• yift(dialectal)

FromMiddle Englishgift (alsoyift,yifte,ȝift,ȝeft), partly fromOld Englishġift(“giving, consideration, dowry, wedding”) andOld Norsegipt(“gift, present, wedding”); both fromProto-Germanic*giftiz(“gift”). Equivalent togive +‎-th (etymologicallyyive +-th).

Cognate withWest Frisianjefte(“gift”),Saterland FrisianGift(“gift”),German Low GermanGift(“poison”),Dutchgift(“gift”) and its doubletgif(“poison”),GermanGift(“poison”),Danishgift(“gift(obsolete); poison, venom”),Swedishgift(“gift, poison, venom”),Icelandicgift(“gift”).Doublet ofyift. Distantly related toEnglishhabit, fromLatinhabitus.

• (US,UK)enPR:gĭft,IPA^(key):/ɡɪft/

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• Rhymes:-ɪft

gift (pluralgifts)

1. Somethinggiven to anothervoluntarily, withoutcharge.
   • 1965,Frank Herbert,Dune‎^[1] (Science Fiction),New York:Ace Books,→OCLC,page48‎^[2]:

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

   • 2021 October 20, “Stop & Examine”, inRAIL, number942, page71:

     She bought the model as a surprisegift for a friend who is a lifelongHST fan and railwayman, and who will soon be celebrating a milestone birthday.

2. Atalent ornaturalability.

   She had agift for playing the flute.

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

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

3. Somethinggainedincidentally, withouteffort.
4. The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing.

   The office is in thegift of the President.

• (something freely given by another):SeeThesaurus:giftFor beneficial actions, seefavor.
• (something god-given):ability,aptitude,knack,talent,strength

• → Japanese:ギフト(gifuto)

• lagniappe

gift (third-person singular simple presentgifts,present participlegifting,simple past and past participlegifted)

1. (transitive) Togive as a gift ordonation.
2. (transitive) Togive away, toconcede easily.
   • 2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea”, inBBC Sport‎^[3]:

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

   • 2022, Liam McIlvanney,The Heretic, page440:

     They drove on, every rise in the road lifting their sightline clear of the drystone dykes along the roadside,gifting glimpses of the firth and the islands, the blue peaks of Arran.

• contribute
• donate
• give

• T.G.I.F.,TGIF

• IPA^(key):/ɡift/,[ɡ̊ifd̥]

FromGermanGift(“poison”). Similar to the archaicgift(“gift”), a verbal noun togive(“to give”).

gift c (singular definitegiften,plural indefinitegifte)

1. poison (substance harmful to a living organism)
2. venom (poison carried by an animal)

• edder

•  gift on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia^da

Originally the past participle ofgifte(“marry”).

gift

1. married

• ugift

FromOld Danishgift, fromOld Norsegipt. Largely replaced bygave, fromMiddle Low Germangave. The word still exists in some compound words, e.g.afgift.

gift c (singular definitegiften,plural indefinitegifter)

1. (obsolete) agift,present

• “gift” inDen Danske Ordbog

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

gift

1. imperative ofgifte
2. pastparticiple ofgifte

FromMiddle Dutchgifte, fromOld Dutch*gift, fromProto-West Germanic*gifti, fromProto-Germanic*giftiz. Equivalent togeven(“to give”) +‎-t(“verbal noun”).

The wordsgif andvergif, both meaning “poison”, derive from the same source asgift. The sense “poison” may have originated as a shortening ofvergift or may have been borrowed fromGermanGift.

• IPA^(key):/ɣɪft/

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• Hyphenation:gift
• Rhymes:-ɪft

gift f (pluralgiften,diminutivegiftje n)

1. donation; something given (away) voluntarily

   Synonyms:cadeau,geschenk,schenking

• grafgift
• huwelijksgift

gift n orf (pluralgiften,diminutivegiftje n)

1. (dated)poison

   Synonyms:gif,venijn,vergif,vergift

• giftig

• Afrikaans:gif

gift (notcomparable)

1. (obsolete)poisonous,toxic,venomous

   Synonym:giftig

• geven,gave
• vergiftigen,ontgiften,begiftigen

FromGermanGift.

gift f (genitive singulargiftar,uncountable)

1. poison

• eitur

gift

1. married,female form ofgiftur
   • Erttúgift?

