gift

gift

See also: Gift and GIFT

English

Alternative forms

• yift (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle English gift (also yift, yifte, ȝift, ȝeft), partly from Old English ġift (“giving, consideration, dowry, wedding”) and Old Norse gipt (“gift, present, wedding”); both from Proto-Germanic *giftiz (“gift”). Equivalent to give +‎ -th (etymologically yive + -th).

Cognate with West Frisian jefte (“gift”), Saterland Frisian Gift (“gift”), German Low German Gift (“poison”), Dutch gift (“gift”) and its doublet gif (“poison”), German Gift (“poison”), Swedish gift (“gift, poison, venom”), Icelandic gift (“gift”). Doublet of yift.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) enPR: gĭft, IPA^(key): /ɡɪft/

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• Rhymes: -ɪft

Noun

gift (plural gifts)

1. Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.
   • 1965, Herbert, Frank, Dune‎ (Science Fiction), New York: Ace Books, OCLC 15383013, page 48‎:

     “I thank you for the gift, Dr. Yueh,” Paul said, speaking formally. “It will be our secret. If there is a gift or favor you wish from me, please do not hesitate to ask.”
     "I . . . need for nothing," Yueh said.

   • 2021 October 20, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 942, page 71:

     She bought the model as a surprise gift for a friend who is a lifelong HST fan and railwayman, and who will soon be celebrating a milestone birthday.

2. A talent or natural ability.

   She had a gift for playing the flute.

   • 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314:

     “ […] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”

3. Something gained incidentally, without effort.
4. The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing.

   The office is in the gift of the President.

Synonyms

• (something freely given by another): See Thesaurus:gift For beneficial actions, see favor.
• (something god-given): ability, aptitude, knack, talent, strength

Derived terms

• bride gift
• countergift
• foregift
• fore-gift
• gift bag
• gift basket
• giftbox
• giftcard
• gift card
• gift certificate
• gift from above
• gift from the gods
• gift giver
• gift matching
• gift of gab
• gift of the gab
• gift of tongues
• giftpack
• gift receipt
• gift rope
• gift set
• gift shop
• gift tax
• gift that keeps on giving
• gift voucher
• giftware
• gift-wrap
• giftwrap
• God's gift to men
• God's gift to women
• Greek gift
• morning-gift
• morning gift
• parting gift
• regift

 

Descendants

• → Japanese: ギフト (gifuto)

