gift

See also Gift

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Old Norse gipt, cognate with Old English ġift.

Pronunciation

• (US), (UK) enPR: gĭft, IPA: /ɡɪft/, X-SAMPA: /gIft/

  Audio (US)

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  Rhymes: -ɪft

• (some accents) enPR: gĭvt, IPA: /ɡɪvt/, X-SAMPA: /gIvt/

  Rhymes: -ɪvt

Noun

Wikipedia gift (plural gifts)

1. Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.
2. A talent or natural ability.
3. Something gained incidentally, without effort.

Synonyms

• (1): (often monetary) contribution, (monetary) donation, present
• (2): talent

Translations

Something given to another voluntarily, without charge

Afrikaans: geskenk (af) Arabic: هدية (ar) (hadíyya) f. Armenian: նվեր (hy) (nver), ընծա (hy) (ënça) Azeri: hədiyyə (az) Chinese: Mandarin: 禮物 (cmn), 礼物 (cmn) (lǐwù) Czech: dar (cs) m. Danish: gave (da) Dutch: gift, geschenk n., presentje n. Esperanto: donaco (eo) Estonian: and (et) Faroese: gáva (fo) f. Filipino: regalo, pasalubong Finnish: lahja (fi) French: présent (fr) m., cadeau (fr) m., don (fr) m. Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Geschenk (de) n., Präsent (de) n. (rarely), Spende (de) f. Greek: δώρο (el) (dóro) n., δωρεά (el) (doreá) f., χάρισμα (el) (chárisma) n. Guernésiais: persent m. Hungarian: ajándék (hu) Italian: regalo (it) m., dono (it) m., presente (it) m. Japanese: 贈り物 (ja) (おくりもの, okurimono), 寄贈 (ja) (きぞう, kizō), プレゼント (ja) (purezento), ギフト (ja) (gifuto) Kurdish: Sorani: دیاری Latin: dōnum (la) n., munus (la) n. Latvian: dāvana (lv)

Lojban: seldu'a (jbo) Luxembourgish: Geschenk (lb) n., Cadeau (lb) n., Kaddo (lb) n., Don (lb) m., Spend (lb) f. Malay: hadiah (ms) Malayalam: സമ്മാനം (sammaanam) Marsian: dunom Old English: ġifu (ang) f. Old Norse: gipt f., gáfa f., gjǫf f. Polish: prezent (pl) m., dar (pl) m., podarunek (pl) m. Portuguese: presente (pt) m., doação (pt) f. Romanian: cadou (ro) n., dar (ro) n. Russian: пoдaрoк (ru) (podárok) m., дар (ru) (dar) m., презент (ru) (prezént) m. Scottish Gaelic: tiodhlac (gd) m. Serbian: поклон (sr) m., дар (sr) m. Slovak: dar (sk) m., (diminutive) darček (sk) m. Slovene: darilo (sl) n. Sotho: mpho (st) Spanish: regalo (es) m. Swahili: zawadi (noun 9/10), nala Swedish: present (sv) c., gåva (sv) c. Tagalog: regalo (tl), bigay (tl) Tamil: பரிசு  (ta) (parisu) Telugu: కానుక (te), బహుమతి (te) Tswana: mpho (tn) (9/10) Turkish: hediye (tr), armağan (tr) Volapük: legivot (vo)

Something received incidentally, without effort

Afrikaans: geskenk (af) Armenian: նվեր (hy) (nver) Esperanto: donaco (eo) German: Geschenk (de) n. Greek: δώρο (el) (dóro) n.

Hungarian: ajándék (hu) Italian: dono (it) m. Luxembourgish: Geschenk (lb) n. Polish: prezent (pl) m. Russian: пoдaрoк (ru) (podárok) m.

A talent or natural ability

Afrikaans: gawe (af) Arabic: قريحة (ar) (qariiHa) f. Armenian: ձիրք (hy) (jirk’), շնորհք (hy) (šnorhk’) Chinese: Mandarin: 天才 (cmn) (tiāncái), 才能 (cmn) (cáinéng) Dutch: gave (nl) f. Finnish: lahja (fi), kyky (fi) French: don (fr) m., talent (fr) m. German: Begabung (de) f., Talent (de) n. Greek: χάρισμα (el) (chárisma) n., ταλέντο (el) (talénto) n. Hungarian: tehetség (hu), adottság (hu) 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) Latin: donum (la) n., munus (la) n.

Luxembourgish: Begabung (lb) f., Talent (lb) n. Malayalam: കഴിവ് (kazhivu) Norwegian: gave (no) m. Polish: dar (pl) m., talent (pl) m. Portuguese: dom (pt) m., talento (pt) m. Romanian: dar (ro) n. Russian: дар (ru) (dar) m., талант (ru) (talánt) m., одарённость (ru) (odarjónnost') f. Slovene: dar (sl) m. Spanish: don (es) m., talento (es) m. Swedish: begåvning (sv) c. Tagalog: talento (tl) Telugu: వరం (varaM) Turkish: yetenek (tr), kabiliyet (tr)

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Ido: donacajo Latin: donatio f., datus m.

Slovak: dar 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) to.
2. (transitive) To give away, to concede easily
   • 2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea”, 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

Translations

(transitive) To give (as a gift) to

Czech: darovat (cs) Dutch: schenken (nl) Estonian: kinkima (et) Finnish: lahjoittaa (fi) French: régaler (fr) Greek: δωρίζω (el) (dorízo), χαρίζω (el) (charízo) Hungarian: ajándékoz (hu) Italian: regalare (it) Latin: dare (la), donare (la) Luxembourgish: schenken (lb)

Polish: podarować (pl), sprezentować (pl) Portuguese: dar de presente (pt), oferecer (pt) Romanian: dărui Slovak: obdarovať Slovene: podariti Spanish: regalar (es), dar (es) Swedish: skänka (sv), donera (sv) Tagalog: magbigay (tl), magregalo (tl) Telugu: బహూకరించు (bahookariMchu) Yiddish: שענקען (yi) (shenken)

Derived terms

• gift from above
• gift horse
• gift of the gab
• God's gift to man
• God's gift to women
• regift

Anagrams

• TGIF

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /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

    Inflection of gift

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

See also

• Gift on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

gift (neuter gift, definite and plural gifte)

1. married

Derived terms

• ugift

Verb

gift

1. imperative of gifte
2. past participle of gifte

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ghift, earlier also gicht which was restored by analogy with geven. From Old Dutch *gift, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz. The words gif and vergif, both meaning "poison", derive from the same source and were not formally distinguished until early modern Dutch.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪft

Noun

gift f. (plural giften, diminutive giftje)

1. donation; something given (away) voluntarily.

Synonyms

• geschenk n.
• cadeau n.

Related terms

• geven

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Faroese

Noun

gift f.

1. poison

Synonyms

• eitur

Declension

f2s	Singular
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	gift	giftin
Accusative	gift	giftina
Dative	gift	giftini
Genitive	giftar	giftarinnar

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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Norwegian

Noun

gift m. or f. (definite singular gifta/giften; indefinite plural gifter; definite plural giftene)

1. poison (substance harmful to a living organism)

Adjective

gift

1. married

Related terms

• ugift

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *giftiz. Cognate with Old Frisian jeft, Old Saxon sundargift ‘privilege’ (lit. 'extra gift'), Dutch gift, Old High German gift (German Gift), Old Norse gipt (> English gift), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌹𐍆𐍄𐍃.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jɪft/

Noun

ġift f. (nominative plural ġifta or ġiftu)

1. payment for a wife
2. (in the plural) a wedding

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

gift n.

1. poison, venom, toxin

Declension

Declension of gift

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gift	giftet	gifter	gifterna
genitive	gifts	giftets	gifters	gifternas

Adjective

gift (not comparable)

1. married

   ett gift par

   a married couple

   Han är gift sedan tre år.

   He's married since three years.

Declension

Declension of gift

Inflections of gift
Indefinite singular	Common	gift
	Neuter	gift
Definite singular	Masc.	gifte
	All	gifta
Plural		gifta

Verb

gift

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