gie
See also: Appendix:Variations of "gie"
Middle English
editPronoun
editgie
- (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of ye (“you”)
Old English
editPronunciation
editAdverb
editġie
- Alternative form of ġēa
Polish
editEtymology
editFrom the first letter of gówno.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgie n (indeclinable)
- (minced oath) shit, turd, excrement
- (minced oath) piece of shit (something of low quality or frustratingly inadequate)
Further reading
edit- gie in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romansch
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAdverb
editgie
Related terms
edit- (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) bain
- (Sursilvan) bein
- (Sutsilvan) bagn
- (Surmiran) gea bagn
- (Puter, Vallader) bainschi, hei, bainschi hei
- (Vallader) hai, bainschi hai
Scots
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English given, geven, gifen, from Old Norse gefa.
Verb
editgie (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
editSouthern Sami
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronoun
editgie
Inflection
editThis pronoun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
edit- 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
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch gī, ghi, from Old Dutch gī, from Proto-Germanic *jīz, Northwest Germanic variant of *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yū́.
Pronoun
editgie
- you (second-person singular subjective personal pronoun)
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