gifta

See also: ģifta and ģiftā

Faroese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. to marry

Conjugation

Conjugation of (group v-9st)
infinitive
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

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.

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