sitja

Unknown, perhaps pre-Roman.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsi.d͡ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsi.d͡ʒa]

sitja f (plural sitges)

1. (archaic) deep hole in the ground
2. (archaic) dungeon

   Synonym: masmorra

3. (historical) underground silo, particularly one used for storing grain
4. (by extension, agriculture) silo (vertical building for storing grain)
5. charcoal pile (pile of wood burned to make charcoal)

   Synonyms: carbonera, pila de carbó

• ensitjar

• “sitja”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “sitja”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “sitja” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sitja” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Norse sitja, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːt͡ʃa/
  • Rhymes: -iːt͡ʃa

sitja (third person singular past indicative sat, third person plural past indicative sótu, supine sitið)

1. (intransitive, archaic) to sit

From Old Norse sitja, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪːtja/
  • Rhymes: -ɪːtja

sitja (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative sat, third-person plural past indicative sátu, supine setið)

1. (intransitive) to sit
2. (intransitive) to ride
   • Revelation 6-11 (English and Icelandic)

     Og ég sá, og sjá: Bleikur hestur, og sá er á honum sat, hann hét Dauði, og Hel var í för með honum. Þeim var gefið vald yfir fjórða hluta jarðarinnar, til þess að deyða með sverði, með hungri og drepsótt og láta menn farast fyrir villidýrum jarðarinnar.

     I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

• sitje, sitta, sitte

From Old Norse sitja, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”). Akin to English sit.

• IPA^(key): /²sɪːça/, /²sɪçːa/, /²sɪːtja/

sitja (present tense sit, past tense sat, past participle sete, passive infinitive sitjast, present participle sitjande, imperative sit)

1. sit

   Sit du godt?

   Are you sitting comfortably?

• “sitja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, akin to Old English sittan, Old Saxon sittian, Old Frisian sitta, Old High German sizzen, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (sitan). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”).

sitja (singular past indicative sat, plural past indicative sátu, past participle setinn)

1. (intransitive) to sit
2. (intransitive) to stay, remain

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sitja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

From Proto-Bantu *mbɪ̀gá, with an unexpected tone change and moved to class 7.

sítja class 7 (plural títja class 8)

1. dish

This noun needs an inflection-table template.