gift

== English == === Alternative forms === yift (dialectal) === Etymology === From Middle English yifte, ȝift, partly from Old English ġift, ġyft (“giving, consideration, dowry, wedding”) and Old Norse gipt (“gift, present, wedding”); both from Proto-Germanic *giftiz (“gift”). Equivalent to give +‎ -t (etymologically yive +‎ -t). === Pronunciation === (US, UK) enPR: gĭft, IPA(key): /ɡɪft/ Rhymes: -ɪft === Noun === gift (plural gifts) Something given to another voluntarily, without charge. A talent or natural ability. Something gained incidentally, without effort. The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing. (Australia) A footrace, often a short one with a prize, sometimes with a handicap system whereby runners start from different positions based on their past performance. 1981, [Victoria] Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), volume 363, page 5391: […] Stawell Gift Committee requested a special train for the gift's one hundredth anniversary celebration but […] 1982, Victoria Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), page 2284: [Someone who...] ran second in last year's gift believes the Bill is a good idea. […] Stawell Gift. […] 1990, Victoria Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), page 865: […] Stawell Gift, which is held during the Easter break. I recently attended the Stawell Gift, and I must pay tribute to the excellent manner in which the gift is run. I compliment the Stawell Athletic Club which runs the event so well […] c. 2026, Castlemaine Gift Athletics Carnival 2026 (Mount Alexander Shire Council): The Castlemaine Gift is an annual professional running event for all ages listed on the Victorian Athletic League calendar. The gift has over 150 years of rich history and has been a professional event for just over 100 years. ==== Synonyms ==== (something freely given by another): See Thesaurus:gift For beneficial actions, see favor. (something god-given): ability, aptitude, knack, talent, strength ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Manx: gioot → Japanese: ギフト (gifuto) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== lagniappe === 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. ==== Synonyms ==== contribute donate give ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === 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) venom (poison carried by an animal) ===== Inflection ===== ===== Synonyms ===== edder ===== Derived terms ===== ==== See also ==== gift on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da === Etymology 2 === Originally the past participle of gifte (“marry”). ==== Adjective ==== gift married ===== Inflection ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ugift === Etymology 3 === From Old Danish gift, from Old Norse gipt. Largely replaced by gave, from Middle Low German gave. The word still exists in some compound words, e.g. afgift. ==== Noun ==== gift c (singular definite giften, plural indefinite gifter) (obsolete) a gift, present ===== Declension ===== ==== Further reading ==== “gift” in Den Danske Ordbog === Etymology 4 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== gift imperative of gifte past participle of gifte == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch gifte, from Old Dutch *gift, from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz. Equivalent to geven (“to give”) +‎ -t (“verbal noun”). The words gif and vergif, both meaning “poison”, derive from the same source as gift. The sense “poison” may have originated as a shortening of vergift or may have been borrowed from German Gift. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣɪft/ Hyphenation: gift Rhymes: -ɪft === Noun === gift f (plural giften, diminutive giftje n) donation; something given (away) voluntarily Synonyms: cadeau, geschenk, schenking ==== Derived terms ==== grafgift huwelijksgift === Noun === gift n or f (plural giften, diminutive giftje n) (dated) poison Synonyms: gif, venijn, vergif, vergift ==== Derived terms ==== giftig ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: gif === Adjective === gift (not comparable) (obsolete) poisonous, toxic, venomous Synonym: giftig ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== geven, gave vergiftigen, ontgiften, begiftigen == Faroese == === Etymology === From German Gift. === Noun === gift f (genitive singular giftar, uncountable) poison ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== eitur === Adjective === gift married, female form of giftur Ert tú gift? Are you (f) married? ==== Declension ==== == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse gipt, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈcɪft] Rhymes: -ɪft === Noun === gift f (genitive singular giftar, nominative plural giftir) (obsolete) gift Synonym: gjöf ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== gifta == Norwegian Bokmål == === 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 ==== giftslange giftstoff rottegift ==== Related terms ==== forgifte forgiftning giftig === 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) poison ===== Derived terms ===== giftslange giftstoff rottegift === Etymology 2 === Past participle of gifta. ==== Adjective ==== gift (indefinite singular gift, definite singular and plural gifte) married ==== Participle ==== gift (definite singular and plural gifte) past participle of gifta and gifte ===== Alternative forms ===== gifta ==== Verb ==== gift imperative of gifta and gifte supine of gifta and gifte ==== References ==== “gift” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Alternative forms === ġyft === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *gifti, 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 marriage payment, dowry (in the plural and in compounds) wedding, marriage c. 992, Ælfric, "The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost" ==== Declension ==== Strong i-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: yifte, ȝift, giftEnglish: gift, yiftScots: gyft, giftYola: giftes (plural) == Swedish == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === From German Gift (“poison”), from Middle High German gift f (“gift, present”), Old High German gift f (“gift”), from Proto-West Germanic *gifti, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz, which is a derivation of *gebaną (“to give”). ==== Noun ==== gift n poison, venom, toxin (toxic substance) Hyponyms: etter, toxin ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== giftgrön (“green like poison”) giftkörtel (“venom gland”) giftorm (“venomous snake”) giftpil (“poison arrow”) miljögift (“environmental toxin”) ===== Related terms ===== förgifta förgiftning giftig === Etymology 2 === From Old Swedish gipt, from Old Norse gipta (“give away in marriage”), from Proto-Germanic *giftiz. ==== Adjective ==== gift (not comparable) married Synonym: äkta ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 3 === From Old Swedish gipt, from Old Norse gipt, from Proto-Germanic *giftiz. ==== Noun ==== gift c (obsolete) a gift, a present Synonym: gåva ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Participle ==== gift past participle of gifta ==== Verb ==== gift inflection of gifta: imperative supine === References === “gift”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) gift in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)