yta

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See also: YTA, ýta, and y tá

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

yta

  1. inflection of yte:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse yte, from út, from Proto-Germanic *ūt (out, outward).

Noun

yta c

  1. a surface
    en platt yta
    a flat surface
    bollens yta
    the surface of the ball
    1. a water surface
      vattenyta
      water surface
      Döda fiskar flöt upp till ytan
      Dead fish floated to the surface
      Det flöt olja på ytan
      There was oil floating on the surface
  2. (figuratively) a surface
    Under familjens välpolerade yta kan man ana ett mörker
    Beneath the family's well-polished surface, you can sense a darkness
    Han är inte äkta. Allt är yta.
    He's not real. Everything is surface.
    På mötet kom missnöjet upp till ytan
    At the meeting, the dissatisfaction came to the surface
  3. area (measure of extent)
    Ytan är hundra kvadratmeter
    The area is one hundred square meters
    Synonym: area
  4. an area (location)
    Vi vill skapa gröna ytor i staden
    We want to create green areas in the city

Declension

Declension of yta 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative yta ytan ytor ytorna
Genitive ytas ytans ytors ytornas

Derived terms

References

Welsh

Etymology

ŷd (corn) +‎ -ha (forming verbs)

Pronunciation

Verb

yta (first-person singular present ytâf)

  1. to harvest corn

Conjugation

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
yta unchanged unchanged hyta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “yta”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies