geva

Faroese

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [t͡ʃeːʋa]

    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.

    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

    Descendants

    • Middle Dutch: geve

    References

    • geva”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

    Old Saxon

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Proto-Germanic *gebō.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈɣɛ.fɑ/, [ˈɣɛ.βɑ]

    Noun

    geva f

    1. gift
    2. favour
    3. the runic letter (/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