dríta

See also: drita and Drita

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *drītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreyd- (to have diarrhea).

Verb

dríta (singular past indicative dreit, plural past indicative dritu, past participle dritit)

  1. to shit
    Synonym: skíta

Conjugation

Conjugation of dríta — active (strong class 1)
infinitive dríta
present participle drítandi
past participle dritinn
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular drít dreit dríta drita
2nd person singular drítr dreizt drítir dritir
3rd person singular drítr dreit dríti driti
1st person plural drítum dritum drítim dritim
2nd person plural drítið drituð drítið dritið
3rd person plural dríta dritu dríti driti
imperative present
2nd person singular drít
1st person plural drítum
2nd person plural drítið
Conjugation of dríta — mediopassive (strong class 1)
infinitive drítask
present participle drítandisk
past participle dritizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular drítumk dritumk drítumk dritumk
2nd person singular drízk dreizk drítisk dritisk
3rd person singular drízk dreizk drítisk dritisk
1st person plural drítumsk dritumsk drítimsk dritimsk
2nd person plural drítizk drituzk drítizk dritizk
3rd person plural drítask dritusk drítisk dritisk
imperative present
2nd person singular drízk
1st person plural drítumsk
2nd person plural drítizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: dríta
  • Faroese: dríta
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: drita
  • Norwegian Bokmål: drite
  • Elfdalian: dritå, draita
  • Swedish: drita[1] (dialectal (1862), not necessarily still used)
  • Danish: dritte[2] (dialectal, obsolete in common language)

References

  1. ^ drita in Johan Ernst Rietz, Svenskt dialektlexikon (1862–1867)
  2. ^ dritte” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog