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hitta

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Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhitːa/ [ˈhɪtːʌ]
  • Hyphenation: hit‧ta

Pronoun

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hítta

  1. Alternative form of ítta

References

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  • Enid M. Parker (2006) English-Afar dictionary, Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page vi

Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hitta.

Verb

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hitta (third person singular past indicative hitti, supine hitt)

  1. to meet

Conjugation

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Conjugation of hitta (group v-9)
infinitive hitta
supine hitt
present past
first singular hitti hitti
second singular hittir hitti
third singular hittir hitti
plural hitta hittu
participle (a5)1 hittandi hittur
imperative
singular hitt!
plural hittið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hitta.

Verb

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hitta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hitti, supine hitt)

  1. to meet [with accusative]
    Ég hitti vini mína í gær. ― I met my friends yesterday.
    Við hittumst í síðustu viku á hótelinu. ― We met last week at the hotel.
  2. to hit (a target in the right place) [with accusative]
    Synonym: hæfa
    Ég hitti beint í mark! ― I hit the target!

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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hitta

  1. past tense of hitte
  2. supine of hitte

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hitta, from Proto-Germanic *hittijaną (“to come upon, find”).

Verb

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hitta (present tense hittar, past tense hitta, past participle hitta, passive infinitive hittast, present participle hittande, imperative hitta/hitt)

  1. to hit upon, meet
  2. to find

Derived terms

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References

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Old Dutch

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *hittju. Cognate with Old High German hizza.

Noun

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hitta f

  1. heat

Inflection

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Declension of hitta (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)
case singular plural
nominative hitta hitta, hitton
accusative hitta, hitton hitta, hitton
genitive hitton hittono
dative hitton hitton

Descendants

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  • Middle Dutch: hitte

References

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  • “hitta”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *hittijaną (“to come upon, find”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- (“to cut, strike, fall, fall upon”). Cognate with Old English hittan. The participle forms are of the same verb.

Verb

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hitta (singular past indicative hitti, plural past indicative hittu, past participle hittr)

  1. to hit upon, meet
  2. to hit, strike
  3. to visit, see

Conjugation

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Conjugation of hitta — active (weak class 1)
infinitive hitta
present participle hittandi
past participle hittr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular hitti hitta hitta hitta
2nd person singular hittir hittir hittir hittir
3rd person singular hittir hitti hitti hitti
1st person plural hittum hittum hittim hittim
2nd person plural hittið hittuð hittið hittið
3rd person plural hitta hittu hitti hitti
imperative present
2nd person singular hitt, hitti
1st person plural hittum
2nd person plural hittið
Conjugation of hitta — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive hittask
present participle hittandisk
past participle hittzk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular hittumk hittumk hittumk hittumk
2nd person singular hittisk hittisk hittisk hittisk
3rd person singular hittisk hittisk hittisk hittisk
1st person plural hittumsk hittumsk hittimsk hittimsk
2nd person plural hittizk hittuzk hittizk hittizk
3rd person plural hittask hittusk hittisk hittisk
imperative present
2nd person singular hittsk, hittisk
1st person plural hittumsk
2nd person plural hittizk

Descendants

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Participle

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hitta

  1. strong feminine accusative singular of hittr
  2. strong masculine accusative plural of hittr
  3. weak masculine oblique singular of hittr
  4. weak feminine nominative singular of hittr
  5. weak neuter all cases singular of hittr

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hitta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Shabo

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Verb

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hitta

  1. stand up

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish hitta, from Old Norse hitta, from Proto-Germanic *hittijaną (“to come upon, find”), from Proto-Indo-European *keyd-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhɪtːˌa/
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Verb

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hitta (present hittar, preterite hittade, supine hittat, imperative hitta)

  1. to find, to locate (an object); to stumble upon; to discover
  2. to know one's way; to be able to locate places

Conjugation

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Conjugation of hitta (weak)
active passive
infinitive hitta hittas
supine hittat hittats
imperative hitta —
imper. plural1 hitten —
present past present past
indicative hittar hittade hittas hittades
ind. plural1 hitta hittade hittas hittades
subjunctive2 hitte hittade hittes hittades
present participle hittande
past participle hittad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

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  • (to find an object): finna (slightly more formal)
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Further reading

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