it

See also: Appendix:Variations of "it"

English

Alternative forms

• (dialectal) hit

Pronunciation

• (stressed)
  • (Received Pronunciation, General American, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɪt/ enPR: ĭt
  • (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ɘt/

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  • Rhymes: -ɪt
• (unstressed)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪt/, [ɪ̈t], [ɪt]
  • Rhymes: -ɪt
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ət/, [ɪ̈t], enPR: ət
  • (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ət/
  • (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ɘt/
• Homophone: at (unstressed) (General American, General Australian, General New Zealand)

Etymology 1

From Middle English it, hit ( > English dialectal hit (“it”)), from Old English hit (“it”), from Proto-Germanic *hit (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this, here”). Cognate with West Frisian it (“it”), Low German it (“it”), Dutch het (“it”), German es (“it”). More at he.

Alternative forms

• itt (obsolete)

Pronoun

it (subjective and objective it, reflexive and intensive itself, possessive determiner and noun its)

1. The third-person singular personal pronoun that is normally used to refer to an inanimate object, also often used to refer to animals.

   Put it over there.

   Take each day as it comes.

   I heard the sound of the school bus - it was early today,

2. A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a child of unknown gender.

   She took the baby and held it in her arms.

   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter IV:

     A child cannot quarrel with its elders, as I had done; cannot give its furious feelings uncontrolled play, as I had given mine, without experiencing afterwards the pang of remorse and the chill of reaction.

   • 2005, Marcus Zusak, The Book Thief, part 10:

     The sky was dripping. Like a tap that a child has tried its hardest to turn off but hasn't quite managed.

3. Used to refer to oneself when identifying oneself, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.

   It's me. John.

4. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement. (known as the dummy pronoun or weather it)

   It is nearly 10 o’clock.

   It’s 10:45 [read ten-forty-five].

   It’s very cold today.

   It’s lonely without you.

5. The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive.

   It is easy to see how she would think that.

   I find it odd that you would say that.

   He saw to it that everyone would vote for him.

6. All or the end; something after which there is no more.

   Are there more students in this class, or is this it?

   That's it—I'm not going to any more candy stores with you.

7. (obsolete) Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun: That which; what.
   • 1643, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici, II.2:

     In briefe, I am content, and what should providence add more? Surely this is it [= it which] wee call Happinesse, and this doe I enjoy [...].

See Wiktionary:English inflection for other personal pronouns.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:it.

Derived terms

Terms derived from it

• buy it
• do it

• for it
• move it

• that's it
• watch it

See also

English’s other subject and object pronouns

• he
• her
• him
• I
• me

• she
• thee
• them
• they
• thou

• us
• we
• ye
• you

Translations

subject — inanimate thing

• Afrikaans: dit (af)
• Albanian: ai (sq), ajo (sq)
• Amharic: እሱ (ʾəsu)
• Arabic: هُوَ‎ (ar) m (huwa), هِيَ‎ (ar) f (hiya)
• Armenian: դա (hy) (da)
• Azeri: o (az)
• Belarusian: яно́ n (janó), гэ́та (be) n (héta)
• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} той m (toj), ^{(please verify)} тя f (tja), ^{(please verify)} то n (to)
• Burmese: သူ (my) (su)
• Catalan: ^{(please verify)} el (ca) m, ^{(please verify)} la (ca) f, (usually not translated)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 它 (zh) (tā), (classical) 之 (zh) (zhī), (this) 這 (zh), 这 (zh) (zhè, zhèi), (that) 那 (zh) (nà, nèi), (used for animals, variant of 它) 牠 (zh) (tā)

• Cornish: ev m, hi f
• Czech: to (cs), ono (cs) n, on (cs) m, ona (cs) f
• Danish: det (da)
• Dutch: het (nl) (for neutral nouns), hij (nl) (for gendered nouns)
• Erzya: сон (son)
• Esperanto: ĝi (eo)
• Estonian: see (et), too (et)
• Faroese: tað n
• Finnish: se (fi)
• French: il (fr) m, elle (fr) f, ce (fr) n, ça (fr) n
• Georgian: ის (ka) (is)
• German: er (de) m, sie (de) f, es (de) n

