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

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)	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

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

• giften (of noun)
• giftet (of verb)

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
	Participles
Present participle	giftande
Past participle	gift
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• giftasvuxen
• giftermål

Further reading

• gifta in Svensk ordbok.