gie
See also: giê, ġie, giẻ, and gi'e
Middle English
Pronoun
gie
- (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of ye (“you”)
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ji͜y/
Adverb
ġie
- Alternative form of ġēa
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) gea
- (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) ea
- (Puter, Vallader) schi
Etymology
From Latin sic.
Adverb
gie
- (Sursilvan) yes (used to indicate agreement with a positive statement)
Related terms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) bain
- (Sursilvan) bein
- (Sutsilvan) bagn
- (Surmiran) gea bagn
- (Puter, Vallader) bainschi, hei, bainschi hei
- (Vallader) hai, bainschi hai
Scots
Alternative forms
- geve, gewe, gif, gyf, gefe
Etymology
From Middle English given, geven, gifen, from Old Norse gefa.
Verb
gie (third-person singular simple present gies, present participle giein, simple past gied, past participle gied or gien)
- To give.
- Gie us (or gie's) a brek. ― Give us a break.
- 1824, Sir Walter Scott, Wandering Willie's Tale (in Redgauntlet)
- “Here, Dougal,” said the laird, “gie Steenie a tass of brandy, till I count the siller and write the receipt.”
- 1983, William Lorimer, transl., The New Testament in Scots, Edinburgh: Canongate, published 2001, →ISBN, OCLC 137334916, John 3:16:
- For God sae luved the warld at he gíed his ae an ane Son, at ilkane at belíeves in him mayna perish but hae eternal life.
- Because God loved the world so much, he gave his own begotten son, so anyone that believes in him won't perish, but has eternal life.
Derived terms
- gie it laldy
Southern Sami
Etymology
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Pronoun
gie
- (interrogative) who
- (relative) who, that, which
Inflection
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Further reading
- Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
West Flemish
Etymology
From Middle Dutch gī, ghi, from Old Dutch gī, from Proto-Germanic *jīz, Northwest Germanic variant of *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yū́.
Pronoun
gie
- you (second-person singular subjective personal pronoun)