bli
Translingual
Etymology
Abbreviation of EnglishCategory:Translingual terms derived from English#BLI BoliaCategory:Translingual abbreviations#BLI.
Symbol
bliCategory:Translingual lemmas#BLICategory:Translingual symbols#BLICategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#BLICategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#BLICategory:Pages with entries#BLICategory:Pages with 8 entries#BLI
See also
Albanian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
bli m (plural blirë, definite bliri)Category:Albanian lemmas#BLICategory:Albanian nouns#BLICategory:Albanian entries with incorrect language header#BLICategory:Albanian masculine nouns#BLICategory:Pages with entries#BLICategory:Pages with 8 entries#BLI
Declension
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Noun
bli m (plural blij, definite blini)Category:Albanian lemmas#BLICategory:Albanian nouns#BLICategory:Albanian entries with incorrect language header#BLICategory:Albanian masculine nouns#BLICategory:Pages with entries#BLICategory:Pages with 8 entries#BLI
Verb
bliCategory:Albanian non-lemma forms#BLICategory:Albanian verb forms#BLICategory:Albanian entries with incorrect language header#BLICategory:Pages with entries#BLICategory:Pages with 8 entries#BLI
Category:sq:Malvales order plants#BLICategory:sq:Acipenseriform fish#BLIHigaonon
Etymology
Noun
bliCategory:Higaonon lemmas#BLICategory:Higaonon nouns#BLICategory:Higaonon entries with incorrect language header#BLICategory:Pages with entries#BLICategory:Pages with 8 entries#BLI
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old DutchCategory:Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch#BLICategory:Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch#BLI *blī, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#BLICategory:Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#BLI *blīwī.
Pronunciation
Noun
bli nCategory:Middle Dutch lemmas#BLICategory:Middle Dutch nouns#BLICategory:Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header#BLICategory:Middle Dutch neuter nouns#BLICategory:Pages with entries#BLICategory:Pages with 8 entries#BLI
Descendants
Further reading
- “bli”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bli”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Short form of blive, from DanishCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Danish#BLI blive, from Middle Low GermanCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Middle Low German#BLI bliven. Meanings 2, 3 and 4 are taken from Old Norse verða, which also has given rise to the dated vorde. In several dialects, the Low German word did not displace the Old Norse word completely. As a result, vart was allowed in past tense besides ble(i) between 1938 and 2005.
Verb
bli (imperative bli, present tense blir, simple past ble or blei, past participle blitt, present participle blivende)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#BLICategory:Norwegian Bokmål verbs#BLICategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#BLICategory:Pages with entries#BLICategory:Pages with 8 entries#BLI
- to stay, remain.
- Hva sier du til å bli hjemme i stedet for å gå på den dumme festen?
- How about staying home instead of going to that stupid party?
- (as an auxiliary verb to create passive voice with the main verb in past participle) to be
- To personer ble arrestert for tyveri i går.
- Two people were arrested for theft yesterday.
- Hun ble grepet av angst.
- She was gripped with fear.
- (change, development over time) to become, get, go.
- Det blir jo bare verre!
- It keeps getting worse!
- Øhm, er det bare meg, eller begynner du å bli skallet?
- Erm, is it just me, or are you going bald?
- to be, become, will, going to, turn out,
- Når jeg blir stor skal jeg bli lege.
- When I grow up, I'm going to be a doctor.
- Festen ble en suksess!
- The party turned out to be/was a success!
- (bills and payments) to be, come to
- Det blir 25 kroner.
- That's 25 kroner
Synonyms
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
From the expression bli(ve) på sjøen (literally “to remain at sea”). The same word as in etymology 1 above, but secondarily distinguished in form.
Verb
bli (imperative bli, present tense blir, simple past blev or bleiv, past participle blitt, present participle blivende)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#BLICategory:Norwegian Bokmål verbs#BLICategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#BLICategory:Pages with entries#BLICategory:Pages with 8 entries#BLI
- (archaicCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms with archaic senses#BLI, dialectCategory:Norwegian Bokmål dialectal terms#BLI) alternative form of blive (“to drown”)
- Synonym: drukne
- Han falt over bord og bleiv.
- He fell over board and drowned.
References
- “bli” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
Category:Requests for attention concerning Norwegian Nynorsk#BLI Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BLICategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leyp-#BLI Short form of blive, from Middle NorwegianCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Middle Norwegian#BLICategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Middle Norwegian#BLI blífa, from Middle Low GermanCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Middle Low German#BLI bliven. Meaning 2, 3 and 4 are taken from Old Norse verða. The forms vart, vorte and vorten are from verta and verte, also from Old Norse verða.
Pronunciation
Verb
bli (present tense blir, past tense blei or vart, supine blitt or vorte, past participle blitt or vorten, present participle blivande, imperative bli)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#BLICategory:Norwegian Nynorsk verbs#BLICategory:Norwegian Nynorsk suppletive verbs#BLICategory:Norwegian Nynorsk strong verbs#BLICategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#BLICategory:Pages with entries#BLICategory:Pages with 8 entries#BLI
- to stay, remain.
- Kva seier du til å bli heime i staden for å gå på den dumme festen?
- How about staying home instead of going to that stupid party?
- (as an auxiliary verb to create passive voice with the main verb in past participle) to be
- To personar vart arresterte for tjuveri i går.
- Two people were arrested for theft yesterday.
- Ho vart gripen av angst.
- She was gripped with fear.
- (change, development over time) to become, get, go.
- Det blir jo berre verre!
- It keeps getting worse!
- Øhm, er det berre meg, eller byrjar du å bli skalla?
