Meaning

1 senses

  1. (dialectal)To remain, stay.

    bleiben

    остава́тьсяostavátʹsja

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to remain, stay:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to remain, stay:

Origin

From Middle English beliven, from Old English belīfan (“to remain”), from Proto-West Germa

From Middle English beliven, from Old English belīfan (“to remain”), from Proto-West Germanic *bilīban, from Proto-Germanic *bilībaną (“to remain”), from Proto-Germanic *bi- + Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick, glue”).

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Forms

belives, beliving, belove, beliven
Base formbelive · to belive
3rd person singularbelives
Present participlebeliving
Past simplebelove
Past participlebeliven

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybelive
he, she, itbelives

Past simpleLesson

all personsbelove

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave beliven
he, she, ithas beliven

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill belive

Word family

2 related words
Relatedbelavebeleave

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
believablebelieveA1believerbelittlebellA1belladonnabellboy

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