  Middle Low German: it n, et n

• Greek: το (el) (to), αυτό (el) (aftó) (sometimes not translated), τούτος (el) (toútos)

  Ancient: (subject pronouns are usually omitted, or a demonstrative is used: medial, proximal, and distal demonstratives:) τοῦτο (toûto), τόδε (tóde), ἐκεῖνο (ekeîno); (Epic demonstratives:) τό (tó), ὅ (hó)

• Greenlandic: una
• Hawaiian: ia
• Hebrew: זה‎ (he), זאת‎ (he)
• Hindi: (he, she and it) वह (hi) (vah), यह (hi) (yah)
• Hopi: pam
• Hungarian: az (hu)
• Icelandic: það (is)
• Ido: ol (io), olu (io)
• Interlingua: lo (ia), illo
• Irish: sé (ga) m (conjunctive), é m (disjunctive), sí f (conjunctive), í f (disjunctive), (predicate of copula) ea

  Old Irish: ed

• Italian: esso (it), essa (it), lo (it), la (it)
• Japanese: それ (ja) (soré)
• Kannada: (this thing) ಇದು (kn) (idu), (that thing) ಅದು (kn) (adu)
• Khmer: វា (km) (vie)
• Korean: 그것 (ko) (geugeot)
• Lao: ມັນ (man)
• Latin: id (la)
• Latvian: tas (lv) m, tā (lv) f
• Macedonian: тоа (mk) n (toa)
• Malay: ia

• Maltese: hu (mt) m, hi (mt) f
• Moksha: сон (son)
• Mongolian: тэр (mn) (ter), уун (mn) (uun), туун (tuun), энэ (mn) (ene)
• Motu: ia
• Northern Sami: son
• Norwegian: det (no)
• Novial: lu, lum
• Old Church Slavonic: оно (ono)
• Old East Slavic: оно n (ono)
• Old English: hit (ang), þæt (ang)
• Persian: او‎ (fa) (u)
• Pipil: yaja, yaha
• Pitjantjatjara: (here) ngaa, (there) pala, (over there) nyara, (not visible) palunya
• Polish: to (pl) n
• Portuguese: ele (pt) m, ela (pt) f, isso (pt) n (often not translated)
• Rapa Nui: ia
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: он (ru) (on), она́ (ru) (oná), оно́ (ru) (onó), э́то (ru) (éto)
• Rusyn: оно́ (onó)
• Sardinian: issu
• Scottish Gaelic: e m (non-emphatic), esan m (emphatic), i f (non-emphatic), ise f (emphatic)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: оно n

  Roman: ono (sh) n

• Sicilian: issu (scn)
• Sinhalese: එයා (eyā), (of animals) ඌ (si) (ū), ඒක (ēka)
• Slovak: ono
• Slovene: ôno
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: wóno

• Spanish: ello (es), él (es), ella (es), eso (es), lo (es) (often not translated)
• Swedish: den (sv) c, det (sv) n
• Taos: ą́wąną
• Thai: มัน (th) (man)
• Tigrinya: ንሱ (ti) (nəsu)
• Turkish: o (tr)
• Ukrainian: воно́ (uk) n (vonó)
• Urdu: وہ‎ (vah), يہ‎ (yah)
• Vietnamese: nó (vi)
• Volapük: on (vo)
• Welsh: ef m, hi f
• West Frisian: it (fy)
• White Hmong: nws
• Wolof: moom (wo)
• Yiddish: עס‎ (es)
• Zhuang: de (also he or she)
• Zulu: yena class 1, wona class 3, lona class 5, sona class 7, yona class 9, lona class 11
• ǃXóõ: èh, (emphatic) èhʻè, ãh, (emphatic) ãhʻã, ìh

object

• Afrikaans: dit (af)
• Bulgarian: него (bg) (nego), го (bg) m, n (go) (accusative case), на него (na nego), нему (bg) (nemu), му (bg) m, n (mu) (dative case), нея (bg) (neja), я (bg) f (ja) (accusative case), на нея (na neja), ней (bg) (nej), ѝ (bg) f (ì) (dative case)
• Burmese: သူ (my) (su)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 這 (zh), 这 (zh) (zhè), 那 (zh) (nà, nèi), 它 (zh) (tā), 之 (zh) (zhī)

• Cornish: 'n m, 's f
• Czech: toho (cs), tomu (cs), to (cs)
• Dutch: het (nl), er (nl)
• Esperanto: ĝin (eo)
• Finnish: sen (fi) (in active clauses, accusative), sitä (fi) (in active clauses, partitive), se (fi) (in passive clauses, accusative), sitä (fi) (in passive clauses, partitive)
• French: le (fr) m, la (fr) f, ça (fr)
• German: es (de)
• Greek: το (el) (to)

  Ancient: (neuter personal pronoun, when referring to inanimate thing or neuter noun) αὐτό n (autó); (medial, proximal, distal demonstratives:) τοῦτο n (toûto), τόδε n (tóde), ἐκεῖνο n (ekeîno); (Epic demonstratives) τό (tó), ὅ (hó); (when referring to feminine noun:) αὐτήν (autḗn), ταύτην (taútēn), ἥνδε (hḗnde), εκείνην (ekeínēn), τήν (tḗn), ἥν (hḗn); (when referring to masculine noun:) αὐτόν (autón), τοῦτον (toûton), τόνδε (tónde), ἐκεῖνον (ekeînon), τόν (tón), ὅν (hón)

• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: az (hu)
• Ido: ol (io), olu (io)
• Irish: é m, í f

  Old Irish: a-, id-, did-, d-, -i, -it

• Italian: lo (it)
• Japanese: それ (ja) (soré)
• Korean: 그것 (ko) (geugeot)

• Lao: ມັນ (man)
• Latin: id (la), illud, hoc (la)
• Macedonian: го (mk) (go) (short form), него (mk) (nego) (long form)
• Mongolian: үүнийг (üünijg)
• Norwegian: den (no)
• Novial: lu, lum
• Old English: hit (ang), þæt (ang)
• Persian: او را‎ (u rā)
• Pipil: ki-, k-
• Portuguese: o (pt) m, a (pt) f
• Russian: его́ (ru) m, n (jevó) (genitive case), ему́ (ru) m, n (jemú) (dative case), его́ (ru) m, n (jevó) (accusative case), им (ru) m, n (im) (instrumental case), нём (ru) m, n (njom) (prepositional case)

  её (ru) f (jejó) (genitive case), ей (ru) f (jej) (dative case), её (ru) f (jejó) (accusative case), е́ю (ru) (jéju) / ей (ru) f (jej) (instrumental case), ней (ru) f (nej) (prepositional case)

• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: jo

• Spanish: le (es), la (es), lo (es), ello (es), eso (es)
• Swedish: den (sv) c, det (sv) n
• Thai: มัน (th) (man)
• West Frisian: it (fy)
• White Hmong: nws
• Wolof: ko
• Zulu: yena class 1, wona class 3, lona class 5, sona class 7, yona class 9, lona class 11, bona class 14, khona class 15/17
• ǃXóõ: èh, (emphatic) èhʻè, ãh, (emphatic) ãhʻã, ìh

subject of impersonal statement

• Belarusian: гэта (be) (heta)
• Catalan: not used in Catalan
• Dutch: het (nl)
• Faroese: tað n
• Finnish: not used in Finnish
• French: ce (fr)
• German: es (de)
• Greek: Ancient: (third person verb without subject)
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can

• Irish: sé (ga)
• Latin: id (la), illud, hoc (la)
• Novial: not used in Novial
• Portuguese: not used in Portuguese
• Russian: это (ru) (eto)
• Spanish: not used in Spanish
• Swedish: det (sv)
• Zulu: khona class 17

impersonal pronoun, used without referent

• French: il (fr)
• German: es (de) n
• Greek: Ancient: (third person verb without subject)
• Latin: id (la), illud, hoc (la)

