gifta

See also: ģifta and ģiftā

Faroese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈdʒɪfta]

Verb

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

  1. to marry

Conjugation
Conjugation of gifta (group v-9st)
infinitive gifta
supine gift
participle (a5)1 giftandi giftur
present past
first singular gifti gifti
second singular giftir gifti
third singular giftir gifti
plural gifta giftu
imperative
singular gift!
plural giftið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈcɪfta/
  • Rhymes: -ɪfta

Verb

gifta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gifti, supine gift)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to give away in marriage
  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)		 ég gifti við giftum present
(nútíð)		 ég gifti við giftum
þú giftir þið giftið þú giftir þið giftið
hann, hún, það giftir þeir, þær, þau gifta hann, hún, það gifti þeir, þær, þau gifti
past
(þátíð)		 ég gifti við giftum past
(þátíð)		 ég gifti við giftum
þú giftir þið giftuð þú giftir þið giftuð
hann, hún, það gifti þeir, þær, þau giftu hann, hún, það gifti þeir, þær, þau giftu
imperative
(boðháttur)		 gift (þú) giftið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
giftu giftiði *
* 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 **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég giftist við giftumst present
(nútíð)		 ég giftist við giftumst
þú giftist þið giftist þú giftist þið giftist
hann, hún, það giftist þeir, þær, þau giftast hann, hún, það giftist þeir, þær, þau giftist
past
(þátíð)		 ég giftist við giftumst past
(þátíð)		 ég giftist við giftumst
þú giftist þið giftust þú giftist þið giftust
hann, hún, það giftist þeir, þær, þau giftust hann, hún, það giftist þeir, þær, þau giftust
imperative
(boðháttur)		 gifst (þú) giftist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
gifstu giftisti *
* 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

Noun

gifta f (genitive singular giftu, no plural)

  1. luck, fortune

Declension
declension of gifta
f-w1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative gifta giftan
accusative giftu giftuna
dative giftu giftunni
genitive giftu giftunnar

Synonyms

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
Declension of gifta (strong ō-stem)
Case 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)
    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
Participles
Present participle giftande
Past participle gift
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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