gift
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”), Danish gift (“gift (obsolete); poison, venom”), Swedish gift (“gift, poison, venom”), Icelandic gift (“gift”). Doublet of yift.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gift (plural gifts)
- Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.
- 1965, Frank Herbert, Dune[1] (Science Fiction), New York: Ace Books, →OCLC, page 48[2]:
- “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.
- 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:
- “ […] 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.”
- Something gained incidentally, without effort.
- The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing.
- The office is in the gift of the President.
Synonyms
[edit]- (something freely given by another): See Thesaurus:gift For beneficial actions, see favor.
- (something god-given): ability, aptitude, knack, talent, strength
Derived terms
[edit]- bride gift
- countergift
- don't look a gift horse in the mouth
- ecogift
- e-gift certificate
- engift
- fore-gift
- foregift
- gag gift
- gift bag
- giftbag
- gift basket
- giftbook
- giftbox
- gift card
- giftcard
- gift certificate
- gift economy
- giftfic
- gift from above
- gift from the gods
- giftful
- gift giver
- gift-giving
- gift horse
- giftless
- giftlet
- giftling
- Giftmas
- gift matching
- gift of gab
- gift of the gab
- gift of tongues
- giftpack
- gift receipt
- gift registry
- gift rope
- giftset
- gift set
- gift shop
- gift tax
- gift that keeps on giving
- gift token
- gift voucher
- giftware
- gift-wrap
- gift wrap
- giftwrap
- gift-wrapping
- gifty
- God's gift
- God's gift to men
- God's gift to women
- Greek gift
- handgift
- Indian gift
- megagift
- morning-gift
- morning gift
- never look a gift horse in the mouth
- parting gift
- regift
- return gift
Descendants
[edit]- → Japanese: ギフト (gifuto)
Translations
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See also
[edit]Verb
[edit]gift (third-person singular simple present gifts, present participle gifting, simple past and past participle gifted)
- (transitive) To give as a gift or donation.
- (transitive) To give away, to concede easily.
- 2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport[3]:
- Chelsea threw away two points when substitute Salomon Kalou gifted Valencia a penalty five minutes from time with a needless handball.
- 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 440:
- 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.
Synonyms
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Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From German Gift (“poison”). Similar to the archaic gift (“gift”), a verbal noun to give (“to give”).
Noun
[edit]gift c (singular definite giften, plural indefinite gifte)
Inflection
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]gift on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Etymology 2
[edit]Originally the past participle of gifte (“marry”).
Adjective
[edit]gift
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of gift | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | gift | — | —2 |
Indefinite 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
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]gift
- imperative of gifte
- past participle of gifte
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch gifte, from Old Dutch *gift, from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz. Equivalent to geven (“to give”) -t (“verbal noun”).
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
[edit]Noun
[edit]gift f (plural giften, diminutive giftje n)
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]gift n or f (plural giften, diminutive giftje n)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: gif
Adjective
[edit]gift (not comparable)
Inflection
[edit]Declension of gift | ||||
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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
[edit]Faroese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]gift f (genitive singular giftar, uncountable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of gift (singular only) | ||
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f2s | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | gift | giftin |
accusative | gift | giftina |
dative | gift | giftini |
genitive | giftar | giftarinnar |
Synonyms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]gift
Declension
[edit]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) |
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse gipt, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gift f (genitive singular giftar, nominative plural giftir)
Declension
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[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Noun
[edit]gift f or m (definite singular gifta or giften, indefinite plural gifter, definite plural giftene)
- poison (substance harmful to a living organism)
Derived terms
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]gift (neuter singular gift, definite singular and plural gifte)
Antonyms
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[edit]Verb
[edit]gift
- imperative of gifte
References
[edit]- “gift” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]gift f (definite singular gifta, indefinite plural gifter, definite plural giftene)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Past participle of gifta.
Adjective
[edit]gift (indefinite singular gift, definite singular and plural gifte)
Participle
[edit]gift (definite singular and plural gifte)
- past participle of gifta and gifte
Alternative forms
[edit]Verb
[edit]gift
References
[edit]- “gift” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]ġift f
- marriage payment, dowry
- (in the plural and in compounds) wedding, marriage
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost"
- Þāðā hí noldon cuman to ðam ġiftum, 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 þam ġiftum."
- When they would not come to the marriage, 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 the marriage."
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost"
Declension
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[edit]Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Gotland: (file)
Etymology 1
[edit]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
[edit]gift n
- poison, venom, toxin (toxic substance)
- 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
[edit]Declension of gift | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | gift | giftet | gifter | gifterna |
Genitive | gifts | giftets | gifters | gifternas |
Derived terms
[edit]- giftgrön (“green like poison”)
- giftkörtel (“venom gland”)
- giftorm (“venomous snake”)
- giftpil (“poison arrow”)
- miljögift (“environmental toxin”)
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Old Swedish gipt, from Old Norse gipta (“give away in marriage”), from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.
Adjective
[edit]gift (not comparable)
- married
- Synonym: äkta
- 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
[edit]Inflection of gift | |||
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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 |
Participle
[edit]gift
- past participle of gifta
Verb
[edit]gift
- inflection of gifta:
References
[edit]- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰebʰ-
- English terms inherited from Middle English
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- Rhymes:English/ɪft
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ɪft
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- Dutch lemmas
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- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɪft
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɪft/1 syllable
- Icelandic lemmas
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- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
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- Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰebʰ-
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- sv:Marriage