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Middle English
Pronoun
gie
- (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of ye (“you”)
Old English
Pronunciation
Adverb
ġie
- Alternative form of ġēa
Polish
Etymology
From the first letter of gówno.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡjɛ/
- Rhymes: -ɛ
- Syllabification: gie
Noun
gie n (indeclinable)
- (minced oath) shit, turd, excrement
- (minced oath) piece of shit (something of low quality or frustratingly inadequate)
Further reading
- gie in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin sic.
Adverb
gie
- (Sursilvan) yes (used to indicate agreement with a positive statement)
Related terms
Scots
Alternative forms
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)
- 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
Southern Sami
Etymology
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Pronoun
gie
- (interrogative) who
- (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, 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
- you (second-person singular subjective personal pronoun)