gåva

gåva f (definite singular gåva, indefinite plural gåver or gåvor, definite plural gåvene or gåvone)

1. definite singular of gåve
2. (pre-2012) alternative form of gåve

• gåfva, gåfwa (obsolete since 1906)

Inherited from Old Swedish gava, from Old Norse gjǫf, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gebō.

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gåva c

1. gift

• Compounds are based on gåvo-, an archaic genitive form, similar to gatu- compounds to the noun gata.

• ge

• gåva in Svensk ordbok.

• avgå, gå av, våga