lita

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "lita"

Czech

Pronunciation

Participle

lita

  1. inflection of lít:
    1. feminine singular passive participle
    2. neuter plural passive participle

Gothic

Romanization

lita

  1. Romanization of 𐌻𐌹𐍄𐌰

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Verb

lita (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative litaði, supine litað)

  1. to color

Conjugation

lita — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að lita
supine
(sagnbót) 		litað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		litandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég lita við litum present
(nútíð) 		ég liti við litum
þú litar þið litið þú litir þið litið
hann, hún, það litar þeir, þær, þau lita hann, hún, það liti þeir, þær, þau liti
past
(þátíð) 		ég litaði við lituðum past
(þátíð) 		ég litaði við lituðum
þú litaðir þið lituðuð þú litaðir þið lituðuð
hann, hún, það litaði þeir, þær, þau lituðu hann, hún, það litaði þeir, þær, þau lituðu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		lita (þú) litið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
litaðu litiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
litast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að litast
supine
(sagnbót) 		litast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		litandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég litast við litumst present
(nútíð) 		ég litist við litumst
þú litast þið litist þú litist þið litist
hann, hún, það litast þeir, þær, þau litast hann, hún, það litist þeir, þær, þau litist
past
(þátíð) 		ég litaðist við lituðumst past
(þátíð) 		ég litaðist við lituðumst
þú litaðist þið lituðust þú litaðist þið lituðust
hann, hún, það litaðist þeir, þær, þau lituðust hann, hún, það litaðist þeir, þær, þau lituðust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		litast (þú) litist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
litastu litisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
litaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		litaður lituð litað litaðir litaðar lituð
accusative
(þolfall) 		litaðan litaða litað litaða litaðar lituð
dative
(þágufall) 		lituðum litaðri lituðu lituðum lituðum lituðum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		litaðs litaðrar litaðs litaðra litaðra litaðra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		litaði litaða litaða lituðu lituðu lituðu
accusative
(þolfall) 		litaða lituðu litaða lituðu lituðu lituðu
dative
(þágufall) 		litaða lituðu litaða lituðu lituðu lituðu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		litaða lituðu litaða lituðu lituðu lituðu

Related terms

Noun

lita m

  1. indefinite genitive plural of lita

Kavalan

Noun

lita

  1. clay

Ladin

Verb

lita

  1. inflection of liter:
    1. third-person singular/plural present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Verb

litā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of litō

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Adjective

lita

  1. feminine singular of liten

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hlíta.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

lita (present tense lit, past tense leit, past participle lite, passive infinitive litast, present participle litande, imperative lit)

  1. to rely on, have faith in; trust
    Eg lit ikkje på dei.
    I don't trust them.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

lita f

  1. singular definite of lit

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Adjective

lita

  1. feminine singular of liten

References

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈli.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Syllabification: li‧ta

Adjective

lita

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of lity

Noun

lita m animal

  1. genitive/accusative singular of lit

Spanish

Verb

lita

  1. inflection of litar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Swahili

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Etymology

From English litre.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun

lita (n class, plural lita)

  1. litre

References

  1. ^ Mugane, John M. (2015) The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, pages 54-55: “Names of weights such as aunsi (ounce), lita (liter), and paundi (pound) are all borrowed from English, too.”

Swazi

Verb

-lita

  1. to joke

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hlíta.

Pronunciation

Verb

lita (present litar, preterite litade, supine litat, imperative lita)

  1. (with "på") to trust (a person), to rely on someone
    Litar du inte på mig?
    Don't you trust me?

Conjugation

Conjugation of lita (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive lita litas
Supine litat litats
Imperative lita —
Imper. plural1 liten —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative litar litade litas litades
Ind. plural1 lita litade litas litades
Subjunctive2 lite litade lites litades
Participles
Present participle litande
Past participle litad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

Anagrams

Yogad

Noun

litá

  1. louse egg

Yoruba

Etymology

Borrowed from English litre

Pronunciation

Noun

lítà

  1. litre

See also

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia