geva

Faroese

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-

Proto-Germanic *gebaną

Old Norse gefa

Faroese geva

Inherited from Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃeːva]

Verb

geva (third person singular past indicative gav, third person plural past indicative góvu, supine givið)

1. to give

Conjugation

Conjugation of geva (group v-56)

infinitive	geva
supine	givið
	present	past
first singular	gevi	gav
second singular	gevur	gavst
third singular	gevur	gav
plural	geva	góvu
participle (a26)1	gevandi	givin
	imperative
singular	gev!
plural	gevið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Related terms

• geva út (to publish)
• gevast (to give up, quit)
• geva eftir (to yield)

References

• Árnason, Kristján (2011), The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 116

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gebu, from Proto-Germanic *gebō.

Noun

geva f

1. gift

Inflection

Declension of geva (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	geva	geva, gevon
accusative	geva, gevon	geva, gevon
genitive	gevon	gevono
dative	gevon	gevon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: geve

References

• “geva”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• geve
• geƀa
• giƀa
• giva

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gebō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣɛ.fɑ/, [ˈɣɛ.βɑ]

Noun

geva f

1. gift
2. favour
3. the runic letter ᚷ (/ɡ/)

Declension

geva (feminine ō-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	geva	geva
accusative	geva	geva
genitive	geva, gevu, gevo	gevono
dative	gevu, gevo, geva	gevon, gevum, gevun
instrumental	—	—

References

Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Altsächsisches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), 5th edition