• Low German:

  German Low German: et (nds)

• Spanish: not used in Spanish

impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder

• French: ce (fr), ça (fr), cela (fr)
• Latin: id (la), illud, hoc (la)

• Spanish: not used in Spanish

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Udmurt: ^{(please verify)} со (so)

• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} nó (vi)

Determiner

it

1. (obsolete) its
   • 1611, Authorized King James Version of the Bible, first edition, Leviticus 25:5:

     That which groweth of it owne accord of thy haruest, thou ſhalt not reape, neither gather the grapes of thy Uine vndreſſed: for it is a yeere of reſt vnto the land. (replaced by "its" in the 1769 Oxford Standard Text)

Noun

it (plural its)

1. One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being.
   • 1995, Neil Weiner, Sharon E. Robinson Kurpius, Shattered innocence (page 8)

     Too often, children become an "it" in their homes and their humanness is devalued.

   • 1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, Bulldog Drummond Chapter 1

     His master glanced up quickly, and removed the letter from his hands. "I'm surprised at you, James," he remarked severely. "A secretary should control itself. Don't forget that the perfect secretary is an it: an automatic machine—a thing incapable of feeling.…"

2. The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag.

   In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it…

   • 2000, Katherine T. Thomas, Amelia M. Lee, Jerry R. Thomas, Physical education for children (page 464)

     When there are only two children left who haven't been tagged, I will stop the game, and we will start over with those children starting as the Its.

3. (Britain, uncountable) The game of tag.

   Let's play it at breaktime.

4. (uncountable) sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond beauty.
   • 1904, Rudyard Kipling, "Mrs Bathurst"

     'Tisn't beauty, so to speak, nor good talk necessarily. It's just It. Some women'll stay in a man's memory if they once walked down a street

   • 1927, Dorothy Parker,

     And she had It. It, hell; she had Those.

5. (euphemistic) sexual activity

Adjective

it (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) most fashionable.
   • 2007 September, Vibe, volume 15, number 9, page 202:

     Going away for the weekend and feel the need to profile en route? This is the "it" bag.

   • David Germain, Hilarious ‘Kick-Ass’ delivers bloody fun, Associated Press, 2010:

     With Hit Girl, Moretz is this year's It Girl, alternately sweet, savage and scary.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation

it

1. (language) Italian.
2. Italy.

Derived terms

• gin and it, gin-and-It

See also

• IT

Statistics

Most common English words before 1923 in Project Gutenberg: his · with · is · #13: it · for · as · had

Anagrams

• TI, Ti., ti

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Azeri

Other scripts
Cyrillic	ит
Roman	it
Perso-Arabic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *it, *ït.

Noun

it

1. dog

Etymology 2

Verb

it

1. second-person singular imperative positive of itmək

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Charrua

Noun

it

1. fire

References

• Rodolfo Maruca Sosa, La nación charrúa (1957)

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Chuukese

Noun

it

1. name

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *it, *ït.

Noun

it

1. dog

Synonyms

• köpek

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

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Greenlandic

Affix

it

1. indicates a state of being without something.

   maani nipaappoq ― It is quiet here.

   sikuippoq ― There is no ice.

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Irish

Alternative forms

• id

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪt̪ˠ/

Contraction

it (triggers lenition)

1. (Munster) Contraction of i do (“in your”).

   Buail it phóca é.

   Put it in your pocket.

Related terms

Irish preposition contractions

Basic form	Contracted with							Copular forms
	an (“the sg”)	na (“the pl”)	mo (“my”)	do (“your”)	a (“his, her, their; which (present)”)	ár (“our”)	ar (“which (past)”)	(before consonant)	(present/future before vowel)	(past/conditional before vowel)
de (“from”)	den	de na desna*	de mo dem*	de do ded*, det*	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
do (“to, for”)	don	do na dosna*	do mo dom*	do do dod*, dot*	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
faoi (“under, about”)	faoin	faoi na	faoi mo	faoi do	faoina	faoinár	faoinar		faoinarb	faoinarbh
i (“in”)	sa, san	sna	i mo im*	i do id*, it*	ina	inár	inar		inarb	inarbh
le (“with”)	leis an	leis na	le mo lem*	le do led*, let*	lena	lenár	lenar		lenarb	lenarbh
ó (“from, since”)	ón	ó na ósna*	ó mo óm*	ó do ód*, ót*	óna	ónár	ónar		ónarb	ónarbh
trí (“through”)	tríd an	trí na	trí mo	trí do	trína	trínár	trínar		trínarb	trínarbh
*Dialectal.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /it/, [ɪt]

