gift

• n. 贈り物; ギフト; 贈与
• vt.贈る；...に贈る
• n. （贈り物）人の名前；（英）givert

give の名詞形から。

gift

gift: [13] Prehistoric Germanic *geb-, the source from which English gets the verb give, produced the derivative *geftiz. This passed into Old English as gift, which, as far as is known, meant only ‘bride price’, and seems to have died out by the Middle English period. Modern English gift represents a borrowing of the related Old Norse gipt or gift. (Modern German, Swedish, and Danish gift and Dutch gif are used euphemistically for ‘poison’.)
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gift (n.)

mid-13c. "that which is given" (c. 1100 in surnames), from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse gift, gipt "gift; good luck," from Proto-Germanic *giftiz (cognates: Old Saxon gift, Old Frisian jefte, Middle Dutch ghifte "gift," German Mitgift "dowry"), from PIE root *ghabh- "to give or receive" (see habit). For German Gift, Dutch, Danish, Swedish gift "poison," see poison (n.).

Sense of "natural talent" (regarded as conferred) is from c. 1300, perhaps from earlier sense of "inspiration, power miraculously bestowed" (late 12c.), as in the Biblical gift of tongues. Old English cognate gift is recorded only in the sense "bride-price, marriage gift (by the groom), dowry" (hence gifta (pl.) "a marriage, nuptials"). The Old English noun for "a giving, gift" was giefu, which is related to the Old Norse word. Sense of "natural talent" is c. 1300, perhaps from earlier sense of "inspiration" (late 12c.). The proverbial gift horse was earlier given horse:

No man ought to looke a geuen hors in the mouth. [Heywood, 1546]

The modern form perhaps traces to Butler's "Hudibras" (1663), where the tight iambic tetrameter required a shorter phrase:

He ne'er consider'd it, as loth
To look a Gift-horse in the mouth.

gift (v.)

"bestow a gift," 16c., from gift (n.). Related: Gifted; gifting.

1. In the examination paper Qestion 2 was a gift .

試験問題の2番目の問題は簡単な問題である.（本文中の gift はpresentと交換不可）

2.Her grandmother had the gift of Making people happy.

彼女のおばあさんは人を笑わせる腕がある。

3.They are naturally good salesmen with the gift of the gab.

彼らは生まれながらにして口が達者なセールスの達人だった。

4.The surprise gift is a thankyou for our help.

この意外な贈り物は、私たちが助けてくれたことに感謝するためです。

5.Are men god 's gift to women？Some of them think they are.

男は神から女への贈り物ですか？そう思っている男もいる。