heita
English
Interjection
heita
- (South Africa, informal) hello; hi
- 2008, Ben Trovato, Ben Trovato's Art of Survival (page 51)
- I can hear the conversation: "Heita, bra. Let's go. We don't need bullets."
- 2008, Ben Trovato, Ben Trovato's Art of Survival (page 51)
Anagrams
Faroese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse heita (“to heat”).
Verb
heita
Conjugation
Conjugation of heita (group v-30-2) | ||
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infinitive | heita | |
supine | heitað/ heitt | |
participle | heitandi | heitaður/ heittur |
present | past | |
first singular | heiti | heitaði/ heitti |
second singular | heitar/ heitir |
heitaði/ heitti |
third singular | heitar/ heitir |
heitaði/ heitti |
plural | heita | heitaðu/ heittu |
imperative | ||
singular | heita/ heit! |
|
plural | heitið! |
Synonyms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse heita (“to call”).
Verb
heita
- (kvæði) to beg, to askTemplate:jump
- (biblical) to promiseTemplate:jump
Synonyms
Verb
heita
- (archaic, poetic) to callTemplate:jump
Synonyms
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse heita, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
heita (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hét, third-person plural past indicative hétu, supine heitið)
- to be called, to be named
- 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.
- 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.
- Ég heiti Baldur.
- My name is Baldur.
- Revelation 6-11 (English and Icelandic)
- to promise
- Ég heiti þér því.
- I promise it to you.
Conjugation
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að heiti | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
heitið | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
heitandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég heiti | við heitum | present (nútíð) |
ég heiti | við heitum |
þú heitir | þið heitið | þú heitir | þið heitið | ||
hann heitir | þeir heita | hann heiti | þeir heiti | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég hét | við hétum | past (þátíð) |
ég héti | við hétum |
þú hést | þið hétuð | þú hétir | þið hétuð | ||
hann hét | þeir hétu | hann héti | þeir hétu |
Synonyms
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse heita, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
heita (present tense heiter, past tense heitte or het, past participle heitt, present participle heitande, imperative heit)
- (intransitive) to be called or named; have a name
- Kva heiter du?
- What is your name?
See also
- hete (Bokmål)
References
- “heita” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- hæita — Old East Norse
- haita — Old Gutnish
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *haitaną, from Proto-Indo-European *key(w)-, *kyew- (“to set in motion”). Cognate with Old English hātan, Old Saxon hētan, Old High German heizzan, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (haitan).
Verb
heita (singular past indicative hét, plural past indicative hétu, past participle heitinn)
- (intransitive) to be called, to be named
- Ek heiti Anna. ― My name is Anna.
- (transitive, with dative) to promise
Conjugation
In the sense of being called something, baring a particular name, the inflectional endings in the present tense singular indicative, follow a weak inflection pattern, and not the strong one; so that it is Ek heiti Anna, and not Ek heit Anna.
infinitive | heita | |
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present participle | heitandi | |
past participle | heitinn | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | heiti | hét |
2nd-person singular | heitir | hézt |
3rd-person singular | heitir | hét |
1st-person plural | heitum | hétum |
2nd-person plural | heitið | hétuð |
3rd-person plural | heita | hétu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | heita | héta |
2nd-person singular | heitir | hétir |
3rd-person singular | heiti | héti |
1st-person plural | heitim | hétim |
2nd-person plural | heitið | hétið |
3rd-person plural | heiti | héti |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | heit | |
1st-person plural | heitum | |
2nd-person plural | heitið |
infinitive | heitask | |
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present participle | heitandisk | |
past participle | heitizk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | heitumk | hétumk |
2nd-person singular | heitisk | hézk |
3rd-person singular | heitisk | hézk |
1st-person plural | heitumsk | hétumsk |
2nd-person plural | heitizk | hétuzk |
3rd-person plural | heitask | hétusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | heitumk | hétumk |
2nd-person singular | heitisk | hétisk |
3rd-person singular | heitisk | hétisk |
1st-person plural | heitimsk | hétimsk |
2nd-person plural | heitizk | hétizk |
3rd-person plural | heitisk | hétisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | heizk | |
1st-person plural | heitumsk | |
2nd-person plural | heitizk |
For all other senses of the word, all inflectional endings are as expected.
infinitive | heita | |
---|---|---|
present participle | heitandi | |
past participle | heitinn | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | heit | hét |
2nd-person singular | heitr | hézt |
3rd-person singular | heitr | hét |
1st-person plural | heitum | hétum |
2nd-person plural | heitið | hétuð |
3rd-person plural | heita | hétu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | heita | héta |
2nd-person singular | heitir | hétir |
3rd-person singular | heiti | héti |
1st-person plural | heitim | hétim |
2nd-person plural | heitið | hétið |
3rd-person plural | heiti | héti |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | heit | |
1st-person plural | heitum | |
2nd-person plural | heitið |
infinitive | heitask | |
---|---|---|
present participle | heitandisk | |
past participle | heitizk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | heitumk | hétumk |
2nd-person singular | heizk | hézk |
3rd-person singular | heizk | hézk |
1st-person plural | heitumsk | hétumsk |
2nd-person plural | heitizk | hétuzk |
3rd-person plural | heitask | hétusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | heitumk | hétumk |
2nd-person singular | heitisk | hétisk |
3rd-person singular | heitisk | hétisk |
1st-person plural | heitimsk | hétimsk |
2nd-person plural | heitizk | hétizk |
3rd-person plural | heitisk | hétisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | heizk | |
1st-person plural | heitumsk | |
2nd-person plural | heitizk |
Descendants
References
- “heita”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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