Translations

something given to another voluntarily, without charge

Afrikaans: geskenk (af), present (af), kado (af) Albanian: dhuratë (sq) f Amis: amid Arabic: هَدِيَّة‎ f (hadiyya) Egyptian Arabic: هدية‎ f (hedeya), كادو‎ m (kādu) Hijazi Arabic: هَدِيَّة‎ f (hadiyya) Lebanese Arabic: هدية‎ f (hedíyi), كادو‎ m (kadō) South Levantine Arabic: هدية‎ f (hadiyye, hidiyye) Aragonese: regalo m Armenian: նվեր (hy) (nver), ընծա (hy) (ənca) Aromanian: please add this translation if you can Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܵܘܗܲܒ݂ܬܵܐ‎ f (māwhawtā), ܕܲܫܢܵܐ‎ m (dašnā), ܦܲܫܟܲܫ‎ m (paškaš) Asturian: regalu m Avar: сайигъат (sajiğat) Aymara: t'inkha Azerbaijani: hədiyyə (az) Bashkir: бүләк (büläk), күстәнәс (küstänäs) Belarusian: падару́нак m (padarúnak), дар m (dar), гасці́нец m (hascínjec), прэзе́нт m (prezjént) Bengali: উপহার (bn) (upôhar) Breton: prof (br) Bulgarian: пода́рък (bg) m (podárǎk), дар (bg) m (dar) Burmese: ပဏ္ဏာ (my) (panna) Catalan: present (ca), do (ca), regal (ca) Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵡⴻⵔⴹⵉ (awerḍi) Chechen: совгӏат (sowğat) Cherokee: ᎠᏓᏁᏗ (adanedi) Chichewa: mphatso Chinese: Cantonese: 禮物, 礼物 (lai5 mat6) Dungan: лищин (lixin), ли (li) Hakka: 禮物, 礼物 (lî-vu̍t) Mandarin: 禮物／礼物 (zh) (lǐwù) Min Dong: 禮物, 礼物 (lā̤-ŭk) Min Nan: 禮物 (zh-min-nan), 礼物 (lé-bu̍t / lé-mi̍h / lé-mn̍gh) Wu: 禮物, 礼物 (li veq) Chuvash: парне (parne), кучченеҫ (kuččeneś) Corsican: regalu m Crimean Tatar: tokuz Czech: dar (cs) m, dárek (cs) m Danish: gave (da) c Dhivehi: ހަދިޔާ‎ (hadiyā) Dutch: gift (nl) m or f, geschenk (nl) n, presentje (nl) n, cadeau (nl) n Esperanto: donaco Estonian: and (et), kingitus Ewe: please add this translation if you can Extremaduran: please add this translation if you can Faliscan: datu Faroese: gáva f Finnish: lahja (fi) French: présent (fr) m, cadeau (fr) m, don (fr) m Friulian: don m, regal m, presint m Galician: regalo (gl) m, agasallo (gl) m, presente (gl) m Georgian: საჩუქარი (sačukari), ძღვენი (ʒɣveni), ნაბოძები (naboʒebi) German: Geschenk (de) n, Präsent (de) n (rarely), Spende (de) f, Gabe (de) f Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌼𐍃 m (maiþms), 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍆𐍄𐍃 f (fragifts), 𐌰𐌹𐌱𐍂 n (aibr) Greek: δώρο (el) n (dóro), δωρεά (el) f (doreá), χάρισμα (el) n (chárisma) Ancient: δῶρον n (dôron), δώρημα n (dṓrēma) Gujarati: ભેટ f (bheṭ), બક્ષિશ f (bakṣiś) Hausa: kyauta (ha) Hawaiian: makana Hebrew: מַתָּנָה‎ (he) f (mataná), שַׁי‎ (he) m (shay) Hindi: उपहार (hi) m (uphār), देन (hi) f (den), बख़्शिश f (baxśiś), सौग़ात m (sauġāt), भेंट f (bheṇṭ) Hungarian: ajándék (hu) Icelandic: gjöf (is) f Ido: donacajo (io) Igbo: ugbua Indonesian: hadiah (id), kado (id) Ingush: совгӏат (sowğat) Interlingua: dono Irish: bronntanas m, tabhartas m, féirín m Italian: regalo (it) m, dono (it) m, presente (it) m Japanese: 贈り物 (ja) (おくりもの, okurimono), 贈答品 (ぞうとうひん, zōtōhin), プレゼント (ja) (purezento), ギフト (gifuto), 進物 (ja) (しんもつ, shinmotsu), 礼物 (ja) (れいもつ, reimotsu) Javanese: hadiah Kannada: ಕೊಡುಗೆ (kn) (koḍuge) Kazakh: сый (syi), сыйлық (syilyq) Khmer: ជំនូន (km) (cumnuun), អំណោយ (km) (ʼɑmnaoy) Korean: 선물(膳物) (ko) (seonmul), 프레젠트 (peurejenteu), 기프트 (gipeuteu) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: دیاری‎ (ku) (dyarî) Northern Kurdish: diyarî (ku), hediye (ku) Kyrgyz: сыйлык (ky) (sıylık), белек (ky) (belek) Ladin: bonaman f Lao: ຂວັນ (lo) (khuan), ຂອງຂວັນ (khǭng khuan), ຂອງຕ້ອນ (lo) (khǭng tǭn), ເຄື່ອງຕ້ອນ (khư̄ang tǭn), ຂອງຝາກ (khǭng fāk), ກຳນັນ (kam nan) Latgalian: duovona f Latin: dōnum (la) n, mūnus (la) n, xenium n (particularly from a guest to a host) Latvian: dāvana (lv) f Lezgi: багъиш (baġiš) Ligurian: regalu m, cadò Lithuanian: dovana f Luganda: please add this translation if you can Luxembourgish: Geschenk (lb) n, Cadeau (lb) n, Kaddo (lb) n, Don m, Spend f Macedonian: по́дарок m (pódarok), дар m (dar), прово́дија f (provódija), даро́вница f (daróvnica) Malay: hadiah Malayalam: സമ്മാനം (ml) (sammānaṃ) Maltese: rigal Manx: gioot m, tortys f, nastey m Maore Comorian: zawadi class 9/10 Maori: koha, kōpare (refers to food given to a host when visiting), perehana Marathi: भेटवस्तू (bheṭvastū) Marsian: dunom Mirandese: please add this translation if you can Mongolian: Cyrillic: бэлэг (mn) (beleg) Ngazidja Comorian: ɓambu class 5/6, hiɗaya class 7/8 Norman: persent m (Guernsey), présent m (Jersey) Norwegian: Bokmål: gave (no) m or f, presang (no) m Nynorsk: gåve f, presang m Occitan: present (oc) m, don (oc) m Old English: ġiefu (ang) f Old Norse: gipt f, gáfa f, gjǫf f Old Swedish: gava Oriya: ଦାନ (or) (danô) Ossetian: лӕвар (lævar) Pashto: ارمغان‎ (ps) m (armaǧãn), بخشش‎ m (baxšᶕš), تارتوک‎ (ps) m (tārtúk), تحفه‎ (ps) f (tohfá), هديه‎ f (hadya), پېشکش‎ m (peškaš) Persian: هدیه‎ (fa) (hediye), پیشکش‎ (fa) (piškeš), کادو‎ (fa) (kâdo) Plautdietsch: Gow f, Jeschenkj n Polish: prezent (pl) m, dar (pl) m, podarunek (pl) m, podarek (pl) m Portuguese: presente (pt) m, prenda (pt) f Punjabi: ਉਪਹਾਰ (pa) m (upahār), ਤੋਹਫ਼ਾ m (tohfā) Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can Romanian: cadou (ro) n, dar (ro) n Romansch: regal m Russian: пода́рок (ru) m (podárok), дар (ru) m (dar), презе́нт (ru) m (prezént), гости́нец (ru) m (gostínec) Sanskrit: मघ (sa) m (magha), उपहार (sa) m (upahāra), दान (sa) n (dāna), दुवस् (sa) n (duvas) Sardinian: please add this translation if you can Scots: please add this translation if you can Scottish Gaelic: tiodhlac m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: по̀клон m, да̑р m Roman: pòklon (sh) m, dȃr (sh) m Sicilian: rigalu (scn) m, rijalu (scn) m, prisenti (scn) m Sindhi: please add this translation if you can Sinhalese: තෑග්ග (tǣgga) Slovak: dar (sk) m, (diminutive) darček m Slovene: darilo (sl) n Somali: hadyad, diiqo Sotho: mpho (st) Spanish: regalo (es) m, obsequio (es) m Swahili: zawadi (sw) class 9/10, kipawa (sw) class 7/8 Swedish: present (sv) c, gåva (sv) c, skänk (sv) c Tagalog: regalo (tl), bigay (tl), pasalubong Tajik: ҳадя (hadya), тӯҳфа (tühfa), пешкаш (peškaš), бахшиш (tg) (baxšiš) Tamil: பரிசு (ta) (paricu) Tatar: бүләк (tt) (büläk) Telugu: కానుక (te) (kānuka), బహుమతి (te) (bahumati) Thai: ของขวัญ (th) (kɔ̌ɔng-kwǎn), ของกำนัล (kɔ̌ɔng-gam-nan), ของฝาก (kɔ̌ɔng-fàak), กำนัล (th) (gam-nan) Tibetan: རྔན་པ (rngan pa), ལག་རྟགས (lag rtags) Tocharian B: āyor Tswana: mpho class 9/10 Turkish: hediye (tr), armağan (tr) Turkmen: peşeş, zehin (tk), sylag Udmurt: кузьым (kuzʹym) Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎉𐎃 (mṭḫ), 𐎜𐎌𐎐 (ủšn) Ukrainian: подару́нок m (podarúnok), дару́нок (darúnok), дар (dar), рале́ць (uk) m (ralécʹ), презе́нт m (prezént), гости́нець m (hostýnecʹ) Urdu: تُحْفَہ‎ m (tuhfa), سَوْغات‎ m (sauġāt), ہَدِیَہ‎ m (hadya), بَخْشِش‎ f (baxśiś), عَطِیَّہ‎ (ur) m ('atiyya) Uyghur: سوۋغات‎ (sowghat), سوۋغا‎ (sowgha), تارتۇق‎ (tartuq), ھەدىيىلىك‎ (hediyilik) Uzbek: sovg'a (uz), tuhfa (uz) Vestinian: duno Vietnamese: quà (vi), quà tặng, quà biếu Volapük: legivot (vo) Walloon: bistoke (wa) f, cado (wa) m, prezint m Welsh: anrheg (cy) f West Frisian: jefte Wolof: yóobal Xhosa: isipho Yakut: бэлэх (belex) Yiddish: גאָב‎ f (gob), מתּנה‎ f (matone), געשאַנק‎ n (geshank) Yoruba: ẹ̀bùn Yup'ik: cikirun Zazaki: hediye m, peskes Zulu: isipho, isiphiwo, umkhungo

