gyve

== English == === Alternative forms === give === Etymology === From Middle English *give, *gyve (found only in plural gives, gyves (“shackles; fetters”)). Of uncertain origin, possibly from low dialect taking from Celtic; compare Welsh gefyn (“fetter, shackle”), Irish geibbionn (“fetters”), geimheal (“fetter, chain, shackle”); these are from Proto-Celtic *gem- (“shackle, chain”), from Proto-Indo-European *gem- (“to squeeze, grab, press”), see also Proto-Slavic *žęti, Ancient Greek γέντο (génto). The modern pronunciation with /dʒ/ is due to the spelling. The verb is from Middle English given, gyven (“to shackle”), from the noun. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /d͡ʒaɪv/, /ɡaɪv/ Rhymes: -aɪv Homophone: jive === Noun === gyve (plural gyves) (literary) A shackle or fetter, especially for the leg. ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === gyve (third-person singular simple present gyves, present participle gyving, simple past and past participle gyved) To shackle, fetter, chain. ==== Derived terms ==== down-gyved ==== Translations ==== === References === Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 368-69 Matasović, Ranko (2009), “gem-eno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 157 == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Verb === gyve (present tense gyv, past tense gauv, supine gove, past participle goven, present participle gyvande, imperative gyv) alternative form of gyva