sitja

Catalan

historical sitges (3) in Ullastret

Etymology

Unknown, perhaps pre-Roman.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Derived terms

• ensitjar

Further reading

• “sitja” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sitja”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. (intransitive, archaic) to sit

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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.

Conjugation

sitja — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að sitja
supine (sagnbót)		setið
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		sitjandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég sit	við sitjum	present (nútíð)	ég sitji	við sitjum
	þú situr	þið sitjið		þú sitjir	þið sitjið
	hann, hún, það situr	þeir, þær, þau sitja		hann, hún, það sitji	þeir, þær, þau sitji
past (þátíð)	ég sat	við sátum	past (þátíð)	ég sæti	við sætum
	þú sast	þið sátuð		þú sætir	þið sætuð
	hann, hún, það sat	þeir, þær, þau sátu		hann, hún, það sæti	þeir, þær, þau sætu
imperative (boðháttur)	sit (þú)	sitjið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	sittu	sitjiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

setinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	setinn	setin	setið		setnir	setnar	setin
accusative (þolfall)	setinn	setna	setið		setna	setnar	setin
dative (þágufall)	setnum	setinni	setnu		setnum	setnum	setnum
genitive (eignarfall)	setins	setinnar	setins		setinna	setinna	setinna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	setni	setna	setna		setnu	setnu	setnu
accusative (þolfall)	setna	setnu	setna		setnu	setnu	setnu
dative (þágufall)	setna	setnu	setna		setnu	setnu	setnu
genitive (eignarfall)	setna	setnu	setna		setnu	setnu	setnu

Derived terms

• sitja á sér (synonym: halda aftur af sér)
• sitja eftir með sárt ennið
• sitja eftir (to have detention)
• sitja heima
• sitja hjá
• sitja inni
• sitja undir einhverju
• sitja uppi með
• sitja við
• sitja yfir
• sitjandi
• sveltur sitjandi kráka en fljúgandi fær

 

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• sitje, sitta, sitte

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²sɪːçɑ/, /²sɪçːɑ/, /²sɪtjɑ/

Verb

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?

References

• “sitja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

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”).

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of sitja — active (strong class 5 j-present)

infinitive	sitja
present participle	sitjandi
past participle	setinn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	sit	sat
2nd-person singular	sitr	sazt
3rd-person singular	sitr	sat
1st-person plural	sitjum	sátum
2nd-person plural	sitið	sátuð
3rd-person plural	sitja	sátu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	sitja	sæta
2nd-person singular	sitir	sætir
3rd-person singular	siti	sæti
1st-person plural	sitim	sætim
2nd-person plural	sitið	sætið
3rd-person plural	siti	sæti
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	sit
1st-person plural	sitjum
2nd-person plural	sitið

Conjugation of sitja — mediopassive (strong class 5 j-present)

infinitive	sitjask
present participle	sitjandisk
past participle	setizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	sitjumk	sátumk
2nd-person singular	sizk	sazk
3rd-person singular	sizk	sazk
1st-person plural	sitjumsk	sátumsk
2nd-person plural	sitizk	sátuzk
3rd-person plural	sitjask	sátusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	sitjumk	sætumk
2nd-person singular	sitisk	sætisk
3rd-person singular	sitisk	sætisk
1st-person plural	sitimsk	sætimsk
2nd-person plural	sitizk	sætizk
3rd-person plural	sitisk	sætisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	sizk
1st-person plural	sitjumsk
2nd-person plural	sitizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: sitja
• Faroese: sita
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sidda, sidde, sidja, sikia, sikje, sitja, sitje, sitta, sitte
• Jamtish: siti
• Elfdalian: sittja, sitta
• Old Swedish: sitia
  • Swedish: sitta
• Old Danish: sitiæ, sitæ, sittæ
  • Danish: sidde
    • Norwegian Bokmål: sitte
  • Scanian: seda
• Old Gutnish: sitia
  • Gutnish: sitä, site, sitte

References

• “sitja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swazi

Etymology

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

Noun

sítja class 7 (plural títja class 8)

1. dish

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.