     Are you (f) married?

FromOld Norsegipt, fromProto-Germanic*giftiz.

• IPA^(key):/cɪft/
• Rhymes:-ɪft

gift f (genitive singulargiftar,nominative pluralgiftir)

1. (obsolete)gift

   Synonym:gjöf

• gifta

gift f orm (definite singulargiftaorgiften,indefinite pluralgifter,definite pluralgiftene)

1. poison(substance harmful to a living organism)

• giftslange
• giftstoff
• rottegift

• forgifte
• forgiftning
• giftig

gift (neuter singulargift,definite singular and pluralgifte)

1. married

• ugift

• nygift

gift

1. imperative ofgifte

• “gift” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key):/jɪft/

FromOld Norsegipt.

gift f (definite singulargifta,indefinite pluralgifter,definite pluralgiftene)

1. poison

• giftslange
• giftstoff
• rottegift

Past participle ofgifta.

gift (indefinite singulargift,definite singular and pluralgifte)

1. married

gift (definite singular and pluralgifte)

1. pastparticiple ofgiftaandgifte

• gifta

gift

1. imperative ofgiftaandgifte
2. supine ofgiftaandgifte

• “gift” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

• ġyft

FromProto-West Germanic*gifti, fromProto-Germanic*giftiz. Cognate withOld Frisianjeft,Old Saxon*gift (insundargift(“privilege”, literally“special gift”)),Dutchgift,Old High Germangift (GermanGift),Old Norsegipt (>Englishgift),Gothic𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍆𐍄𐍃(fragifts).

• IPA^(key):/jift/

ġift f

1. marriagepayment,dowry
2. (in the plural and in compounds)wedding,marriage
   • c. 992,Ælfric,"The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost"

     Þāðā hí noldon cuman to ðamġiftum, ða sende hé eft, þus cweðende, "Secgað ðam gelaðodum, Efne, ic ġeġearcode mīne gōd, ic ofslóh mine fearras, and mine gemæstan fugelas, and ealle mine ðing ic ġearcode: cumað to þamġiftum."

     When they would not come to themarriage, he sent again, thus saying, "Say to those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my meats, I have slain my oxen and my fatted fowls, and have prepared all my things: come to themarriage."

Strongi-stem:

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

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FromGermanGift(“poison”), fromMiddle High Germangift f(“gift, present”),Old High Germangift f(“gift”), fromProto-West Germanic*gifti, fromProto-Germanic*giftiz, which is a derivation of*gebaną(“to give”).

gift n

1. poison,venom,toxin (toxic substance)

   Hyponyms:etter,toxin

   • 1968,Tove Jansson,Muminpappans memoarer, Holger Schildts Förlag, published1991,→ISBN, page126:

     Rådd-djuret gråter, sade Joxaren förebrående. Spöket har målat en dödskalle på kaffeburken och skrivitGIFT 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 wordPOISON 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!"

• giftgrön(“green like poison”)
• giftkörtel(“venom gland”)
• giftorm(“venomous snake”)
• giftpil(“poison arrow”)
• miljögift(“environmental toxin”)

• förgifta
• förgiftning
• giftig

FromOld Swedishgipt, fromOld Norsegipta(“give away in marriage”), fromProto-Germanic*giftiz.

gift (notcomparable)

1. married

   Synonym:äkta

   ettgift par ―amarried couple

   Han ärgift sedan tre år.

   He's beenmarried for three years.

   • 1968,Tove Jansson,Muminpappans memoarer, Holger Schildts Förlag, published1991,→ISBN, page126:

     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 integift 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 gottenmarried before it will absolutely never do it!"

FromOld Norsegipt. Largely replaced bygåva, fromMiddle Low Germangave. The word still exists in some compound words, e.g.avgift andhemgift.

gift c

1. (obsolete) agift,present

gift

1. pastparticiple ofgifta

gift

1. inflection ofgifta:
   1. imperative
   2. supine

• gift inSvensk ordbok (SO)
• gift inSvenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• gift inSvenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)