"2": "verb",
"3": "present",
"4": "blir",
"5": "preterite",
"6": "blev or (dialectal) vart",
"7": "supine",
"8": "blivit",
"9": "imperative",
"head": "bli"
},
"expansion": "bli (present blir, preterite blev or (dialectal) vart, supine blivit, imperative bli)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "blir",
"2": "blev or (dialectal) vart",
"3": "blivit",
"4": "bli"
},
"expansion": "bli (present blir, preterite blev or (dialectal) vart, supine blivit, imperative bli)",
"name": "sv-verb-irr"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bli",
"2": "blev",
"3": "bliv",
"class": "1",
"end": "vw",
"full": "bliva",
"nop": "1"
},
"name": "sv-conj-st"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bliv",
"2": "blev",
"3": "bliv",
"class": "1",
"head": "bliva",
"nop": "1",
"note": "dated"
},
"name": "sv-conj-st"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1678, Samuel Columbus, Mål-roo eller roo-mål",
"roman": "Once he traveled between Stockholm and Uppsala with Nordfeldt, who later became President in Gothenburg.",
"text": "En gång reeste han emillan Stockolm ok Upsala mäd Nordfelldt som sedan bleef Præsident i Göteborg."
},
{
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[
4,
8
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
2,
14
]
],
"english": "I was [became] happy when I got to pet the rabbit",
"text": "Jag blev glad när jag fick klappa kaninen",
"translation": "I was [became] happy when I got to pet the rabbit",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
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22,
26
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
19,
31
]
],
"english": "We stayed until it got [became] dark",
"text": "Vi stannade tills det blev mörkt",
"translation": "We stayed until it got [became] dark",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
4,
8
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
3,
22
]
],
"english": "It turned out [became] well",
"text": "Det blev bra",
"translation": "It turned out [became] well",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to become"
],
"id": "en-bli-sv-verb-rV000xq8",
"links": [
[
"become",
"become"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
8,
19
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
10,
30
]
],
"english": "The water turned into [became] wine",
"text": "Vattnet blev (till) vin",
"translation": "The water turned into [became] wine",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
7,
18
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
9,
29
]
],
"english": "The frog turned into [became] a prince",
"text": "Grodan blev (till) en prins",
"translation": "The frog turned into [became] a prince",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
7,
18
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
9,
29
]
],
"english": "The gold turned into [became] sand",
"text": "Guldet blev (till) sand",
"translation": "The gold turned into [became] sand",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to become",
"to turn into (with an optional preposition till)"
],
"id": "en-bli-sv-verb-5tiHNMHs",
"links": [
[
"become",
"become"
],
[
"turn into",
"turn into"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
14,
26
]
],
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[
15,
44
]
],
"english": "Nisse came and stopped and remained standing in the doorway (not dated)",
"text": "Nisse kom och blev stående i dörröppningen",
"translation": "Nisse came and stopped and remained standing in the doorway (not dated)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
8,
12
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
9,
15
]
],
"english": "The work stayed lying (not being worked on) (not dated)",
"text": "Arbetet blev liggande",
"translation": "The work stayed lying (not being worked on) (not dated)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
11,
14
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
9,
14
]
],
"english": "Cobbler, stick to thy last!",
"text": "Skomakare, bli vid din läst!",
"translation": "Cobbler, stick to thy last!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to remain, to stay"
],
"id": "en-bli-sv-verb-sv:remain",
"links": [
[
"remain",
"remain"
],
[
"stay",
"stay"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(sometimes dated) to remain, to stay"
],
"senseid": [
"sv:remain"
],
"tags": [
"dated",
"sometimes"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
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4,
11
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
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3,
25
]
],
"english": "It will be [shall become] fun to meet him",
"text": "Det ska bli kul att träffa honom",
"translation": "It will be [shall become] fun to meet him",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be (in a future sense)"
],
"id": "en-bli-sv-verb-rmZT2rvl",
"raw_glosses": [
"(impersonal) to be (in a future sense)"
],
"tags": [
"impersonal"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "5 18 9 5 62",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "was he become, Hunter-Vilhelm […]",
"ref": "1915, Dan Andersson, Kolvaktarens Visor, Tjuvskytten Mätt av åren, tung och darrhänt var han bliven, Jägar-Vilhelm […]",
"text": "Full of the years, heavy and trembling",
"translation": "was he become, Hunter-Vilhelm […]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
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4,
14
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
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3,
13
]
],
"english": "He has become old",
"text": "Han har blivit gammal",
"translation": "He has become old",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
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4,
15
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
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3,
13
]
],
"english": "It had become cold (the weather had gotten colder)",
"text": "Det hade blivit kallt",
"translation": "It had become cold (the weather had gotten colder)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"used together with an adjective or past participle, meaning \"has become\""
],
"id": "en-bli-sv-verb-RoHAhS4p",
"raw_glosses": [
"(auxiliary) used together with an adjective or past participle, meaning \"has become\""
],
"tags": [
"auxiliary"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bliː/"
},
{
"ipa": "[bliː]"
},
{
"ipa": "[blɨːᶻ]"
},
{
"audio": "Sv-bli.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b1/Sv-bli.ogg/Sv-bli.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Sv-bli.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iː"
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"alt": "blifva, blifwa",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"infinitive"
],
"word": "bliva"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "to remain, stay",
