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lit

  1. Simple past tense and past participle of light.
  2. (US, dialectal) To run, or light
    • 1988 April 8, Grant Pick, “Johnny Washington's Life”[1], Chicago Reader:
      With that the kid lits off down the street, and, what do you know!

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Singular
lit

Plural
uncountable

lit (uncountable)

  1. Abbreviated form of literature.

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lit (comparative more lit, superlative most lit)

Positive
lit

Comparative
more lit

Superlative
most lit

  1. Lighted.
    • He walked down the lit corridor.
  2. (slang) Intoxicated or under the influence of drugs; stoned.

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[edit] Faroese

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  • IPA: [lɪːt]

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From the verb líta (‘to view’)

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lit n. sg.

  1. short wink, view, look

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n3s Singular
Indefinite Definite
Nominative lit litið
Accusative lit litið
Dative liti litinum
Genitive lits litsins

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[edit] French

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From Latin lectus.

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lit m. (plural lits)

  1. bed
    Où est-il? Il dort dans son lit. - Where is he? He's sleeping in his bed.

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lit

  1. Third person singular present tense of lire (reads)
    Jean lit très souvent. - John reads very often.

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia pl

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lit m.

  1. lithium

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Singular only
Nominative lit
Genitive litu
Dative litowi
Accusative lit
Instrumental litem
Locative licie
Vocative licie

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lit
  1. trust

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[edit] Volapük

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lit lits
Accusative liti litis
Genitive lita litas
Dative lite lites

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German Licht and English light

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lit

  1. light
  2. illumination
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