something received incidentally, without effort

Afrikaans: geskenk (af) Armenian: նվեր (hy) (nver) Bashkir: бүләк (büläk) Esperanto: donaco Estonian: please add this translation if you can German: Geschenk (de) n Greek: δώρο (el) n (dóro) Hungarian: ajándék (hu) Irish: bronntanas m, tabhartas m, féirín m Italian: dono (it) m Khmer: អំណោយ (km) (ʼɑmnaoy) Luxembourgish: Geschenk (lb) n Macedonian: по́дарок m (pódarok) Polish: prezent (pl) m Portuguese: presente (pt) m, dádiva (pt) f Russian: пода́рок (ru) m (podárok) Ukrainian: дар m (dar)

talent or natural ability

Afrikaans: gawe Arabic: قَرِيحَة‎ f (qarīḥa) Armenian: ձիրք (hy) (jirkʿ), շնորհք (hy) (šnorhkʿ) Bulgarian: да́рба (bg) f (dárba), тала́нт (bg) m (talánt) Catalan: do (ca) m, dot (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 天才 (zh) (tiāncái), 才能 (zh) (cáinéng) Czech: dar (cs) m, vloha f Dutch: gave (nl) f Finnish: lahja (fi), kyky (fi) French: don (fr) m, talent (fr) m Galician: don m Georgian: ძღვენი (ʒɣveni), ტალანტი (ṭalanṭi), ნიჭი (nič̣i), ნაბოძები (naboʒebi) German: Begabung (de) f, Talent (de) n Greek: χάρισμα (el) n (chárisma), ταλέντο (el) n (talénto) Hungarian: tehetség (hu), adottság (hu) Irish: tíolacadh m, bua m, tallann f Italian: dono (it) m, talento (it) m Japanese: 天分 (ja) (てんぶん, tenbun), 才能 (ja) (さいのう, sainō), 天才 (ja) (てんさい, tensai) Khmer: និស្ស័យ (km) (nihsay) Korean: 천분(天分) (ko) (cheonbun), 재능(才能) (ko) (jaeneung), 천재(天才) (ko) (cheonjae) Latin: donum (la) n, munus (la) n Latvian: talants m, spējas f pl Luxembourgish: Begabung f, Talent n Macedonian: да́рба f (dárba), дар m (dar), тале́нт m (talént) Malayalam: കഴിവ് (ml) (kaḻivŭ) Marathi: भेट (bheṭ) Mongolian: Cyrillic: авъяас (avʺjaas) Norwegian: Bokmål: gave (no) m or f Nynorsk: gåve f Old English: ġiefu (ang) f Polish: dar (pl) m, talent (pl) m Portuguese: dom (pt) m, talento (pt) m, engenho (pt) m, jeito (pt) m, mão (pt) f, dedo (pt) m, bossa (pt) f, perícia (pt) f Romanian: dar (ro) n Romansch: talent m, dun m Russian: дар (ru) m (dar), тала́нт (ru) m (talánt), одарённость (ru) f (odarjónnostʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: да̑р m Roman: dȃr (sh) m Slovak: nadanie, talent Slovene: dar (sl) m Spanish: don (es) m, talento (es) m Swedish: begåvning (sv) c Tagalog: talento Telugu: వరం (te) (varaṁ) Thai: พรสวรรค์ (pɔɔn-sà-wǎn) Turkish: yetenek (tr), kabiliyet (tr) Ukrainian: дар m (dar), талант m (talant)

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Ido: (please verify) donacajo (io) Latin: (please verify) donatio f, (please verify) datus (la) m

See also

• lagniappe

Verb

gift (third-person singular simple present gifts, present participle gifting, simple past and past participle gifted)

1. (transitive) To give as a gift or donation.
2. (transitive) To give away, to concede easily.
   • 2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport‎:

     Chelsea threw away two points when substitute Salomon Kalou gifted Valencia a penalty five minutes from time with a needless handball.

