wita

See also: witå, witą, wíta, witá, and WITA

Latin

Alternative forms

• witta, wȳta

Etymology

Borrowed from Old English wīte.

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ta/, [ˈviːt̪ä]

Noun

wīta f (genitive wītae); first declension (Medieval Latin)

1. a fine, an amercement, a mulct (a pecuniary penalty)
2. a vendetta, a feud

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	wīta	wītae
Genitive	wītae	wītārum
Dative	wītae	wītīs
Accusative	wītam	wītās
Ablative	wītā	wītīs
Vocative	wīta	wītae

Synonyms

• (fine, amercement, mulct): multa (Classical)

Derived terms

• jūrō secundum wītam
• plēna wīta

Related terms

• blōdwīta
• chilwīta
• ferdwīta
• fintwīta
• flitwīta
• heingwīta
• legerwīta
• leirwīta
• wardwīta

References

• wita in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “wita”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1,136/2

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvʲita/

Verb

wita

1. third-person singular present of witaś

Maltese

Root
w-t-j
7 terms

Etymology

From Arabic وَطَاء (waṭāʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪ.ta/

Noun

wita f (plural witat)

1. flatland

Old English

Alternative forms

• weota
• wieta
• wiota — Mercian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *witō. Cognate with Old Frisian wita, Old Saxon *wito (attested in giwito “witness”), and Old High German wizzo. Equivalent to witan +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwi.tɑ/

Noun

wita m

1. wise person; (especially in compounds) knower
2. advisor

Declension

Declension of wita (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	wita	witan
accusative	witan	witan
genitive	witan	witena
dative	witan	witum

Derived terms

• ġewita (“witness”)
• unwita (“idiot”)
• ūþwita (“philosopher”)
• witena ġemōt (“king's council”)

Pitjantjatjara

Noun

wita

1. saliva

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ta/
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: wi‧ta

Verb

wita

1. third-person singular present of witać

Participle

wita

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of wity