blífa
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in the 16th century. From Danish blive, from Middle Low German blīven, from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną. Used to translate German bleiben in Oddur Gottskálksson's New Testament translation (published 1540).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]blífa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative bleif, third-person plural past indicative blifum, supine blifið)
- (obsolete) to become
- (obsolete) to be (as an auxiliary verb in passive constructions)
- (chiefly dated) to remain, stay
Conjugation
[edit]blífa — active voice (germynd)
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að blífa | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
blifið | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
blífandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég blíf | við blífum | present (nútíð) |
ég blífi | við blífum |
þú blífur | þið blífið | þú blífir | þið blífið | ||
hann, hún, það blífur | þeir, þær, þau blífa | hann, hún, það blífi | þeir, þær, þau blífi | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég bleif | við blifum | past (þátíð) |
ég blifi | við blifum |
þú bleifst | þið blifuð | þú blifir | þið blifuð | ||
hann, hún, það bleif | þeir, þær, þau blifu | hann, hún, það blifi | þeir, þær, þau blifu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
blíf (þú) | blífið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
blífðu | blífiði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
Middle Norwegian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German bliven, from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną.
Verb
[edit]blífa
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- Icelandic terms derived from Danish
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- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/iːva
- Rhymes:Icelandic/iːva/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic verbs
- Icelandic strong verbs
- Icelandic terms with obsolete senses
- Icelandic dated terms
- Icelandic class 1 strong verbs
- 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 lemmas
- Middle Norwegian verbs