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English

Etymology

From Latin vīta (life). Doublet of quick and jiva.

Noun

vita (plural vitae or vitas or (archaic) vitæ)

  1. A hagiography; a biography of a saint.
  2. A curriculum vitae.

See also

Czech

Pronunciation

Participle

vita

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

Faroese

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (see).

Verb

vita (third person singular past indicative visti, third person plural past indicative vistu, supine vitað)

  1. To know.
Conjugation
Conjugation of vita (irregular)
infinitive vita
supine vitað
participle
present past
first singular veit visti
second singular veitst visti
third singular veit visti
plural vita vistu
imperative
singular
plural

See also

Etymology 2

Inflected form of viti

Noun

vita m

  1. indefinite accusative singular of viti
  2. indefinite dative singular of viti
  3. indefinite genitive singular of viti
  4. indefinite genitive plural of viti

Finnish

Etymology

Means "water slime" in dialects. Origin unknown.

Pronunciation

Noun

vita

  1. pondweed (an aquatic plant of the genus Potamogeton)

Declension

Inflection of vita (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation)
nominative vita vidat
genitive vidan vitojen
partitive vitaa vitoja
illative vitaan vitoihin
singular plural
nominative vita vidat
accusative nom. vita vidat
gen. vidan
genitive vidan vitojen
vitain rare
partitive vitaa vitoja
inessive vidassa vidoissa
elative vidasta vidoista
illative vitaan vitoihin
adessive vidalla vidoilla
ablative vidalta vidoilta
allative vidalle vidoille
essive vitana vitoina
translative vidaksi vidoiksi
abessive vidatta vidoitta
instructive vidoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of vita (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative vitani vitani
accusative nom. vitani vitani
gen. vitani
genitive vitani vitojeni
vitaini rare
partitive vitaani vitojani
inessive vidassani vidoissani
elative vidastani vidoistani
illative vitaani vitoihini
adessive vidallani vidoillani
ablative vidaltani vidoiltani
allative vidalleni vidoilleni
essive vitanani vitoinani
translative vidakseni vidoikseni
abessive vidattani vidoittani
instructive
comitative vitoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative vitasi vitasi
accusative nom. vitasi vitasi
gen. vitasi
genitive vitasi vitojesi
vitaisi rare
partitive vitaasi vitojasi
inessive vidassasi vidoissasi
elative vidastasi vidoistasi
illative vitaasi vitoihisi
adessive vidallasi vidoillasi
ablative vidaltasi vidoiltasi
allative vidallesi vidoillesi
essive vitanasi vitoinasi
translative vidaksesi vidoiksesi
abessive vidattasi vidoittasi
instructive
comitative vitoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative vitamme vitamme
accusative nom. vitamme vitamme
gen. vitamme
genitive vitamme vitojemme
vitaimme rare
partitive vitaamme vitojamme
inessive vidassamme vidoissamme
elative vidastamme vidoistamme
illative vitaamme vitoihimme
adessive vidallamme vidoillamme
ablative vidaltamme vidoiltamme
allative vidallemme vidoillemme
essive vitanamme vitoinamme
translative vidaksemme vidoiksemme
abessive vidattamme vidoittamme
instructive
comitative vitoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative vitanne vitanne
accusative nom. vitanne vitanne
gen. vitanne
genitive vitanne vitojenne
vitainne rare
partitive vitaanne vitojanne
inessive vidassanne vidoissanne
elative vidastanne vidoistanne
illative vitaanne vitoihinne
adessive vidallanne vidoillanne
ablative vidaltanne vidoiltanne
allative vidallenne vidoillenne
essive vitananne vitoinanne
translative vidaksenne vidoiksenne
abessive vidattanne vidoittanne
instructive
comitative vitoinenne

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

Anagrams

Gallurese

Etymology

From Classical Latin vīta, from Proto-Italic *gʷītā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (to live).

Pronunciation

Noun

vita f (plural viti)

  1. life

References

  1. ^ Mauro Maxia (2012) Fonetica storica del gallurese e delle altre varietà sardocorse (in Gallurese), Editrice Taphros, →ISBN

Hungarian

Etymology

Back-formation from vitat.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: vi‧ta
  • Rhymes: -tɒ

Noun

vita (plural viták)

  1. debate, dispute, discussion

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative vita viták
accusative vitát vitákat
dative vitának vitáknak
instrumental vitával vitákkal
causal-final vitáért vitákért
translative vitává vitákká
terminative vitáig vitákig
essive-formal vitaként vitákként
essive-modal
inessive vitában vitákban
superessive vitán vitákon
adessive vitánál vitáknál
illative vitába vitákba
sublative vitára vitákra
allative vitához vitákhoz
elative vitából vitákból
delative vitáról vitákról
ablative vitától vitáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
vitáé vitáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
vitáéi vitákéi
Possessive forms of vita
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. vitám vitáim
2nd person sing. vitád vitáid
3rd person sing. vitája vitái
1st person plural vitánk vitáink
2nd person plural vitátok vitáitok
3rd person plural vitájuk vitáik

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

Further reading

  • vita in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (see).

