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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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 +‎-t (etymologicallyyive +‎-t).

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.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gift (pluralgifts)

  1. Somethinggiven to anothervoluntarily, withoutcharge.
    She gave him a cell phone as a birthdaygift.
    • 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.
    • 1974, “But Now I Know”,Jean-Loup Dabadie (lyrics)‎[3]performed byJean Gabin:
      But now I know, but now I really know / Of only one thing I am truly very sure / Love is agift, love is agift
    • 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.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Translations

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something given to another voluntarily, without charge
something received incidentally, without effort
talent or natural ability
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Verb

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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[4]:
      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.

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Translations

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(transitive) to give as a gift

Anagrams

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Danish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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gift c (singular definitegiften,plural indefinitegifte)

  1. poison (substance harmful to a living organism)
  2. venom (poison carried by an animal)
Inflection
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Declension ofgift
common
gender		singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativegiftgiftengiftegiftene
genitivegiftsgiftensgiftesgiftenes
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Originally the past participle ofgifte(“marry”).

Adjective

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gift

  1. married
Inflection
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Inflection ofgift
positivecomparativesuperlative
indefinite common singulargift——2
indefinite neuter singulargift——2
pluralgifte——2
definite attributive1gifte——

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
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Etymology 3

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

Noun

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gift c (singular definitegiften,plural indefinitegifter)

  1. (obsolete) agift,present
Declension
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Declension ofgift
common
gender		singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativegiftgiftengiftergifterne
genitivegiftsgiftensgiftersgifternes

Further reading

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Etymology 4

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Verb

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gift

  1. imperative ofgifte
  2. pastparticiple ofgifte

Dutch

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Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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gift f (pluralgiften,diminutivegiftje n)

  1. donation; something given (away) voluntarily
    Synonyms:cadeau,geschenk,schenking

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Noun

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gift n orf (pluralgiften,diminutivegiftje n)

  1. (dated)poison
    Synonyms:gif,venijn,vergif,vergift

Derived terms

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Adjective

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gift (notcomparable)

  1. (obsolete)poisonous,toxic,venomous
    Synonym:giftig

Declension

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Declension ofgift
uninflectedgift
inflectedgifte
comparative—
positive
predicative/adverbialgift
indefinitem./f. sing.gifte
n. sing.gift
pluralgifte
definitegifte
partitivegifts

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Faroese

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Etymology

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FromGermanGift.

Noun

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gift f (genitive singulargiftar,uncountable)

  1. poison

Declension

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f2ssingular
indefinitedefinite
nominativegiftgiftin
accusativegiftgiftina
dativegiftgiftini
genitivegiftargiftarinnar

Synonyms

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Adjective

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gift

  1. married,female form ofgiftur

Declension

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Declension ofgift (a5)
singularmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativegifturgiftgift
accusativegiftangiftagift
dativegiftumgiftarigiftum
genitivegiftsgiftar/
giftrar		gifts
pluralmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativegiftirgiftargift
accusativegiftargiftargift
dativegiftumgiftumgiftum
genitivegifta/
giftra		gifta/
giftra		gifta/
giftra

Icelandic

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Etymology

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FromOld Norsegipt, fromProto-Germanic*giftiz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gift f (genitive singulargiftar,nominative pluralgiftir)

  1. (obsolete)gift
    Synonym:gjöf

Declension

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Declension ofgift (feminine)
singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativegiftgiftingiftirgiftirnar
accusativegiftgiftinagiftirgiftirnar
dativegiftgiftinnigiftumgiftunum
genitivegiftargiftarinnargiftagiftanna

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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

  1. poison(substance harmful to a living organism)

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Adjective

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gift (neuter singulargift,definite singular and pluralgifte)

  1. married

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Verb

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gift

  1. imperative ofgifte

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Norsegipt.

Noun

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

  1. poison
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Etymology 2

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Past participle ofgifta.

Adjective

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gift (indefinite singulargift,definite singular and pluralgifte)

  1. married

Participle

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gift (definite singular and pluralgifte)

  1. pastparticiple ofgiftaandgifte
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Verb

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gift

  1. imperative ofgiftaandgifte
  2. supine ofgiftaandgifte

References

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Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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."

Declension

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Strongi-stem:

singularplural
nominativeġiftġifte,ġifta
accusativeġift,ġifteġifte,ġifta
genitiveġifteġifta
dativeġifteġiftum

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Swedish

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FWOTD – 2 July 2017

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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”).

Noun

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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!"
Declension
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Declension ofgift
nominativegenitive
singularindefinitegiftgifts
definitegiftetgiftets
pluralindefinitegiftergifters
definitegifternagifternas
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Etymology 2

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

Adjective

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gift (notcomparable)

  1. married
    Synonym:äkta
    De är ettgift par.
    They are 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!"
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Inflection ofgift
Indefinitepositivecomparativesuperlative1
common singulargift——
neuter singulargift——
pluralgifta——
masculine plural2gifte——
Definitepositivecomparativesuperlative
masculine singular3gifte——
allgifta——

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Etymology 3

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FromOld Swedishgipt, fromOld Norsegipt, fromProto-Germanic*giftiz.

Noun

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gift c

  1. (obsolete) agift, apresent
    Synonym:gåva
Declension
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Declension ofgift
nominativegenitive
singularindefinitegiftgifts
definitegiftengiftens
pluralindefinitegiftergifters
definitegifternagifternas
Derived terms
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Participle

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gift

  1. pastparticiple ofgifta

Verb

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gift

  1. inflection ofgifta:
    1. imperative
    2. supine

References

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