"bli" meaning in Swedish

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Verb

IPA: /bliː/ Audio: Sv-bli.ogg
Rhymes: -iː Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{apocopic form|sv|bliva}} Apocopic form of bliva, {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|bliva}} Old Swedish bliva, {{der|sv|gml|blîven||to remain}} Middle Low German blîven (“to remain”), {{der|sv|osx|bilīvan}} Old Saxon bilīvan, {{der|sv|gmw-pro|*bilīban}} Proto-West Germanic *bilīban, {{der|sv|gem-pro|*bilībaną}} Proto-Germanic *bilībaną Head templates: {{head|sv|verb|present|blir|preterite|blev or (dialectal) vart|supine|blivit|imperative|bli|head=bli}} bli (present blir, preterite blev or (dialectal) vart, supine blivit, imperative bli) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-st|bli|blev|bliv|class=1|end=vw|full=bliva|nop=1}}, {{sv-conj-st|bliv|blev|bliv|class=1|head=bliva|nop=1|note=dated}} Forms: blir [present], blev [preterite], vart [dialectal, preterite], blivit [supine], bli [imperative], strong [table-tags], bli [active, infinitive], - [infinitive, passive], blivit [active, supine], - [passive, supine], bli [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], blin [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], blir [active, indicative, present], blev [active, indicative, past], - [indicative, passive, present], - [indicative, passive, past], bli [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], blevo [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], - [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], - [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], bli [active, dated, present, subjunctive], bleve [active, dated, past, subjunctive], - [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], - [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], blivande [participle, present], bliven [participle, past], dated strong [table-tags], bliva [active, infinitive], - [infinitive, passive], blivit [active, supine], - [passive, supine], bliv [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], bliven [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], bliver [active, indicative, present], blev [active, indicative, past], - [indicative, passive, present], - [indicative, passive, past], bliva [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], blevo [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], - [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], - [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], blive [active, dated, present, subjunctive], bleve [active, dated, past, subjunctive], - [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], - [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], blivande [participle, present], bliven [participle, past]
  1. to become
    Sense id: en-bli-sv-verb-rV000xq8
  2. to become
    to turn into (with an optional preposition till)
    Sense id: en-bli-sv-verb-5tiHNMHs
  3. (sometimes dated) to remain, to stay Tags: dated, sometimes
    Sense id: en-bli-sv-verb-sv:remain
  4. (impersonal) to be (in a future sense) Tags: impersonal
    Sense id: en-bli-sv-verb-rmZT2rvl
  5. (auxiliary) used together with an adjective or past participle, meaning "has become" Tags: auxiliary
    Sense id: en-bli-sv-verb-RoHAhS4p Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 3 12 6 3 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bliva (alt: blifva, blifwa) [archaic, infinitive], förbli (förbliva, förblifva, förblifwa) (english: to remain, stay), varda (english: archaic except in past tense) Derived forms: bli av, bli av med, bli till, bli åka av

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
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      "_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"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
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        "2": "gmq-osw",
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      },
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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      "form": "blir",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blev",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vart",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blivit",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "bli",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "sv-conj-st",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1 strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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",
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    },
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      "form": "bli",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "passive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blevo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "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": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bliven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dated strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-conj-st",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1 strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "passive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blevo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bliven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "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"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "bli",
        "2": "blev",
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        "class": "1",
        "end": "vw",
        "full": "bliva",
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "bliv",
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        "3": "bliv",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I was [became] happy when I got to pet the rabbit",
          "text": "Jag blev glad när jag fick klappa kaninen",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "We stayed until it got [became] dark",
          "text": "Vi stannade tills det blev mörkt",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "It turned out [became] well",
          "text": "Det blev bra",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to become"
      ],
      "id": "en-bli-sv-verb-rV000xq8",
      "links": [
        [
          "become",
          "become"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The water turned into [became] wine",
          "text": "Vattnet blev (till) vin",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The frog turned into [became] a prince",
          "text": "Grodan blev (till) en prins",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The gold turned into [became] sand",
          "text": "Guldet blev (till) till 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": [
        {
          "english": "Nisse came and stopped and remained standing in the doorway (not dated)",
          "text": "Nisse kom och blev stående i dörröppningen",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The work stayed lying (not being worked on) (not dated)",
          "text": "Arbetet blev liggande",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Cobbler, stick to thy last!",
          "text": "Skomakare, bli vid din läst!",
          "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": [
        {
          "english": "It will be [shall become] fun to meet him",
          "text": "Det ska bli kul att träffa honom",
          "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": "3 12 6 3 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "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",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "He has become old",
          "text": "Han har blivit gammal",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "It had become cold (the weather had gotten colder)",
          "text": "Det hade blivit kallt",
          "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/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iː"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Sv-bli.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_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",
      "word": "förbli"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "archaic except in past tense",
      "word": "varda"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bli"
}
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    "Rhymes:Swedish/iː",
    "Rhymes:Swedish/iː/1 syllable",
    "Swedish apocopic forms",
    "Swedish class 1 strong verbs",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish strong verbs",
    "Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Saxon",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Swedish terms with audio links",
    "Swedish terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Swedish verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bli av"
    },
    {
      "word": "bli av med"
    },
    {
      "word": "bli till"
    },
    {
      "word": "bli åka av"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
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        "2": "bliva"
      },
      "expansion": "Apocopic form of bliva",
      "name": "apocopic form"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gml",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "to remain"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German blîven (“to remain”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
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      },
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      "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"
    }
  ],
  "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blir",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blev",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vart",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blivit",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bli",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-conj-st",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1 strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "passive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blevo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bliven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dated strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-conj-st",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1 strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "passive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blevo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bliven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "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": [
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I was [became] happy when I got to pet the rabbit",
          "text": "Jag blev glad när jag fick klappa kaninen",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "We stayed until it got [became] dark",
          "text": "Vi stannade tills det blev mörkt",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "It turned out [became] well",
          "text": "Det blev bra",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to become"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "become",
          "become"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The water turned into [became] wine",
          "text": "Vattnet blev (till) vin",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The frog turned into [became] a prince",
          "text": "Grodan blev (till) en prins",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The gold turned into [became] sand",
          "text": "Guldet blev (till) till 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": [
        {
          "english": "Nisse came and stopped and remained standing in the doorway (not dated)",
          "text": "Nisse kom och blev stående i dörröppningen",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The work stayed lying (not being worked on) (not dated)",
          "text": "Arbetet blev liggande",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Cobbler, stick to thy last!",
          "text": "Skomakare, bli vid din läst!",
          "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": [
        {
          "english": "It will be [shall become] fun to meet him",
          "text": "Det ska bli kul att träffa honom",
          "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",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "He has become old",
          "text": "Han har blivit gammal",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "It had become cold (the weather had gotten colder)",
          "text": "Det hade blivit kallt",
          "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/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iː"
    },
    {
      "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",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "alt": "blifva, blifwa",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "infinitive"
      ],
      "word": "bliva"
    },
    {
      "english": "to remain, stay",
      "roman": "förbliva, förblifva, förblifwa",
      "word": "förbli"
    },
    {
      "english": "archaic except in past tense",
      "word": "varda"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bli"
}

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