giv

Danish

Alternative forms

• gi' (representing the spoken language)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡiː/, [ɡ̊iːˀ], [ɡ̊i]
• Rhymes: -iːv

Verb

giv

1. imperative of give

Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑁄𑀳𑀽𑀫 (gohūma), from Sanskrit गोधूम (godhūma). Cognate with Hindi गेहूँ (gehū̃).

Noun

giv m (nominative plural giva)

1. wheat

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gōdhūˊma”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 230
• Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “giv”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 98
• Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o giv, -es- m. -a, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 150

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːv

Noun

giv c

1. deal; the act of distributing playing cards
2. dealer; one who distributes playing cards
3. deal, hand; the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
4. deal, round; the moment from dealing the cards until the players are finished with them

Declension

Declension of giv
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	giv	given	givar	givarna
Genitive	givs	givens	givars	givarnas

Verb

giv

1. imperative of giva

Derived terms

• givakt
• giv eld
• giv upp

References

• giv in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• giv in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• giv in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• vig