Verb

it

1. third-person singular present active indicative of eō

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Latvian

Particle

it

1. used to assign accentuation to expression

   it sevišķi ― especially

   it nekas ― nothing at all

   it nekur ― nowhere at all

   it nemaz ― not at all

   it kā ― as if

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Middle Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪt/

Pronoun

it

1. Alternative form of het

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Middle Low German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪt/, /ət/

Etymology

From Old Saxon it, from Proto-Germanic *hit.

Pronoun

it

1. (third person singular neuter nominative) it
2. (third person singular neuter accusative) it

Declension

Middle Low German personal pronouns

		nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
1st person singular		ik (ek)	mî (mê, mik, mek)		mîn (mîner)
2nd person singular		dû	dî (dê, dik, dek)		dîn (dîner)
3rd person singular
	m	hê (hî, hie)	ēne, en (ȫne, ȫn)	ēme, em (ȫme, en)	sîn (sîner)
	n	it (et)
	f	sê (sî, sie, sü̂)		ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer)
1st person plural		wî (wê, wie)	uns (ûs, ös, ü̂sik)		unser (ûser)
2nd person plural		gî (jê, î)	jû (jûwe, û, jük, gik)		jûwer (ûwer)
3rd person plural		sê (sî, sie)		em, öm, jüm (en)	ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer)
For an explanation of the forms in brackets see here.

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Northern Sami

Verb

it

1. second-person singular present of ii

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

• (2nd sg.): at

Verb

it

1. second-person singular present indicative of is
2. third-person plural present indicative of is

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *it.

Pronoun

it n

1. it

Declension

Old Saxon personal pronouns

Personal pronouns
Singular	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	ik	thū	hē	siu	it
Accusative	mī, me, mik	thī, thik	ina	sia
Dative	mī	thī	imu	iru	it
Genitive	mīn	thīn	is	ira	is
Dual	1.	2.	-	-	-
Nominative	wit	git	-	-	-
Accusative	unk	ink	-	-	-
Dative
Genitive	unkero		-	-	-
Plural	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	wī, we	gī, ge	sia	sia	siu
Accusative	ūs, unsik	eu, iu, iuu
Dative	ūs		im
Genitive	ūser	euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera	iro

Descendants

• Low German: et

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Sathmar Swabian

Adverb

it

1. not

References

• Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈit]

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ايت (it), from Old Turkic ıt (“dog”), from Proto-Turkic *īt, *ıyt, *ɨt, *it.

Noun

it (definite accusative iti, plural itler)

1. (often derogatory) dog
2. (derogatory, pejorative) scoundrel, detestable person

Declension

declension of it

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	it	itler
definite accusative (belirtme)	iti	itleri
dative (yönelme)	ite	itlere
locative (bulunma)	itte	itlerde
ablative (ayrılma)	itten	itlerden
genitive (tamlayan)	itin	itlerin