"roman": "förbliva, förblifva, förblifwa",
"translation": "to remain, stay",
"word": "förbli"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "archaic except in past tense",
"translation": "archaic except in past tense",
"word": "varda"
}
],
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}
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"Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German",
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"derived": [
{
"word": "bli av"
},
{
"word": "bli av med"
},
{
"word": "bli till"
},
{
"word": "bli åka av"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "bliva"
},
"expansion": "Apocopic form of bliva",
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},
{
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"1": "sv",
"2": "gmq-osw",
"3": "bliva"
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"name": "inh"
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"3": "blîven",
"4": "",
"5": "to remain"
},
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"name": "der"
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{
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"2": "osx",
"3": "bilīvan"
},
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"name": "der"
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"2": "gmw-pro",
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"name": "der"
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*bilībaną"
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Displaced"
},
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"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "varda",
"3": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"t": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "Swedish varda",
"name": "ncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "varda"
},
"expansion": "Displaced Swedish varda",
"name": "displaced"
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{
"form": "blir",
"tags": [
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "blev",
"tags": [
"preterite"
]
},
{
"form": "vart",
"tags": [
"dialectal",
"preterite"
]
},
{
"form": "blivit",
"tags": [
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "bli",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sv-conj-st",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "bli",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "blivit",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive",
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "bli",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "blin",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "blir",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"indicative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "blev",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"indicative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"passive",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"indicative",
"passive",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "bli",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "blevo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
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"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"passive",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"passive",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "bli",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"dated",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "bleve",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"dated",
"past",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"dated",
"passive",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"dated",
"passive",
"past",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "blivande",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"participle",
"past",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "bliven",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sv-conj-st",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "bliva",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "blivit",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive",
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "bliv",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "bliven",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "bliver",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"indicative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "blev",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"indicative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"passive",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"passive",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "bliva",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "blevo",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"passive",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"passive",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "blive",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"dated",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "bleve",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"dated",
"past",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"dated",
"passive",
"present",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"dated",
"passive",
"past",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "blivande",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"participle",
"past",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "bliven",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"active",
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"10": "bli",
"2": "verb",
"3": "present",
"4": "blir",
"5": "preterite",
"6": "blev or (dialectal) vart",
"7": "supine",
"8": "blivit",
"9": "imperative",
"head": "bli"
},
"expansion": "bli (present blir, preterite blev or (dialectal) vart, supine blivit, imperative bli)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "blir",
"2": "blev or (dialectal) vart",
"3": "blivit",
"4": "bli"
},
"expansion": "bli (present blir, preterite blev or (dialectal) vart, supine blivit, imperative bli)",
"name": "sv-verb-irr"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "bli",
"2": "blev",
"3": "bliv",
"class": "1",
"end": "vw",
"full": "bliva",
"nop": "1"
},
"name": "sv-conj-st"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bliv",
"2": "blev",
"3": "bliv",
"class": "1",
"head": "bliva",
"nop": "1",
"note": "dated"
},
"name": "sv-conj-st"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Swedish terms with quotations",
"Swedish terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1678, Samuel Columbus, Mål-roo eller roo-mål",
"roman": "Once he traveled between Stockholm and Uppsala with Nordfeldt, who later became President in Gothenburg.",
"text": "En gång reeste han emillan Stockolm ok Upsala mäd Nordfelldt som sedan bleef Præsident i Göteborg."
