lita

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lita"

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɪta]

Participle

lita

  1. inflection of lít:
    1. feminine singular passive participle
    2. neuter plural passive participle

Gothic

Romanization

lita

  1. romanization of 𐌻𐌹𐍄𐌰

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪːta/
    Rhymes: -ɪːta

Etymology 1

Verb

lita (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative litaði, supine litað)

  1. to color
Conjugation
lita – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur lita
supine sagnbót litað
present participle
litandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég lita litaði liti litaði
þú litar litaðir litir litaðir
hann, hún, það litar litaði liti litaði
plural við litum lituðum litum lituðum
þið litið lituðuð litið lituðuð
þeir, þær, þau lita lituðu liti lituðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú lita (þú), litaðu
plural þið litið (þið), litiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
litast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur litast
supine sagnbót litast
present participle
litandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég litast litaðist litist litaðist
þú litast litaðist litist litaðist
hann, hún, það litast litaðist litist litaðist
plural við litumst lituðumst litumst lituðumst
þið litist lituðust litist lituðust
þeir, þær, þau litast lituðust litist lituðust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú litast (þú), litastu
plural þið litist (þið), litisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
litaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
litaður lituð litað litaðir litaðar lituð
accusative
(þolfall)
litaðan litaða litað litaða litaðar lituð
dative
(þágufall)
lituðum litaðri lituðu lituðum lituðum lituðum
genitive
(eignarfall)
litaðs litaðrar litaðs litaðra litaðra litaðra
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
litaði litaða litaða lituðu lituðu lituðu
accusative
(þolfall)
litaða lituðu litaða lituðu lituðu lituðu
dative
(þágufall)
litaða lituðu litaða lituðu lituðu lituðu
genitive
(eignarfall)
litaða lituðu litaða lituðu lituðu lituðu

Etymology 2

Noun

lita m

  1. indefinite genitive plural of lita

Kavalan

Noun

lita

  1. clay

Ladin

Verb

lita

  1. inflection of liter:
    1. third-person singular/plural present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Verb

litā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of litō

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Adjective

lita

  1. feminine singular of liten

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse hlíta. Attested by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in his Spydeberg Dialect Dictionary (1780).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²liːtɑ/

Verb

lita (present tense lit, past tense leit, past participle lite, passive infinitive litast, present participle litande, imperative lit)

  1. to rely on, have faith in; trust
    Synonym: stola
    Eg lit ikkje på dei.
    I don't trust them.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliːtɑ/

Noun

lita f

  1. definite singular of lit

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²liːtɑ/

Adjective

lita

  1. feminine singular of liten

References

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈli.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Syllabification: li‧ta

Adjective

lita

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of lity

Noun

lita m animal

  1. genitive/accusative singular of lit

Spanish

Verb

lita

  1. inflection of litar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Swahili

Etymology

From English litre.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

lita class IX (plural lita class X)

  1. litre

References

  1. ^ Mugane, John M. (2015) The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, pages 54-55:Names of weights such as aunsi (ounce), lita (liter), and paundi (pound) are all borrowed from English, too.

Swazi

Verb

-lita

  1. to joke

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hlíta, from a fusion of Proto-Germanic *wlītaną (to see) and a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (to lean).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liːta/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

lita (present litar, preterite litade, supine litat, imperative lita)

  1. (with (on)) to trust (have confidence in)
    Jag litar på dig
    I trust you
    Jag litar på att det är sant
    I trust that it is true
    Jag litar på att du talar sanning
    I trust that you are telling the truth
    Litar du inte mig?
    Don't you trust me?
    Hon går inte att lita på
    She cannot be trusted
    (literally, “She is not possible to trust”)
    Hon är inte att lita på
    She is not to be trusted
    (literally, “She is not to trust”)
  2. (with till (to)) to rely on (trust in, in that sense)
    lita till sig själv
    rely on oneself
    våga lita till personalens förmåga som arbetsledare
    dare to rely on the ability of staff as a supervisor

Conjugation

Conjugation of lita (weak)
active passive
infinitive lita litas
supine litat litats
imperative lita
imper. plural1 liten
present past present past
indicative litar litade litas litades
ind. plural1 lita litade litas litades
subjunctive2 lite litade lites litades
present participle litande
past participle litad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

Yogad

Noun

litá

  1. louse egg

Yoruba

Etymology

Borrowed from English litre

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lí.tà/

Noun

lítà

  1. litre

See also