Verb

vita (preterite-present verb, third-person singular present indicative veit, third-person singular past indicative vissi, supine vitað)

  1. to know (information), know of something
    Að heyra barn hlæja er það fallegasta sem ég veit.
    To hear a child laughing is the most beautiful thing I know.
    Vissir þú að við lentum aldrei á tunglinu í alvörunni? Það var allt feik.
    Did you know we never really landed on the moon? It was all fake.
  2. to see, check
    Vittu nú hvort þú getir ekki lagað þetta fyrir mig.
    Now see if you can't fix that for me.
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

vita

  1. inflection of viti:
    1. indefinite accusative
    2. indefinite dative singular
    3. indefinite genitive

Interlingua

Noun

vita (plural vitas)

  1. life

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vīta, from Proto-Italic *gʷītā, possibly a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂, from the root *gʷeyh₃- (to live).

Pronunciation

Noun

vita f (plural vite)

  1. life
    • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 1–3; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
      Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
      mi ritrovai per una selva oscura,
      ché la diritta via era smarrita.
      Halfway through the journey of our life, I found myself inside a dark forest, for the straightforward path was lost.
  2. waist

Anagrams

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin vīta.

Noun

vita f (plural vites)

  1. life

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *gʷītā. Possibly corresponds to a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ (compare Ancient Greek βίοτος (bíotos, life), Old Irish bethu, bethad, Irish beatha, Welsh bywyd, Old Church Slavonic животъ (životŭ, life), Lithuanian gyvatà (life), Sanskrit जीवित (jīvitá), Avestan gayo (accusative ǰyātum) "life")), ultimately from *gʷeyh₃- (to live).

Pronunciation

Noun

vīta f (genitive vītae); first declension

  1. life
    Synonym: lūx
  2. (by extension) living, support, subsistence
  3. a way of life
  4. real life, not fiction
  5. (figuratively) mankind, the living

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative vīta vītae
genitive vītae vītārum
dative vītae vītīs
accusative vītam vītās
ablative vītā vītīs
vocative vīta vītae

Derived terms

Descendants

Verb

vītā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of vītō

References

  • vita”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vita”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vita”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vita in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin vita.

Noun

vita f (plural vite)

  1. life
    • 1274, Bonvesin de la Riva, Libro de Tre Scrigiure:
      Dra nassion da l’omo, dra vita e dra morte,
      From the tribe of the people, from the life and of the death,

Malagasy

Adjective

vita

  1. finished, complete, completed
  2. (figuratively) dead

Verb

vita

  1. To finish, complete, do, accomplish.
Focus (Voice)
Agent
(Active)
man-form: mamita
mi-form: --
om-form: --
Patient
(Passive)
vitaina
alternate: --
a-form: --
voa-form: --
tafa-form: --
Goal
(Relative)
an-form: amitana
i-form: --

See also

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vīta. Compare Italian vita.

Pronunciation

Noun

vita f (plural vite)

  1. life

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (see).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ʋɪ(ː)ta/
  • Hyphenation: vì‧ta

Verb

vita (present tense veit, past tense visste, past participle visst, passive infinitive vitast, present participle vitande, imperative vit)

  1. To know.
    Veit du kva dette er?
    Do you know what this is?
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin vita (life).

Pronunciation

Noun

vita n (definite singular vitaet, indefinite plural vita, definite plural vitaa)

  1. biography
    Synonym: biografi

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

vita n

  1. definite plural of vit

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *witaną (to know), from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde (to have seen, know), originally a perfect form of *weyd- (to see).

Cognate with Old English witan, Old Frisian wita, Old Saxon witan, Old Dutch witan, Old High German wizzan, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (witan).

Verb

vita (singular past indicative vissi, plural past indicative vissu, past participle vitaðr)

  1. to know

Conjugation

Descendants

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną.

Verb

vita

  1. To know.
Conjugation
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Old Norse víta, from Proto-Germanic *wītaną.

Verb

vīta

  1. To prove.
  2. To accuse.
Conjugation

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin vīta, from Proto-Italic *gʷītā, possibly a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂, from the root *gʷeyh₃- (to live).

Noun

vita f (plural vite)

  1. life

Romansch

Etymology 1

From Latin vīta.

Noun

vita f (plural vitas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) life
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Related to Etymology 1 above, similar to Italian vita.

Noun

vita f (plural vitas)

  1. (anatomy, Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) waist
Alternative forms
Synonyms
  • taglia (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter)

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

vita (Cyrillic spelling вита)

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

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

vita

  1. plural of kita

vita class VIII (plural vita class VIII)

  1. war

Derived terms

Swedish

Adjective

vita

  1. inflection of vit:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Tsonga

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́dia, causative form of Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́da.

Verb

vita

  1. To call.