geva

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną.

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
participle (a26)1 gevandi givin
present past
first singular gevi gav
second singular gevur gavst
third singular gevur gav
plural geva góvu
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 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 ᚷ (/ɡ/)

Declension
Declension of 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 — —


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