gift

See also: Gift and GIFT

English

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Etymology

From Middle English gift (also yift, yeft, ȝift, ȝeft), partly from Old English ġyft, ġieft, ġift (“giving, consideration, dowry, wedding”) and Old Norse gipt (“gift, present, wedding”); both from Proto-Germanic *giftiz (“gift”). 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”), Swedish gift (“gift, poison, venom”), Icelandic gift (“gift”).

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -ɪft

Noun

English Wikipedia has an article on:

gift (present)

Wikipedia

gift (plural gifts)

Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.
A talent or natural ability.
She had a gift for playing the flute.
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  “[…] 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

(something freely given by another): See Thesaurus:gift For beneficial actions, see favor.
(something god-given): ability, aptitude, knack, talent, strength

Translations

something given to another voluntarily, without charge

Afrikaans: geskenk (af), present (af), kado (af)
Albanian: dhuratë (sq) f
Arabic: هَدِيَّة f (hadiyya)
Egyptian Arabic: هدية f (hedeya), كادو m (kādu)
Aragonese: regalo m
Armenian: նվեր (hy) (nver), ընծա (hy) (ənca)
Aromanian: please add this translation if you can
Asturian: regalu m
Avar: сайигъат (sajiğat)
Aymara: please add this translation if you can
Azerbaijani: hədiyyə (az)
Bashkir: бүләк (bülək), күстәнәс (küstənəs)
Belarusian: падару́нак m (padarúnak)
Bengali: উপহার (upohar)
Breton: prof
Bulgarian: пода́рък (bg) m (podárǎk), дар (bg) m (dar)
Burmese: ပဏ္ဏာ (my) (panna)
Catalan: regal
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵡⴻⵔⴹⵉ (awerḍi)
Chechen: совгӏат (sovğat)
Cherokee: ᎠᏓᏁᏗ (adanedi)
Chichewa: mphatso
Chinese:
Cantonese: 禮物／礼物 (lai⁵ mat⁶), 礼物 (lai⁵ mat⁶)

Dungan: лищин (lixin), ли (li)

Hakka: 禮物／礼物, 礼物 (lî-vu̍t)

Mandarin: 禮物／礼物 (zh) (lǐwù), 礼物 (zh) (lǐwù)

Min Dong: 禮物／礼物 (lā̤-ŭk), 礼物 (lā̤-ŭk)

Min Nan: 禮物／礼物 (zh-min-nan), 礼物 (lé-bu̍t / lé-mi̍h / lé-mn̍gh)

Wu: 禮物／礼物 (⁶li-veq), 礼物 (li veq)
Chuvash: парне (parne), кучченеҫ (kuččeneś)
Corsican: please add this translation if you can
Crimean Tatar: tokuz
Czech: dar (cs) m, dárek (cs) m
Danish: gave (da) c
Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: gift (nl), geschenk (nl) n, presentje (nl) n, cadeau (nl) n
Esperanto: donaco
Estonian: and (et), kingitus
Ewe: please add this translation if you can
Extremaduran: please add this translation if you can
Faliscan: datu
Faroese: gáva f
Finnish: lahja (fi)
French: présent (fr) m, cadeau (fr) m, don (fr) m
Friulian: please add this translation if you can
Galician: regalo (gl) m, agasallo (gl) m
Georgian: საჩუქარი (sačukari), ძღვენი (ʒɣveni), ნაბოძები (naboʒebi)
German: Geschenk (de) n, Präsent (de) n (rarely), Spende (de) f, Gabe (de) f
Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌼𐍃 m (maiþms)
Greek: δώρο (el) n (dóro), δωρεά (el) f (doreá), χάρισμα (el) n (chárisma)
Ancient: δῶρον n (dôron), δώρημα n (dṓrēma)
Gujarati: ભેટ f (bheṭ), બક્ષિશ f (bakṣiś)
Hausa: please add this translation if you can
Hawaiian: makana
Hebrew: מַתָּנָה (he) f (mataná), שַׁי (he) m (shay)
Hindi: उपहार (hi) m (uphār), देन (hi) f (den)
Hungarian: ajándék (hu)
Icelandic: gjöf (is) f
Ido: donacajo (io)
Igbo: please add this translation if you can
Indonesian: hadiah (id)
Ingush: совгӏат (sovğat)
Interlingua: dono
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Irish: bronntanas m, tabhartas m, féirín m
Italian: regalo (it) m, dono (it) m, presente (it) m
Japanese: 贈り物 (おくりもの, okurimono), 寄贈 (きぞう, kizō), プレゼント (ja) (purezento), ギフト (gifuto), 礼物 (ja) (れいもつ, reimotsu)
Javanese: hadiah
Kannada: ಕೊಡುಗೆ (kn) (koḍuge)
Kazakh: сый (syi), сыйлық (syilyq)
Khmer: ជំនូន (km) (cumnuun), អំណោយ (km) (ʼɑmnaoy)
Korean: 선물 (ko) (seonmul) (膳物)
Kurdish:
Sorani: دیاری (dyarî)
Kyrgyz: сыйлык (ky) (sıylık), белек (ky) (belek)
Ladin: bonaman f
Lao: ຂວັນ (lo) (khuan), ຂອງຂວັນ (khǭng khuan)
Latgalian: duovona f
Latin: dōnum (la) n, mūnus (la) n, xenium n (particulary from a guest to a host)
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Latvian: dāvana (lv) f
Ligurian: regalu m, cadò
Lithuanian: dovana f
Luganda: please add this translation if you can
Luxembourgish: Geschenk (lb) n, Cadeau (lb) n, Kaddo (lb) n, Don m, Spend f
Macedonian: подарок m (podarok), дар m (dar)
Malay: hadiah
Malayalam: സമ്മാനം (ml) (sammānaṁ)
Maltese: rigal
Manx: gioot m, tortys f, nastey m
Maore Comorian: zawadi class 9/10
Maori: koha, kōpare (refers to food given to a host when visiting)
Marathi: भेटवस्तू (bheṭvastū)
Marsian: dunom
Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian: бэлэг (mn) (beleg)
Ngazidja Comorian: ɓambu class 5/6, hiɗaya class 7/8
Norman: persent m (Guernsey), présent m (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gave (no) m or f, presang (no) m

Nynorsk: gåve (no) f, presang (no) m
Occitan: present m, don (oc) m
Old English: ġifu f
Old Norse: gipt f, gáfa f, gjǫf f
Oriya: ଦାନ (or) (dāna)
Ossetian: лӕвар (lævar)
Pashto: ارمغان (ps) m (armaǧãn), بخشش m (baxšᶕš), تارتوک (ps) m (tārtúk), تحفه (ps) f (tohfá), هديه f (hadyá), پېشکش m (peškáš)
Persian: هدیه (fa) (hadiye, hediye), پیشکش (fa) (piškeš), کادو (fa) (kâdo)
Polish: prezent (pl) m, dar (pl) m, podarunek (pl) m, podarek (pl) m
Portuguese: presente (pt) m, prenda (pt) f
Punjabi: ਉਪਹਾਰ (pa) m (upahār), ਤੋਹਫ਼ਾ m (tohfā)
Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: cadou (ro) n, dar (ro) n
Romansch: regal m
Russian: пода́рок (ru) m (podárok), дар (ru) m (dar), презе́нт (ru) m (prezént)
Sanskrit: मघ (sa) m (magha), उपहार (sa) m (upahāra), दान (sa) n (dāna)
Sardinian: please add this translation if you can
Scots: please add this translation if you can
Scottish Gaelic: tiodhlac m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: поклон m, дар m

Roman: poklon (sh) m, dar (sh) m
Sicilian: regalu (scn) m, rigalu (scn) m, rijalu (scn) m, rialu (scn) m
Sindhi: please add this translation if you can
Sinhalese: තෑග්ග (tǣgga)
Slovak: dar (sk) m, (diminutive) darček m
Slovene: darilo (sl) n
Somali: please add this translation if you can
Sotho: mpho (st)
Spanish: regalo (es) m, presente (es) m
Swahili: zawadi (sw) class 9/10, kipawa (sw) class 7/8
Swedish: present (sv) c, gåva (sv) c, skänk (sv) c
Tagalog: regalo (tl), bigay (tl), pasalubong, pandapati
Tajik: ҳадя (hadya), тӯҳфа (tühfa), пешкаш (peškaš), бахшиш (tg) (baxšiš)
Tamil: பரிசு (ta) (paricu)
Tatar: бүләк (tt) (büläk)
Telugu: కానుక (te) (kānuka), బహుమతి (te) (bahumati)
Thai: ของขวัญ (th) (kɔ̌ɔng-kwǎn), ของกำนัล (kɔ̌ɔng-gam-nan), ของฝาก (kɔ̌ɔng-fàak), กำนัล (th) (gam-nan)
Tibetan: རྔན་པ (rngan pa), ལག་རྟགས (lag rtags)
Tswana: mpho class 9/10
Turkish: hediye (tr), armağan (tr)
Turkmen: peşeş, zehin (tk), sylag
Udmurt: кузьым (kuźym)
Ukrainian: подару́нок m (podarúnok), дару́нок (darúnok), дар (dar)
Urdu: تحفہ (tuhfa), ہدیہ (hadya)
Uyghur: سوۋغات (sowghat), سوۋغا (sowgha), تارتۇق (tartuq), ھەدىيىلىك (hediyilik)
Uzbek: sovg'a (uz), tuhfa (uz)
Vestinian: duno
Vietnamese: quà (vi), quà tặng, quà biếu
Volapük: legivot (vo)
Walloon: bistoke (wa) f, cado (wa) m, prezint m
Welsh: anrheg (cy) f
West Frisian: jefte
Wolof: yóobal
Xhosa: isipho
Yakut: бэлэх (beleq)
Yiddish: גאָב f (gob), מתּנה f (matone), געשאַנק n (geshank)
Yoruba: please add this translation if you can
Yup'ik: cikirun
Zulu: isipho, isiphiwo, umkhungo

something received incidentally, without effort

Afrikaans: geskenk (af)
Armenian: նվեր (hy) (nver)
Bashkir: бүләк (bülək)
Esperanto: donaco
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
German: Geschenk (de) n
Greek: δώρο (el) n (dóro)
Hungarian: ajándék (hu)
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Irish: bronntanas m, tabhartas m, féirín m
Italian: dono (it) m
Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Luxembourgish: Geschenk (lb) n
Polish: prezent (pl) m
Portuguese: presente (pt) m, dádiva (pt) f
Russian: пода́рок (ru) m (podárok)

a talent or natural ability

Afrikaans: gawe
Arabic: قَرِيحَة f (qarīḥa)
Armenian: ձիրք (hy) (jirkʻ), շնորհք (hy) (šnorhkʻ)
Bulgarian: дарба (bg) (darba), тала́нт (bg) m (talánt)
Catalan: do (ca) m, dot (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 天才 (zh) (tiāncái), 才能 (zh) (cáinéng)
Czech: dar (cs) m, vloha f
Dutch: gave (nl) f
Finnish: lahja (fi), kyky (fi)
French: don (fr) m, talent (fr) m
Galician: don m
Georgian: ძღვენი (ʒɣveni), ტალანტი (ṭalanṭi), ნიჭი (nič̣i), ნაბოძები (naboʒebi)
German: Begabung (de) f, Talent (de) n
Greek: χάρισμα (el) n (chárisma), ταλέντο (el) n (talénto)
Hungarian: tehetség (hu), adottság (hu)
Irish: tíolacadh m, bua m, tallann f
Italian: dono (it) m, talento (it) m
Japanese: 天分 (てんぶん, tenbun), 才能 (ja) (さいのう, sainō), 天才 (ja) (てんさい, tensai)
Khmer: ការប៉ិនប្រសព្វ (kaa pən prɑsɑp)
Latin: donum (la) n, munus (la) n
Latvian: talants m, spējas f pl
Luxembourgish: Begabung f, Talent n
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Malayalam: കഴിവ് (ml) (kaḻivŭ)
Marathi: भेट (bheṭ)
Mongolian: авьяас (mn) (avʹjaas)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gave (no) m or f

Nynorsk: gåve (no) f
Old English: ġifu f
Polish: dar (pl) m, talent (pl) m
Portuguese: dom (pt) m, talento (pt) m, engenho (pt) m, jeito (pt) m, mão (pt) f, dedo (pt) m, bossa (pt) f, perícia (pt) f
Romanian: dar (ro) n
Romansch: talent m, dun m
Russian: дар (ru) m (dar), тала́нт (ru) m (talánt), одарённость (ru) f (odarjónnostʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: dȃr (sh) m
Slovak: nadanie, talent
Slovene: dar (sl) m
Spanish: don (es) m, talento (es) m
Swedish: begåvning (sv) c
Tagalog: talento
Telugu: వరం (te) (varaṁ)
Thai: พรสวรรค์ (pɔɔn-sà-wǎn)
Turkish: yetenek (tr), kabiliyet (tr)
Ukrainian: дар m (dar), талант m (talant)

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Translations to be checked

Ido: ^{(please verify)} donacajo (io)
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Latin: ^{(please verify)} donatio f, ^{(please verify)} datus (la) m

Verb

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^[1]:
  Chelsea threw away two points when substitute Salomon Kalou gifted Valencia a penalty five minutes from time with a needless handball.

Synonyms

Translations

(transitive) to give as a gift

Armenian: նվիրել (hy) (nvirel)
Catalan: regalar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 贈送／赠送 (zh) (zèngsòng), 赠送 (zh) (zèngsòng), 送 (zh) (sòng)
Czech: darovat (cs), obdarovat pf, obdarovávat impf
Dutch: schenken (nl)
Estonian: kinkima (et)
Finnish: lahjoittaa (fi)
French: donner (fr), faire don de, offrir (fr)
Greek: δωρίζω (el) (dorízo), χαρίζω (el) (charízo)
Hungarian: ajándékoz (hu)
Italian: regalare (it), donare (it)
Latin: dare (la), donare
Luxembourgish: schenken
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Manx: gioot
Old English: gifian
Polish: podarować (pl), sprezentować
Portuguese: dar de presente, oferecer (pt), presentear
Romanian: dărui (ro)
Romansch: dar
Russian: дари́ть (ru) impf (darítʹ), подари́ть (ru) pf (podarítʹ)
Slovak: darovať
Slovene: podariti
Spanish: regalar (es), dar (es)
Swedish: skänka (sv), donera (sv)
Tagalog: magbigay (tl), magregalo
Telugu: బహూకరించు (te) (bahūkariñcu)
Walloon: ofri (wa), bistoker (wa), sinker (wa)
Yiddish: שענקען (shenken)

Derived terms

Anagrams

T.G.I.F., TGIF

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /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)

poison (substance harmful to a living organism)

Inflection

Declension of gift

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

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

gift

married

Inflection

Inflection of gift
	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

ugift

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gift

(deprecated template usage) imperative of gifte
past participle of gifte

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gifte, from Old Dutch *gift, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz. The words gif and vergif, both meaning "poison", derive from the same source as gift and were not formally distinguished until early modern Dutch.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɣɪft/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: gift
Rhymes: -ɪft

Noun

gift f (plural giften, diminutive giftje n)

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

Noun

gift n or f (plural giften, diminutive giftje n)

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Faroese

Noun

gift f (genitive singular giftar, uncountable)

poison

Declension

Declension of gift (singular only)
f2s	singular
f2s	indefinite	definite
nominative	gift	giftin
accusative	gift	giftina
dative	gift	giftini
genitive	giftar	giftarinnar

Synonyms

eitur

Adjective

gift

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	gift
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	giftar	gift
Dative (hvørjumfall)	giftum
Genitive (hvørsfall)	(gifta/ giftra)

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

gift

Wikipedia ^no

Noun

gift f or m (definite singular gifta or giften, indefinite plural gifter, definite plural giftene)

poison (substance harmful to a living organism)

Derived terms

Related terms

Adjective

gift (neuter singular gift, definite singular and plural gifte)

married

Antonyms

ugift

Derived terms

nygift

Verb

gift

imperative of gifte

References

“gift” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jɪft/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gipt.

Noun

gift f (definite singular gifta, indefinite plural gifter, definite plural giftene)

a poison

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From past participle of gifta.

Adjective

gift (indefinite singular gift, definite singular and plural gifte)

married

References

“gift” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Alternative forms

ġyft

Etymology

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

IPA^(key): /jift/

Noun

ġift f (nominative plural ġifta or ġiftu)

payment for a wife
(in the plural) a wedding

Descendants

Middle English: ȝift, ȝeft, gift (in part from Old Norse)
- English: gift, yift

Swedish

FWOTD – 2 July 2017

Pronunciation

audio: (file)

Etymology 1

From German Gift.

Noun

gift n

poison; venom; virus; toxin
- 1968 Tove Jansson, Muminpappans memoarer, Holger Schildts Förlag (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

Declension of gift
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	gift	giftet	gifter	gifterna
Genitive	gifts	giftets	gifters	gifternas

Etymology 2

From Old Norse gipta (“give away in marriage”), from Proto-Germanic *giftiz.

Adjective

gift (not comparable)

married
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 (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

Inflection of gift
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

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gift

(deprecated template usage) imperative of gifta.
(deprecated template usage) past participle of gifta
(deprecated template usage) supine of gifta

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