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bliven

bliven

Middle Dutch

Verb

bliven

to become
to stay, to remain
to die, to perish
to give birth

Conjugation

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Descendants

Dutch: blijven

Swedish

Etymology

past participle of bli.

Adjective

bliven

having become
de nyligen blivna föräldrarna bjöds på tårta
the recently become parents were treated to cake

Declension

Inflection of bliven
Indefinite/attributive	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	bliven	—	—
Neuter singular	blivet	—	—
Plural	blivna	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	blivne	—	—
All	blivna	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.

Verb

bliven

Obsolete plural form of blir, present tense of bli. 2nd person only.
Obsolete plural form of bli, imperative of bli. 2nd person only.
Flyn, rädden edra liv, och bliven som torra buskar i öknen.
Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness. (Jeremiah 48:6)