vít

See also: vit, vît, Vít, and vịt

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech víti, from Proto-Slavic *vī́tī, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-. Cognate with Polish wić, Russian вить (vitʹ), Serbo-Croatian vȉti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈviːt]
• Homophone: výt

Verb

vít impf

1. (transitive) to twine, to wind, to weave, to plait

   Synonym: plést

2. (reflexive with se) to wrap

   Synonym: ovinovat

   vlasy se vijí kolem hlavy. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	vít, víti	Active adjective	vijící
Verbal noun	—	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	viji, viju	vijeme	—	vijme
2nd person	viješ	vijete	vij	vijte
3rd person	vije	vijí, vijou	—	—

The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive vít.

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	vil	vili	vit	viti
masculine inanimate		vily		vity
feminine	vila		vita
neuter	vilo	vila	vito	vita

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	vije	—
feminine + neuter singular	vijíc	—
plural	vijíce	—

Derived terms

• navíjet
• navít
• ovíjet
• ovít
• povít
• rozvíjet
• rozvít
• svíjet
• uvít
• vyvíjet
• zavíjet
• zavít

 

Related terms

• naviják
• rozvoj
• rozvojový
• svitek
• vývoj
• vývojový
• závit
• závitek
• závoj

 

Further reading

• víti in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• víti in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• vít in Internetová jazyková příručka

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vit̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vit̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [vɨt̚˦˥] ~ [jɨt̚˦˥]

Etymology 1

From French vis.

Noun

(classifier con) vít

1. screw

See also

Derived terms

• đinh vít
• ốc vít

 

Etymology 2

Verb

vít

1. to pull down, to wrest down

Derived terms

• vấn vít

References

• "vít" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)