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geva

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Faroese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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geva (third person singular past indicative gav, third person plural past indicative góvu, supine givið)

  1. to give

Conjugation

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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

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Árnason, Kristján (2011) The Phonology of Icelandic and Faroese (The Phonology of the World's Languages), Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 116

Old Saxon

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *gebō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɛ.fɑ/, [ˈɣɛ.βɑ]

Noun

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geva f

  1. gift
  2. favour
  3. the runic letter (/ɡ/)

Declension

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