biva

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse bifa, from Proto-Germanic *bibāną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpiːva/
  • Rhymes: -iːva
  • Hyphenation: bi‧va

Verb

biva (third person singular past indicative bivaði, third person plural past indicative bivaðu, supine bivað)

  1. (transitive) to quiver, to shake, to tremble

Declension

Conjugation of (group v-30)
infinitive
supine bivað
present past
first singular bivi bivaði
second singular bivar bivaði
third singular bivar bivaði
plural biva bivaðu
participle (a6)1 bivandi bivaður
imperative
singular biva!
plural bivið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Derived terms

nouns
  • bivan f

References

  • "biva" at Sprotin.fo

Ladino

Adjective

biva (masculine bivo)

  1. alive, lively

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

biva (present tense bivar, past tense biva, past participle biva, passive infinitive bivast, present participle bivande, imperative biva/biv)

  1. (pre-1917) alternative form of beva

Volapük

Noun

biva

  1. genitive singular of biv