drit

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse drit, from Proto-Germanic *dritą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɪːt/
• Rhymes: -ɪːt

Noun

drit n (genitive singular drits, no plural)

1. bird excrement, guano

Declension

Related terms

• dríta

Middle English

Alternative forms

• drite, dritte, dirte, dird, dert, durt

Etymology

From Old Norse drit (“excrement”), from Proto-Germanic *dritą, *dritō (“excrement”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drit/

Noun

drit (uncountable)

1. excrement, feces
2. dirt, filth
3. (figuratively) sordidness, worthlessness

Descendants

• English: dirt
• Yola: dhurth

References

• “drit, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• dret, dred, drid

Etymology

From drit n, from Proto-Germanic *dritą (“excrement”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drɪ(ː)t/, /driːt/

Noun

drit m (definite singular driten, indefinite plural dritar, definite plural dritane)

1. excrement, faeces

Noun

drit m or n (definite singular driten or dritet, indefinite plural dritar or drit, definite plural dritane or drita)

1. dirt, filth

Related terms

• drita (“to defecate”)
• drite (“diarrhoea”)

References

• “drit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “drit” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian dritto.

Noun

drit n (plural drituri)

1. (obsolete) right
2. privilege

Declension

References

• drit in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN