Rita
English
Etymology
A shortening of Italian Margherita, and Spanish Margarita, cognates of English Margaret. An Italian Saint Rita was canonized in 1900. The English name came into regular use in early twentieth century.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iːtə
Proper noun
Rita
- A female given name from Italian.
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- 1993 Diane Telgen, Jim Kamp (editors), Notable Hispanic American Women, VNR AG, →ISBN, page 194:
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
Proper noun
Rita
- a female given name.
Estonian
Etymology
Proper noun
Rita
- a female given name.
Faroese
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rita f
- a female given name
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Rita: Rituson
- daughter of Rita: Ritudóttir
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Rita |
Accusative | Ritu |
Dative | Ritu |
Genitive | Ritu |
German
Etymology
From Italian Rita at the end of the 19th century.
Proper noun
Rita
- a female given name.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rita
- a female given name.
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Rita | Riták |
accusative | Ritát | Ritákat |
dative | Ritának | Ritáknak |
instrumental | Ritával | Ritákkal |
causal-final | Ritáért | Ritákért |
translative | Ritává | Ritákká |
terminative | Ritáig | Ritákig |
essive-formal | Ritaként | Ritákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Ritában | Ritákban |
superessive | Ritán | Ritákon |
adessive | Ritánál | Ritáknál |
illative | Ritába | Ritákba |
sublative | Ritára | Ritákra |
allative | Ritához | Ritákhoz |
elative | Ritából | Ritákból |
delative | Ritáról | Ritákról |
ablative | Ritától | Ritáktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Ritáé | Ritáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Ritáéi | Ritákéi |
Possessive forms of Rita | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Ritám | Ritáim |
2nd person sing. | Ritád | Ritáid |
3rd person sing. | Ritája | Ritái |
1st person plural | Ritánk | Ritáink |
2nd person plural | Ritátok | Ritáitok |
3rd person plural | Ritájuk | Ritáik |
Italian
Etymology
Short form of Margherita (“Margaret”).
Proper noun
Rita f
- a female given name.
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1896. Short form of Margarita.
Proper noun
Rita f
- a female given name.
References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- [1] Population Register of Latvia: Rita was the only given name of 7674 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Norwegian
Etymology
From Italian Rita at the end of the 19th century.
Proper noun
Rita
- a female given name.
Usage notes
- Popular in Norway in 1950 - 1975.
Spanish
Proper noun
Rita f
- a female given name
Derived terms
Swedish
Etymology
From Italian Rita, later also used as a short form of Marita and Carita. First recorded as a name of Swedes in 1880.
Proper noun
Rita c (genitive Ritas)
- a female given name.
Anagrams
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- Estonian terms derived from Italian
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