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See also: .gif, GIF, and Gif

English

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Noun

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gif (plural gifs)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of GIF

Verb

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gif (third-person singular simple present gifs, present participle gifing, simple past and past participle gifed)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of GIF

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Afrikaans

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Etymology 1

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From Dutch gif, from earlier gift, from Middle Dutch gift, earlier also gicht. From Old Dutch *gift, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.

Noun

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gif (plural giwwe or gifte, diminutive giffie)

  1. poison; a poisonous substance
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Etymology 2

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From Dutch gift, from Middle Dutch gift, earlier also gicht. From Old Dutch *gift, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz. Same etymology as above, but the two variants gradually acquired different meanings in modern Dutch.

Noun

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gif (plural gifte)

  1. gift; present
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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch gift, earlier also gicht. From Old Dutch *gift, from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.

The word gift derives from the same source, and the words were not formally distinguished until early modern Dutch.

Noun

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gif n (plural giffen, diminutive gifje n)

  1. poison, venom, toxin
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  • Afrikaans: gif
  • Negerhollands: gift

Etymology 2

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Noun

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gif m (plural giffen, diminutive gifje n)

  1. (computing) GIF (image format)

Gothic

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Romanization

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gif

  1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌹𐍆

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *jabē, *jabu, from Proto-Germanic *jabai (when, if) with anomalous apocope. The expected form is attested once as ġyfe in the early 7th-century Law of Æthelberht, if not simply a scribal error.

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Conjunction

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ġif

  1. if
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr"
      ...ac hi ge-eacniacð heora wita, gif hi ær ende ne cyrrað.
      ...but they add to their punishments, if they turn not before the end..

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Spanish

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Noun

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gif m (plural gifs)

  1. GIF

Swedish

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Verb

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gif

  1. imperative of gifva

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