щит

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See also: штит, and шит

Eastern Mari

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian щит (ščit).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɕːit/
  • Rhymes: -it
  • Hyphenation: щит

Noun

щит (ŝit)

  1. shield
    ожно щит кажне пӧръеҥын лийын
    ožno ŝit kažńe pörjeŋyn ĺijyn
    earlier all men had shields
  2. shield, screen, barrier
    тиде нунылан щит семын лиеш: нигӧ пурен ок сеҥе
    tide nunylan ŝit semyn ĺiješ: ńigö puren ok seŋe
    it will be a barrier for them: nobody will get in
  3. stand, board, sign
  4. panel board
  5. (technical) panel
  6. (basketball, sports) board
    мече, корзиныш логалде, щитыш перныш
    meče, korzinyš logalde, ŝityš pernyš
    the ball, without going into the basket, hit the backboard

Declension

Declension of щит
singular plural
nominative щит (ŝit) щит-влак (ŝit-vlak)
accusative щитым (ŝitym) щит-влакым (ŝit-vlakym)
genitive щитын (ŝityn) щит-влакын (ŝit-vlakyn)
dative щитлан (ŝitlan) щит-влаклан (ŝit-vlaklan)
comitative щитге (ŝitge) щит-влакге (ŝit-vlakge)
comparative щитла (ŝitla) щит-влакла (ŝit-vlakla)
inessive щитыште (ŝityšte) щит-влакыште (ŝit-vlakyšte)
illative (short) щитыш (ŝityš) щит-влакыш (ŝit-vlakyš)
illative (long) щитышке (ŝityške) щит-влакышке (ŝit-vlakyške)
lative щитеш (ŝiteš) щит-влакеш (ŝit-vlakeš)
Possessed forms of щит
singular plural
1st person щитем (ŝitem) щитна (ŝitna)
2nd person щитет (ŝitet) щитда (ŝitda)
3rd person щитше (ŝitše) щитышт (ŝityšt)

References

  • J. Bradley et al. (2023) “щит”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

Mongolian

MongolianCyrillic
ᠱ᠌ᠢᠲ
(šit)
щит
(ščit)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Russian щит (ščit).

Pronunciation

Noun

щит (ščit)

  1. shield
  2. panel

Usage notes

Due to its rarity, щ (šč) is sometimes replaced by the more common ш (š).

Declension

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak ščít, from Proto-Slavic *ščitъ. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn щит (ščyt) and Slovak štít.

Pronunciation

Noun

щит (ščitm inan (diminutive щитчок, related adjective щитни or щитов)

  1. shield
  2. facade (front face of a building)

Derived terms

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References

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic щитъ (ščitŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ščitъ (shield), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *skeita, from Proto-Indo-European *skey-to-m, from *skey- (to cut, separate). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian štit, Old Irish scíath, Latin scūtum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

щит (ščitm inan (genitive щита́, nominative plural щиты́, genitive plural щито́в, relational adjective щитово́й, diminutive щито́к)

  1. shield
  2. panel, board (mounting tools, machinery, images, etc.)
    щит управле́нияščit upravlénijacontrol panel
    распредели́тельный щитraspredelítelʹnyj ščitswitchboard
    рекла́мный щитreklámnyj ščitbillboard
  3. sluice-gate
  4. (zootomy) carapax or plastron (dorsal or ventral half of a tortoise's or turtle's shell)
  5. (heraldry) escutcheon

Declension

Descendants

  • Eastern Mari: щит (ŝit)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “щит”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Ukrainian

 Щит on Ukrainian Wikipedia
 Щит (значення) on Ukrainian Wikipedia

Etymology

From Old East Slavic щитъ (ščitŭ), from Proto-Slavic *ščitъ (shield), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *skeita, from Proto-Indo-European *skey-to-m, from *skey- (to cut, separate). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian štit, Old Irish scíath, Latin scūtum.

Pronunciation

Noun

щит (ščytm inan (genitive щита́, nominative plural щити́, genitive plural щиті́в)

  1. shield
  2. panel
  3. (zoology) tortoiseshell

Declension

Derived terms

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