gifta

See also: ģifta and ģiftā

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse gipta, from Proto-Germanic *giftijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɪfta/
• Rhymes: -ɪfta

Verb

gifta (third person singular past indicative gifti, third person plural past indicative giftu, supine gift)

1. to marry

Conjugation

Conjugation of gifta (group v-9st)

infinitive	gifta
supine	gift
	present	past
first singular	gifti	gifti
second singular	giftir	gifti
third singular	giftir	gifti
plural	gifta	giftu
participle (a5)1	giftandi	giftur
	imperative
singular	gift!
plural	giftið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Derived terms

• giftast

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɪfta/
• Rhymes: -ɪfta

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gipta, from Proto-Germanic *giftijaną.

Verb

gifta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gifti, supine gift)

1. to give away in marriage [with accusative]
2. (reflexive) to marry

Conjugation

gifta – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að gifta
supine sagnbót		gift
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		giftandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	gifti	gifti		gifti	gifti
	þú	giftir	giftir		giftir	giftir
	hann, hún, það	giftir	gifti		gifti	gifti
plural	við	giftum	giftum		giftum	giftum
	þið	giftið	giftuð		giftið	giftuð
	þeir, þær, þau	gifta	giftu		gifti	giftu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	gift (þú), giftu
plural	þið	giftið (þið), giftiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

giftast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að giftast
supine sagnbót		gifst
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		giftandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	giftist	giftist		giftist	giftist
	þú	giftist	giftist		giftist	giftist
	hann, hún, það	giftist	giftist		giftist	giftist
plural	við	giftumst	giftumst		giftumst	giftumst
	þið	giftist	giftust		giftist	giftust
	þeir, þær, þau	giftast	giftust		giftist	giftust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	gifst (þú), gifstu
plural	þið	giftist (þið), giftisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

giftur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	giftur	gift	gift	giftir	giftar	gift
accusative (þolfall)	giftan	gifta	gift	gifta	giftar	gift
dative (þágufall)	giftum	giftri	giftu	giftum	giftum	giftum
genitive (eignarfall)	gifts	giftrar	gifts	giftra	giftra	giftra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	gifti	gifta	gifta	giftu	giftu	giftu
accusative (þolfall)	gifta	giftu	gifta	giftu	giftu	giftu
dative (þágufall)	gifta	giftu	gifta	giftu	giftu	giftu
genitive (eignarfall)	gifta	giftu	gifta	giftu	giftu	giftu

Etymology 2

Noun

gifta f (genitive singular giftu, no plural)

1. luck, fortune

   Synonyms: hamingja, gæfa, heill

Declension

Declension of gifta (sg-only feminine)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	gifta	giftan
accusative	giftu	giftuna
dative	giftu	giftunni
genitive	giftu	giftunnar

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• giften (of noun)
• giftet (of verb)

Noun

gifta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of gift

Verb

gifta

1. inflection of gifte:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gifta f

1. definite singular of gift

Old English

Etymology

See ġift.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjif.tɑ/

Noun

ġifta f pl

1. wedding

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	—	ġifta, ġifte
accusative	—	ġifta, ġifte
genitive	—	ġifta
dative	—	ġiftum

Swedish

Etymology

Related to gift (“a gift”) and ge (“to give”).

Adjective

gifta

1. inflection of gift:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Verb

gifta (present gifter, preterite gifte, supine gift, imperative gift)

1. (reflexive, intransitive) to marry (followed by med)

   Synonym: äkta

   Han gifte sig med henne.

   He married her.

2. (reflexive, reciprocal) to get married

   De har äntligen gift sig.

   They've finally gotten married.

Conjugation

Conjugation of gifta (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	gifta		giftas
supine	gift		gifts
imperative	gift		—
imper. plural1	giften		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	gifter	gifte	gifts, giftes	giftes
ind. plural1	gifta	gifte	giftas	giftes
subjunctive2	gifte	gifte	giftes	giftes
present participle		giftande
past participle		gift

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• giftasvuxen
• giftermål

Further reading

• “gifta”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)