Synonyms

• contribute
• donate
• give

Related terms

• begift
• begive
• giftable
• giftee
• gifter
• give out
• give out stink
• outgive
• regift
• re-gift

 

Translations

(transitive) to give as a gift

Arabic: أَهْدَى‎ (ʾahdā) Armenian: նվիրել (hy) (nvirel) Bulgarian: дарявам (bg) (darjavam) Catalan: donar (ca), oferir (ca) (com a present), regalar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 贈送／赠送 (zh) (zèngsòng), 送 (zh) (sòng) Czech: darovat (cs), obdarovat pf, obdarovávat impf Dutch: schenken (nl) Estonian: kinkima (et) Finnish: lahjoittaa (fi) French: donner (fr), faire don de, offrir (fr) German: schenken (de) Greek: δωρίζω (el) (dorízo), χαρίζω (el) (charízo) Hungarian: ajándékoz (hu) Italian: regalare (it), donare (it) Latin: dare (la), dōnāre Luxembourgish: schenken Manx: gioot Old English: gifian Polish: podarować (pl), sprezentować, dać w prezencie Portuguese: dar de presente, oferecer (pt), presentear Romanian: dărui (ro) Romansch: dar Russian: дари́ть (ru) impf (darítʹ), подари́ть (ru) pf (podarítʹ) Slovak: darovať Slovene: podariti Spanish: regalar (es), dar (es) Swedish: skänka (sv), donera (sv) Tagalog: magbigay (tl), magregalo Telugu: బహూకరించు (te) (bahūkariñcu) Ukrainian: дарува́ти impf (daruváty), подарува́ти pf (podaruváty) Walloon: ofri (wa), bistoker (wa), sinker (wa) Yiddish: שענקען‎ (shenken)

Anagrams

• T.G.I.F., TGIF

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡift/, [ɡ̊ifd̥]

Etymology 1

From German Gift (“poison”). Similar to the archaic gift (“gift”), a verbal noun to give (“to give”).

Noun

gift c (singular definite giften, plural indefinite gifte)

1. poison (substance harmful to a living organism)

Inflection

Declension of gift

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gift	giften	gifte	giftene
genitive	gifts	giftens	giftes	giftenes

Derived terms

• giftgas
• giftig
• giftmord
• giftsky
• giftstof

 

See also

• gift on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

Originally the past participle of gifte (“marry”).

Adjective

gift

1. married

Inflection

Inflection of gift
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Common singular	gift	—	—2
Neuter singular	gift	—	—2
Plural	gifte	—	—2
Definite attributive1	gifte	—	—
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms

• ugift

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gift

1. imperative of gifte
2. past participle of gifte

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gifte, from Old Dutch *gift, from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.

The words gif and vergif, both meaning “poison”, derive from the same source as gift. The sense “poison” may have originated as a shortening of vergift or may have been borrowed from German Gift.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣɪft/

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• Hyphenation: gift
• Rhymes: -ɪft

Noun

gift f (plural giften, diminutive giftje n)

1. donation; something given (away) voluntarily.

   Synonyms: cadeau, geschenk, schenking

Derived terms

• grafgift
• huwelijksgift

Noun

gift n or f (plural giften, diminutive giftje n)

1. (dated) poison

   Synonyms: gif, venijn, vergif, vergift

Derived terms

• giftig

Adjective

gift (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) poisonous, toxic, venomous

   Synonym: giftig

Inflection

Inflection of gift
uninflected	gift
inflected	gifte
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		gift
indefinite	m./f. sing.	gifte
	n. sing.	gift
	plural	gifte
definite		gifte
partitive		gifts

Related terms

• geven, gave
• vergiftigen, ontgiften, begiftigen

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Faroese

Etymology

From German Gift.

Noun

gift f (genitive singular giftar, uncountable)

1. poison

Declension

Declension of gift (singular only)
f2s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	gift	giftin
accusative	gift	giftina
dative	gift	giftini
genitive	giftar	giftarinnar

Synonyms

• eitur

Adjective

gift

1. married, female form of giftur
   • Ert tú gift?

     Are you (f) married?

