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

• geve, geƀa, giƀa

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	—	—