possessive forms of it

benim (my)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	itim	itlerim
definite accusative (belirtme)	itimi	itlerimi
dative (yönelme)	itime	itlerime
locative (bulunma)	itimde	itlerimde
ablative (çıkma)	itimden	itlerimden
genitive (tamlayan)	itimin	itlerimin
senin (your)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	itin	itlerin
definite accusative (belirtme)	itini	itlerini
dative (yönelme)	itine	itlerine
locative (bulunma)	itinde	itlerinde
ablative (çıkma)	itinden	itlerinden
genitive (tamlayan)	itinin	itlerinin
onun (her/his/its)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	iti	itleri
definite accusative (belirtme)	itini	itlerini
dative (yönelme)	itine	itlerine
locative (bulunma)	itinde	itlerinde
ablative (çıkma)	itinden	itlerinden
genitive (tamlayan)	itinin	itlerinin
bizim (our)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	itimiz	itlerimiz
definite accusative (belirtme)	itimizi	itlerimizi
dative (yönelme)	itimize	itlerimize
locative (bulunma)	itimizde	itlerimizde
ablative (çıkma)	itimizden	itlerimizden
genitive (tamlayan)	itimizin	itlerimizin
sizin (your)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	itiniz	itleriniz
definite accusative (belirtme)	itinizi	itlerinizi
dative (yönelme)	itinize	itlerinize
locative (bulunma)	itinizde	itlerinizde
ablative (çıkma)	itinizden	itlerinizden
genitive (tamlayan)	itinizin	itlerinizin
onların (their)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	itleri	itleri
definite accusative (belirtme)	itlerini	itlerini
dative (yönelme)	itlerine	itlerine
locative (bulunma)	itlerinde	itlerinde
ablative (çıkma)	itlerinden	itlerinden
genitive (tamlayan)	itlerinin	itlerinin

predicative forms of it

simple present	singular	plural
ben (I am)	itim	itlerim*
sen (you are)	itsin	itlersin*
o (he/she/it is)	it / ittir	itler* / itlerdir*
biz (we are)	itiz	itleriz
siz (you are)	itsiniz	itlersiniz
onlar (they are)	itler	itlerdir
simple past	singular	plural
ben (I was)	ittim	itlerdim*
sen (you were)	ittin	itlerdin*
o (he/she/it was)	itti	itlerdi*
biz (we were)	ittik	itlerdik
siz (you were)	ittiniz	itlerdiniz
onlar (they were)	ittiler	itlerdi
indirect / unwitnessed past	singular	plural
ben (I was)	itmişim	itlermişim*
sen (you were)	itmişsin	itlermişsin*
o (he/she/it was)	itmiş	itlermiş*
biz (we were)	itmişiz	itlermişiz
siz (you were)	itmişsiniz	itlermişsiniz
onlar (they were)	itmişler	itlermiş
*Not used, but perhaps rarely - chiefly grammatical formations. Note: Plural forms are not used with adjectives.

Usage notes

Not historically derogatory, and still used as the primary term for "dog" in the countryside. Usually, if a dog is a stray or feral, it can be referred to as "it" as well. The more usual word is köpek, which is also pejorative and derogatory when used for a person.

Verb

it

1. second-person singular imperative of itmek (to push)

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Turkmen

Etymology

From Old Turkic ıt (“dog”), from Proto-Turkic *īt, *ıyt, *ɨt, *it.

Noun

it (definite accusative itidi, plural itler)

1. dog

Declension

    declension of it

	singular	plural
nominative	it	itler
accusative	idi	itleri
genitive	idiň	itleriň
dative	ide	itlere
locative	itde	itlerde
ablative	itden	itlerden

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Uzbek

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ɨt, *it.

Noun

it (plural itlar)

1. dog

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Volapük

Determiner

it

1. (with a personal pronoun) self; myself; yourself; himself; herself; itself; ourselves; themselves; emphasises the identity or singularity of the modified noun phrase

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Welsh

Alternative forms

• iti
• i ti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪt/

Pronoun

it

1. (literary) second-person singular of i

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West Frisian

Article

it n

1. the (the definite article that is placed before neuter nouns. Non-neuter (common gender) nouns take the article de).

Pronoun

it (personal pronoun)

1. it: the third-person singular, referring to something neutral, genderless.

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Zhuang

Zhuang cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : it

Etymology

Sino-Xenic, from Middle Chinese 一 (MC ʔiɪt̚). Cognate with Lao ເອັດ ('et) and Thai เอ็ด (èt).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /it˥/
• Tone numbers: it⁷
• Hyphenation: it

Numeral

it (old orthography it)

1. one

Usage notes

Used with ngeih rather than song.

Synonyms

• ndeu