gifting

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪftɪŋ/

Verb

gifting

1. present participle and gerund of gift

Noun

gifting (plural giftings)

1. The act or occasion of giving or exchanging gifts.
   • 1985, J. Michael Fullingim, Of Pigs, Men and Life: A Glimpse at Wiru Society, page 27:

     there is also the exchange of pork a day or two following the marriage ceremony itself; this initiates the long lasting series of yangi toko giftings between the new affinal groups .

   • 2007, Richard Daly, Our Box Was Full: An Ethnography for the Delgamuukw Plaintiffs, page 38:

     Here too, as across the Pacific in the sagali giftings that were integral to grieving the dead of the Trobriand Islands, the more valuable gifts (given by brothers) are supported by public payments to the guests in the form of items of lesser value (produced by sisters).

   • 2022, Peter Howland ·, Wine and The Gift: From Production to Consumption:

     Importantly, this gifting generates orderly social and political relationships without any need for centralized government and is thus readily recruited in steadfast moral opposition to divisive commodity-based economies, socialities, and politics (see also Gregory 1982).

2. (religion) A divine gift.
   • 2009, Tom Cannon, We Speak to Nations, page 145:

     We all bear His image and likeness, walk in the fullness of His love, and have been given a portion of His power – in the form of divine enablings, and supernatural giftings.

   • 2022, Don Everts, Discover Your Gifts:

     We asked pastors how much they agree or disagree with the statement, "As a pastor, I feel I have a good sense of the giftings of our congregation."

   • 2024, Debra Giles, Raising Prophetic Kids:

     You can't, for example, buy compassion or artistic abilities, and you can't buy prophetic giftings.

Derived terms

• gifting suite

 

Icelandic

Etymology

From gifta +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɪftiŋk/
• Rhymes: -ɪftink
• Rhymes: -ɪftiŋk

Noun

gifting f (genitive singular giftingar, nominative plural giftingar)

1. wedding
2. marriage

Declension

Declension of gifting (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gifting	giftingin	giftingar	giftingarnar
accusative	giftingu	giftinguna	giftingar	giftingarnar
dative	giftingu	giftingunni	giftingum	giftingunum
genitive	giftingar	giftingarinnar	giftinga	giftinganna