giv

Alternative forms

• gi' (representing the spoken language)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡiː/, [ɡ̊iːˀ], [ɡ̊i]
• Rhymes: -iːv

Verb

giv

1. imperative of give

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑁄𑀳𑀽𑀫 (gohūma), from Sanskrit गोधूम (godhūma). Cognate with Hindi गेहूँ (gehū̃).

Noun

giv m (nominative plural giva)

1. wheat

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gōdhūˊma”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 230
• Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “giv”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 98
• Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o giv, -es- m. -a, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 150

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːv

Noun

giv c

1. deal; the act of distributing playing cards
2. dealer; one who distributes playing cards
3. deal, hand; the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
4. deal, round; the moment from dealing the cards until the players are finished with them

Verb

giv

1. imperative of giva

References

• giv in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• giv in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• giv in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• vig