Declension

giftur a5
Singular (eintal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	giftur	gift	gift
Accusative (hvønnfall)	giftan	gifta
Dative (hvørjumfall)	giftum	giftari	giftum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(gifts)	(giftar/ giftrar)	(gifts)
Plural (fleirtal)	m (kallkyn)	f (kvennkyn)	n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall)	giftir	giftar	gift
Accusative (hvønnfall)	giftar
Dative (hvørjumfall)	giftum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(gifta/ giftra)

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gipt, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cɪft/
• Rhymes: -ɪft

Noun

gift f (genitive singular giftar, nominative plural giftir)

1. (obsolete) gift

   Synonym: gjöf

Declension

declension of gift

f-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gift	giftin	giftir	giftirnar
accusative	gift	giftina	giftir	giftirnar
dative	gift	giftinni	giftum	giftunum
genitive	giftar	giftarinnar	gifta	giftanna

Related terms

• gifta

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

gift f or m (definite singular gifta or giften, indefinite plural gifter, definite plural giftene)

1. poison (substance harmful to a living organism)

Derived terms

• giftslange
• giftstoff
• rottegift

Related terms

• forgifte
• forgiftning
• giftig

Adjective

gift (neuter singular gift, definite singular and plural gifte)

1. married

Antonyms

• ugift

Derived terms

• nygift

Verb

gift

1. imperative of gifte

References

• “gift” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɪft/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gipt.

Noun

gift f (definite singular gifta, indefinite plural gifter, definite plural giftene)

1. poison

Derived terms

• giftslange
• giftstoff
• rottegift

Etymology 2

Past participle of gifta.

Adjective

gift (indefinite singular gift, definite singular and plural gifte)

1. married

Participle

gift (definite singular and plural gifte)

1. past participle of gifta and gifte

Alternative forms

• gifta

Verb

gift

1. imperative of gifta and gifte
2. supine of gifta and gifte

References

• “gift” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old English

Alternative forms

• ġyft

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.

Cognate with Old Frisian jeft, Old Saxon *gift (in sundargift (“privilege”, literally “special gift”)), Dutch gift, Old High German gift (German Gift), Old Norse gipt (> English gift), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍆𐍄𐍃 (fragifts).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jift/

Noun

ġift f

1. marriage payment, dowry
2. (in the plural and in compounds) wedding

Declension

Declension of gift (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ġift	ġifte, ġifta
accusative	ġift, ġifte	ġifte, ġifta
genitive	ġifte	ġifta
dative	ġifte	ġiftum

Descendants

• Middle English: yifte, ȝift, gift
  • English: gift, yift
  • Scots: gyft, gift
  • Yola: giftes (plural)

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Swedish

FWOTD – 2 July 2017

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Etymology 1

From German Gift (“poison”), from Middle High German gift f (“gift, present”), Old High German gift f (“gift”), from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz, which is a derivation of *gebaną (“to give”).

Noun

gift n

1. poison; venom; virus; toxin
   • 1968, Tove Jansson, Muminpappans memoarer, Holger Schildts Förlag, published 1991, →ISBN, page 126:

     Rådd-djuret gråter, sade Joxaren förebrående. Spöket har målat en dödskalle på kaffeburken och skrivit GIFT under och nu är Rådd-djuret utom sig och säger att har det inte gift sig förut så kommer det nu absolut aldrig att göra det!

     "The Muddler is crying," said the Joxter reproachfully. "The ghost has painted a skull and crossbones and the word POISON on the Muddler's coffee tin, and now the Muddler is beside himself and says that if it has not gotten married before it will absolutely never do it!"

Declension

Declension of gift
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	gift	giftet	gifter	gifterna
Genitive	gifts	giftets	gifters	gifternas

Related terms

• giftig

Etymology 2

From Old Norse gipta (“give away in marriage”), from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.

Adjective

gift (not comparable)

1. married

   ett gift par

   a married couple

   Han är gift sedan tre år.

   He's been married for three years.

   • 1968, Tove Jansson, Muminpappans memoarer, Holger Schildts Förlag, published 1991, →ISBN, page 126:

     Rådd-djuret gråter, sade Joxaren förebrående. Spöket har målat en dödskalle på kaffeburken och skrivit GIFT under och nu är Rådd-djuret utom sig och säger att har det inte gift sig förut så kommer det nu absolut aldrig att göra det!

     "The Muddler is crying," said the Joxter reproachfully. "The ghost has painted a skull and crossbones and the word POISON on the Muddler's coffee tin, and now the Muddler is beside himself and says that if it has not gotten married before it will absolutely never do it!"

Declension

Inflection of gift
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	gift	—	—
Neuter singular	gift	—	—
Plural	gifta	—	—
Masculine plural3	gifte	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	gifte	—	—
All	gifta	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Verb

gift

1. imperative of gifta.
2. past participle of gifta.
3. supine of gifta.

Further reading

• gift in Svensk ordbok.