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Gift is one of the exceptions to a clearly demonstrated pattern. In fact, there are so few such words that there is a wikipedia article that lists them.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MSJaSS_Zj0Y
Well, as always, the collective will rule on how language is used and which words are exceptions that prove a rule.