flyt
Danish
Verb
flyt
- imperative of flytte
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English flit, ġeflit, from Proto-West Germanic *flit. The long vowel was probably leveled in from the verb flyten during the Middle English period; compare chyne.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flit/, /fliːt/
Noun
flyt
Descendants
References
- “flīt, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From the verb flyte.
Noun
flyt m (definite singular flyten, indefinite plural flyter, definite plural flytene)
Etymology 2
Verb
flyt
- imperative of flyte
References
- “flyt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From the verb flyta.
Noun
flyt m (definite singular flyten, indefinite plural flytar, definite plural flytane)
Verb
flyt
Etymology 2
Inflected form of now superseded flytja.
Verb
flyt
References
- “flyt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Old Norse
Verb
flyt
- first-person singular present indicative active of flytja
- second-person singular imperative active of flytja
Anagrams
Swedish
Etymology
Deverbal from flyta (“flow”).
Noun
flyt n
- (colloquial) flow (things proceeding smoothly and well)
- Han har ett skönt flyt i gitarrspelandet
- He has a nice flow in his guitar playing
- (colloquial, by implication) luck
- Antonym: oflyt
- – Tre ess i rad! – Jo, det gäller att ha lite flyt.
- – Three aces in a row! – Yeah, you gotta have some luck.
Declension
nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | flyt | flyts |
definite | flytet | flytets | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |
Verb
flyt
- imperative of flyta
References
- flyt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- flyt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- flyt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)