kýta

See also: kyta and kȳta

Czech

Alternative forms

  • kejta (nonstandard)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech kýta, originating from Proto-Slavic *kyta (“something hanging or swinging”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkiːta]
  • Hyphenation: ký‧ta
  • Rhymes: -iːta

Noun

kýta f (diminutive kýtka)

  1. ham (the thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat)

Declension

Declension of kýta (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative kýta kýty
genitive kýty kýt
dative kýtě kýtám
accusative kýtu kýty
vocative kýto kýty
locative kýtě kýtách
instrumental kýtou kýtami
nouns

References

  1. ^ Václav Machek (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
  2. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “kýta”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

Further reading

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcʰiːta/
    Rhymes: -iːta

Verb

kýta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kýtti, supine kýtt)

  1. (intransitive) to bicker, to quarrel
    Synonyms: þræta, þrátta, þjarka, þvarga, þrefa, deila, þrasa

Conjugation

kýta – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að kýta
supine sagnbót kýtt
present participle
lýsingarháttur nútíðar
 kýtandi
indicative
framsöguháttur
 subjunctive
viðtengingarháttur
present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
 present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
singular ég kýti kýtti kýti kýtti
þú kýtir kýttir kýtir kýttir
hann, hún, það kýtir kýtti kýti kýtti
plural við kýtum kýttum kýtum kýttum
þið kýtið kýttuð kýtið kýttuð
þeir, þær, þau kýta kýttu kýti kýttu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú kýt (þú), kýttu
plural þið kýtið (þið), kýtiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Derived terms

  • kýtast
  • kýtast á
  • kýtast á um
  • kýtast um

See also

  • munnhöggvast

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kyta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈkɨːta/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈkiːta/, /ˈkɛjta/

Noun

kýta f

  1. ham, thigh

Declension

Declension of kýta (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative kýta kýtě kýty
genitive kýty kýtú kýt
dative kýtě kýtama kýtám
accusative kýtu kýtě kýty
vocative kýto kýtě kýty
locative kýtě kýtú kýtách
instrumental kýtú kýtama kýtami
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

  • Czech: kýta

Further reading

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