- Erm, is it just me, or are you going bald?
- to be, become, will, going to, turn out,
- Når eg blir stor, skal eg bli lege.
- When I grow up, I'm going to be a doctor.
- Festen vart ein suksess!
- The party turned out to be/was a success!
- to be necessary, to have to, to be
- Det blir å byrje på nytt, går eg ut frå.
- I have to start over again I guess.
- (bills and payments) to be, come to
- Det blir 25 kroner.
- That's 25 kroner
- Det blir 25 kroner.
Synonyms
- to stay, remain
- to become, get, be
- bills and payment; to be
Derived terms
See also
References
- “bli” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Saxon
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West GermanicCategory:Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#BLICategory:Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#BLI *blīwī.
Noun
blī nCategory:Old Saxon lemmas#BLICategory:Old Saxon nouns#BLICategory:Old Saxon entries with incorrect language header#BLICategory:Old Saxon neuter nouns#BLICategory:Pages with entries#BLICategory:Pages with 8 entries#BLI
Descendants
Swedish
Etymology
Apocopic form of blivaCategory:Swedish apocopic forms#BLI, from Old SwedishCategory:Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish#BLICategory:Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish#BLI bliva, from Middle Low GermanCategory:Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German#BLI blîven (“to remain”), from Old SaxonCategory:Swedish terms derived from Old Saxon#BLI bilīvan, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Swedish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#BLI *bilīban, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#BLI *bilībaną. Displaced Swedish varda completely in the present tense, and partly in the past tense.
Pronunciation
Verb
bli (present blir, preterite blev or (dialectal) vart, supine blivit, imperative bli)Category:Swedish lemmas#BLICategory:Swedish verbs#BLICategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#BLICategory:Pages with entries#BLICategory:Pages with 8 entries#BLI
- to become
- 1678, Samuel Columbus, Mål-roo eller roo-mål:
- En gång reeste han emillan Stockolm ok Upsala mäd Nordfelldt som sedan bleef Præsident i Göteborg.
- Once he traveled between Stockholm and Uppsala with Nordfeldt, who later became President in Gothenburg.
- En gång reeste han emillan Stockolm ok Upsala mäd Nordfelldt som sedan bleef Præsident i Göteborg.
- Jag blev glad när jag fick klappa kaninen
- I was [became] happy when I got to pet the rabbit
- Vi stannade tills det blev mörkt
- We stayed until it got [became] dark
- Han ville inte bli en grönsak på hemmet
- He didn't want to end up [become] a vegetable in [at] the nursing home
- Det blev bra
- It turned out well [became good]
- – Vad sägs om klockan fem? – Ja, det blir bra.
- – How about five o'clock? – Yeah, that'll be good.
- (literally, “– What is-said about the-clock/time five? [idiomatic] – Yes, that becomes good.”)
- Mamma, när blir det mat?
- Mom, when's dinner?
- (literally, “Mom, when does it become [when will there be] food?”)
- to turn into (with an optional preposition till)
- Vattnet blev (till) vin
- The water turned into [became] wine
- Grodan blev (till) en prins
- The frog turned into [became] a prince
- Guldet blev (till) sand
- The gold turned into [became] sand
- (sometimes datedCategory:Swedish dated terms#BLI) to remain, to stay
- Nisse kom och blev stående i dörröppningenCategory:Swedish terms with usage examples#BLI
- Nisse came and stopped and remained standing in the doorway (not dated)
- Arbetet blev liggandeCategory:Swedish terms with usage examples#BLI
- The work stayed lying (not being worked on) (not dated)
- Skomakare, bli vid din läst!Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#BLI
- Cobbler, stick to thy last!
- (impersonalCategory:Swedish impersonal verbs#BLI) to be (in a future sense)
- Det ska bli kul att träffa honom
- It will be [shall become] fun to meet him
- (auxiliaryCategory:Swedish auxiliary verbs#BLI) used together with an adjective or past participle, meaning "has become"
- 1915, Dan Andersson, Kolvaktarens Visor, Tjuvskytten
- Mätt av åren, tung och darrhänt
var han bliven, Jägar-Vilhelm […]- Full of the years, heavy and trembling
was he become, Hunter-Vilhelm […]
- Full of the years, heavy and trembling
- Han har blivit gammal
- He has become old
- Det hade blivit kallt
- It had become cold (the weather had gotten colder)
- 1915, Dan Andersson, Kolvaktarens Visor, Tjuvskytten
Usage notes
- Swedish has a much stronger preference for become (bli) compared to English. Bli often idiomatically translates as something other than become, but means become. See the usage notes for finnas, man, and skall for three other examples of words that have a direct translation that is often unidiomatic or a poor match for tone.
- The initial examples for (sense 2) could also be analyzed as "became standing" and "became lying." Not dated for those usages.
- The sense to remain, stay used to be more common in 1950 than it is now.Category:Requests for attention concerning Swedish#BLI
- Note that bli till transitively means turn into, but intransitively means to come into being. The stress is on bli in the transitive sense, but till in the intransitive sense.
- In many dialects, the past tense blev is often replaced with vart (etymologically the past tense of vardaCategory:Swedish compound terms#BLI).
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bli | — | ||
| supine | blivit | — | ||
| imperative | bli | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | blin | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | blir | blev | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | bli | blevo | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | bli | bleve | — | — |
| present participle | blivande | |||
| past participle | bliven | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bliva | — | ||
| supine | blivit | — | ||
| imperative | bliv | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | bliven | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | bliver | blev | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | bliva | blevo | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | blive | bleve | — | — |
| present participle | blivande | |||
| past participle | bliven | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “bli”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “bli”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “bli”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)