},
{
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[
4,
8
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],
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2,
14
]
],
"english": "I was [became] happy when I got to pet the rabbit",
"text": "Jag blev glad när jag fick klappa kaninen",
"translation": "I was [became] happy when I got to pet the rabbit",
"type": "example"
},
{
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22,
26
]
],
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[
19,
31
]
],
"english": "We stayed until it got [became] dark",
"text": "Vi stannade tills det blev mörkt",
"translation": "We stayed until it got [became] dark",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
4,
8
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
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3,
22
]
],
"english": "It turned out [became] well",
"text": "Det blev bra",
"translation": "It turned out [became] well",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to become"
],
"links": [
[
"become",
"become"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Swedish terms with quotations",
"Swedish terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
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8,
19
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],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
10,
30
]
],
"english": "The water turned into [became] wine",
"text": "Vattnet blev (till) vin",
"translation": "The water turned into [became] wine",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
7,
18
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
9,
29
]
],
"english": "The frog turned into [became] a prince",
"text": "Grodan blev (till) en prins",
"translation": "The frog turned into [became] a prince",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
7,
18
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
9,
29
]
],
"english": "The gold turned into [became] sand",
"text": "Guldet blev (till) sand",
"translation": "The gold turned into [became] sand",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to become",
"to turn into (with an optional preposition till)"
],
"links": [
[
"become",
"become"
],
[
"turn into",
"turn into"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Swedish dated terms",
"Swedish terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
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14,
26
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
15,
44
]
],
"english": "Nisse came and stopped and remained standing in the doorway (not dated)",
"text": "Nisse kom och blev stående i dörröppningen",
"translation": "Nisse came and stopped and remained standing in the doorway (not dated)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
8,
12
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
9,
15
]
],
"english": "The work stayed lying (not being worked on) (not dated)",
"text": "Arbetet blev liggande",
"translation": "The work stayed lying (not being worked on) (not dated)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
11,
14
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
9,
14
]
],
"english": "Cobbler, stick to thy last!",
"text": "Skomakare, bli vid din läst!",
"translation": "Cobbler, stick to thy last!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to remain, to stay"
],
"links": [
[
"remain",
"remain"
],
[
"stay",
"stay"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(sometimes dated) to remain, to stay"
],
"senseid": [
"sv:remain"
],
"tags": [
"dated",
"sometimes"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Swedish impersonal verbs",
"Swedish terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
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4,
11
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
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3,
25
]
],
"english": "It will be [shall become] fun to meet him",
"text": "Det ska bli kul att träffa honom",
"translation": "It will be [shall become] fun to meet him",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be (in a future sense)"
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(impersonal) to be (in a future sense)"
],
"tags": [
"impersonal"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Swedish auxiliary verbs",
"Swedish terms with quotations",
"Swedish terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "was he become, Hunter-Vilhelm […]",
"ref": "1915, Dan Andersson, Kolvaktarens Visor, Tjuvskytten Mätt av åren, tung och darrhänt var han bliven, Jägar-Vilhelm […]",
"text": "Full of the years, heavy and trembling",
"translation": "was he become, Hunter-Vilhelm […]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
4,
14
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
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3,
13
]
],
"english": "He has become old",
"text": "Han har blivit gammal",
"translation": "He has become old",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
4,
15
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
3,
13
]
],
"english": "It had become cold (the weather had gotten colder)",
"text": "Det hade blivit kallt",
"translation": "It had become cold (the weather had gotten colder)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"used together with an adjective or past participle, meaning \"has become\""
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(auxiliary) used together with an adjective or past participle, meaning \"has become\""
],
"tags": [
"auxiliary"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bliː/"
},
{
"ipa": "[bliː]"
},
{
"ipa": "[blɨːᶻ]"
},
{
"audio": "Sv-bli.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b1/Sv-bli.ogg/Sv-bli.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Sv-bli.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iː"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"alt": "blifva, blifwa",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"infinitive"
],
"word": "bliva"
},
{
"english": "to remain, stay",
"roman": "förbliva, förblifva, förblifwa",
"translation": "to remain, stay",
"word": "förbli"
},
{
"english": "archaic except in past tense",
"translation": "archaic except in past tense",
"word": "varda"
}
],
"word": "bli"
}
Download raw JSONL data for bli meaning in Swedish (12.6kB)
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