giva

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

giva (present tense giv, past tense gav, past participle givet, passive infinitive givast, present participle givande, imperative giv)

  1. Alternative form of gjeva

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną.

Verb

giva

  1. to give

Conjugation

Conjugation of giva (strong)
present past
infinitive giva —
participle givandi, givande givin
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk giver givi, give — gaf gāvi, gāve
þū giver givi, give gif gaft gāvi, gāve
han giver givi, give — gaf gāvi, gāve
vīr givum, givom givum, givom givum, givom gāvum, gāvom gāvum, gāvom
īr givin givin givin gāvin gāvin
þēr giva givin — gāvu, gāvo gāvin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk gifs givis, gives — gafs gāvis, gāves
þū gifs givis, gives — gafts gāvis, gāves
han gifs givis, gives — gafs gāvis, gāves
vīr givums, -oms givums, givoms — gāvums, gāvoms gāvums, gāvoms
īr givins givins — gāvins gāvins
þēr givas givins — gāvus, gāvos gāvins

Descendants

  • Swedish: giva

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Swedish giva, gæva, from Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną (“to give”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-.

Pronunciation

Verb

giva (present giver, preterite gav, supine givit, imperative giv)

  1. Dated form of ge (“to give”).

Conjugation

Conjugation of giva (class 5 strong)
Active Passive
Infinitive giva givas
Supine givit givits
Imperative giv —
Imper. plural1 given —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative giver gav givs, gives gavs
Ind. plural1 giva gåvo givas gåvos
Subjunctive2 give gåve gives gåves
Participles
Present participle givande
Past participle given
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Noun

giva c

  1. a portion of fodder; the amount of fodder (food) given to an animal
    Mixblandaren räknar också om givorna till kg foder
    The fodder mixer also converts the number of portions to kilograms of fodder

Declension

Declension of giva 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative giva givan givor givorna
Genitive givas givans givors givornas

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