Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yive

[jɪv]

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: yive
IPA: [jɪv]

10

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To give.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ- Proto-Germanic *gebaną Proto-West Germanic *geban Old English ġiefan Middle English yiven English yive Inherited from Middle English yiven, from Old English ġiefan, from Proto-West Germanic *geban, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-. Doublet of give, from Old Norse.

Usage

Inflected Forms

yives (present, singular) yiving (participle, present) yave (past) yiven (participle, past)

Frequently Paired Words

yift

Questions

How do you pronounce yive?: The recorded pronunciation is [jɪv].
What does yive mean?: To give.
Where does yive come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ- Proto-Germanic *gebaną Proto-West Germanic *geban Old English ġiefan Middle English yiven English yive Inherited from Middle English yiven, from Old English ġiefan, from Proto-West Germanic *geban, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-. Doublet of give, from Old Norse.

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