-it

See also: Appendix:Variations of "it"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ ɪt]

Suffix

-it

1. forms the infinitive of the 3rd class verbs
2. forms verbs from nouns

   ‎barva + ‎-it → ‎barvit

   ‎rybář + ‎-it → ‎rybařit

3. forms verbs from adjectives

   ‎tenký + ‎-it → ‎tenčit

   ‎krátký + ‎-it → ‎krátit

4. (masculine) -ite (used to form names of minerals and some rocks and fossils)

Derived terms

Czech terms suffixed with -it

Further reading

• -it (se) in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i/

Suffix

-it

1. forms the third-person singular present indicative of -ir verbs
2. forms the third-person singular past historic of -ir verbs
3. forms the third-person singular past historic of -re verbs

German

Etymology

From French -ite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːt/

• Audio

  (file)

Suffix

-it

1. (masculine) -ite (used to form names of followers of a movement, Biblical descendants of a certain person, etc)
2. (masculine) -ite (used to form names of minerals and some rocks and fossils)
3. (chemistry, neuter) -ite (used to form names of salts and esters of acids whose name ends in -ous)

Derived terms

German terms suffixed with -it

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /-it/, [-ɪt]

Suffix

-it (n-v^?, truncative^?)

1. there is no [noun], has no [noun]

Antonyms

• -qar

Derived terms

Greenlandic terms suffixed with -it

References

• Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 82, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
• Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk Grammatik, p. 236. Atuagkat 2003.

Suffix

-it (v-v^?, truncative^?)

1. Reverses the meaning.

Derived terms

Greenlandic terms suffixed with -it

References

• Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 130, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
• Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk Grammatik, p. 236. Atuagkat 2003.

Manx

Alternative forms

• -t

Suffix

-it

1. Suffix forming the past participle of verbs.
2. -ed, -ized

Derived terms

Manx terms suffixed with -it

Northern Sami

Suffix

-it

1. Form of the suffix -t used with odd-syllable stems.

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• See Category:Northern Sami adjective comparative forms

Old Irish

Suffix

-it (suffixed pronoun)

1. him
2. it (object pronoun)

Usage notes

This suffix is used only after first-person singular forms in -(e)a, first-person plural forms in -mi, and 3rd person plural forms in -(a)it. After third-person singular forms, the suffix -i is used.

Derived terms

Old Irish terms suffixed with -it

See also

Old Irish affixed pronouns

See Appendix:Old Irish affixed pronouns for details on how these forms are used.
Note that the so-called “infixed” pronouns are technically prefixes, but they are never the first prefix in a verbal complex.

Person	Infixed			Suffixed
	Class A	Class B	Class C
1 sing.	m-L	dom-L, dam-L		-um
2 sing.	t-L	dot-L, dat-L, dut-L, dit-L		-ut
3 sing. m.	a-N, e-N	d-N	id-N, did-N, d-N	-i, -it
3 sing. f.	s-(N)	da-		-us
3 sing. n.	a-L, e-L	d-L	id-L, did-L, d-L	-i, -it
1 pl.	n-	don-, dun-, dan-		-unn
2 pl.	b-	dob-, dub-, dab-		-uib
3 pl.	s-(N)	da-		-us
L means this form triggers lenition. N means this form triggers nasalization (eclipsis) (N) means this form triggers nasalization in some texts but not in others.

Old Norse

Etymology

From -inn +‎ -t.

Suffix

-it

1. positive degree strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of -inn (adjective suffix)
2. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of -inn (participle suffix)
   1. used to form the supine of verbs
3. neuter nominative/accusative singular of -inn (definite article suffix)

Polish

Alternative forms

• -yt

Etymology

From Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /it/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: it

Suffix

-it m inan

1. -ite, used to form nouns denoting rocks or minerals

   ‎antymon + ‎-it → ‎antymonit

2. (inorganic chemistry) -ite, used to form names of certain chemical compounds

Declension

Declension of -it

	singular	plural
nominative	-it	-ity
genitive	-itu	-itów
dative	-itowi	-itom
accusative	-it	-ity
instrumental	-item	-itami
locative	-icie	-itach
vocative	-icie	-ity

Derived terms

Polish terms suffixed with -it

Further reading

• -it in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

-it

1. Suffix used to form the supine tense of verbs belonging to the fourth conjugation (strong verbs); see also -t

Usage notes

The suffix is used with the same version of the stem as is the past participle.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːt/

Suffix

-it

1. (pathology) Suffix used to form nouns corresponding to diseases characterized by inflammation (similar to -itis in English)

   appendicit, bronkit, encefalit, gastrit, hepatit, laryngit, meningit, neurit, sinusit

2. a (mineral) material with a certain origin or property, similar to English -ite

   bakelit, bauxit, dynamit, ebonit, eternit, grafit, malakit, masonit, nitrit

3. a person from a certain place or a faith, similar to English -ite

   abderit, husit, israelit, jesuit, konvertit, kosmopolit, levit, malmöit, metropolit, muskovit, samarit, shiit, stachanovit, sunnit

Derived terms

Swedish terms suffixed with -it

References

• shiit in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• Ti

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪt/

Suffix

-it

1. (literary) verb suffix for the second-person singular imperfect/conditional

Usage notes

-ir is unusual in that although it contains the vowel i, it does not cause i-affection of internal vowels, for example, ‎canu (“to sing”) + ‎-it → ‎canit (“you were singing, you would sing”).

Derived terms

Category Welsh terms suffixed with -it not found