ríta

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rita"

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᚹᚱᚨᛁᛏᚨ (wraita) (1st singular past indicative), ᚹᚨᚱᛡᛁᛏ (warᴀit) (3rd singular past indicative), ᚹᚨᚱᛁᛏᚢ (waritu) (1st singular present indicative), from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wreyd-. Cognate with Old English wrītan (English write), Old Saxon wrītan (Low German rieten), Old High German rīzan (German reißen).

Verb

ríta (present indicative rítr, past indicative singular reit, past indicative plural ritu, past participle ritinn)

  1. to write
  2. to carve
    Synonym: rísta

Conjugation

Conjugation of ríta — active (strong class 1)
infinitive ríta
present participle rítandi
past participle ritinn
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular rít reit ríta rita
2nd person singular rítr reizt rítir ritir
3rd person singular rítr reit ríti riti
1st person plural rítum ritum rítim ritim
2nd person plural rítið rituð rítið ritið
3rd person plural ríta ritu ríti riti
imperative present
2nd person singular rít
1st person plural rítum
2nd person plural rítið
Conjugation of ríta — mediopassive (strong class 1)
infinitive rítask
present participle rítandisk
past participle ritizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular rítumk ritumk rítumk ritumk
2nd person singular rízk reizk rítisk ritisk
3rd person singular rízk reizk rítisk ritisk
1st person plural rítumsk ritumsk rítimsk ritimsk
2nd person plural rítizk rituzk rítizk ritizk
3rd person plural rítask ritusk rítisk ritisk
imperative present
2nd person singular rízk
1st person plural rítumsk
2nd person plural rítizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: rita
  • Faroese: rita