gie

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gie"

Middle English

Pronoun

gie

1. (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of ye (“you”)

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ji͜y/

Adverb

ġie

1. Alternative form of ġēa

Polish

Etymology

From the first letter of gówno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡjɛ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Syllabification: gie

Noun

gie n (indeclinable)

1. (minced oath) shit, turd, excrement
2. (minced oath) piece of shit (something of low quality or frustratingly inadequate)

Further reading

• gie in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romansch

Alternative forms

• gea (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
• ea (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
• schi (Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin sic.

Adverb

gie

1. (Sursilvan) yes (used to indicate agreement with a positive statement)

Related terms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) bain
• (Sursilvan) bein
• (Sutsilvan) bagn
• (Surmiran) gea bagn
• (Puter, Vallader) bainschi, hei, bainschi hei
• (Vallader) hai, bainschi hai

Scots

Alternative forms

• geve, gewe, gif, gyf, gefe

Etymology

From Middle English given, geven, gifen, from Old Norse gefa.

Verb

gie (third-person singular simple present gies, present participle giein, simple past gied, past participle gied or gien)

1. To give.

   Gie us (or gie's) a brek. ― Give us a break.

   • 1824, Sir Walter Scott, “Wandering Willie's Tale”, in Redgauntlet:

     “Here, Dougal,” said the laird, “gie Steenie a tass of brandy, till I count the siller and write the receipt.”

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1983, William Lorimer, transl., The New Testament in Scots, Edinburgh: Canongate, published 2001, →ISBN, →OCLC, John 3:16:

     For God sae luved the warld at he gíed his ae an ane Son, at ilkane at belíeves in him mayna perish but hae eternal life.

     Because God loved the world so much, he gave his own begotten son, so anyone that believes in him won't perish, but has eternal life.

Derived terms

• gie it laldy

Southern Sami

Etymology

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Pronoun

gie

1. (interrogative) who
2. (relative) who, that, which

Inflection

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

West Flemish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gī, ghi, from Old Dutch gī, from Proto-Germanic *jīz, Northwest Germanic variant of *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yū́.

Pronoun

gie

1. you (second-person singular subjective personal pronoun)