lita

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lita"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪta]

Participle

lita

1. inflection of lít:
   1. feminine singular passive participle
   2. neuter plural passive participle

Gothic

Romanization

lita

1. romanization of 𐌻𐌹𐍄𐌰

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪːta]

  Rhymes: -ɪːta

Etymology 1

Verb

lita (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative litaði, supine litað)

1. to color

Conjugation

lita – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að lita
supine sagnbót		litað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		litandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	lita	litaði		liti	litaði
	þú	litar	litaðir		litir	litaðir
	hann, hún, það	litar	litaði		liti	litaði
plural	við	litum	lituðum		litum	lituðum
	þið	litið	lituðuð		litið	lituðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	lita	lituðu		liti	lituðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	lita (þú), litaðu
plural	þið	litið (þið), litiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

litast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að litast
supine sagnbót		litast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		litandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	litast	litaðist		litist	litaðist
	þú	litast	litaðist		litist	litaðist
	hann, hún, það	litast	litaðist		litist	litaðist
plural	við	litumst	lituðumst		litumst	lituðumst
	þið	litist	lituðust		litist	lituðust
	þeir, þær, þau	litast	lituðust		litist	lituðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	litast (þú), litastu
plural	þið	litist (þið), litisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

litaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	litaður	lituð	litað	litaðir	litaðar	lituð
accusative (þolfall)	litaðan	litaða	litað	litaða	litaðar	lituð
dative (þágufall)	lituðum	litaðri	lituðu	lituðum	lituðum	lituðum
genitive (eignarfall)	litaðs	litaðrar	litaðs	litaðra	litaðra	litaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	litaði	litaða	litaða	lituðu	lituðu	lituðu
accusative (þolfall)	litaða	lituðu	litaða	lituðu	lituðu	lituðu
dative (þágufall)	litaða	lituðu	litaða	lituðu	lituðu	lituðu
genitive (eignarfall)	litaða	lituðu	litaða	lituðu	lituðu	lituðu

Related terms

• litur

Etymology 2

Noun

lita m

1. indefinite genitive plural of lita

Kavalan

Noun

lita

1. clay

Ladin

Verb

lita

1. inflection of liter:
   1. third-person singular/plural present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Verb

litā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of litō

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• liten

Adjective

lita

1. feminine singular of liten

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse hlíta. Attested by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in his Spydeberg Dialect Dictionary (1780).

Alternative forms

• lite

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²liːtɑ/

Verb

lita (present tense lit, past tense leit, past participle lite, passive infinitive litast, present participle litande, imperative lit)

1. to rely on, have faith in; trust

   Synonym: stola

   Eg lit ikkje på dei.

   I don't trust them.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːtɑ/

Noun

lita f

1. definite singular of lit

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• litol (Nord-Gudbrandsdalen)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²liːtɑ/

Adjective

lita

1. feminine singular of liten

References

• “lita” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.ta/
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: li‧ta

Adjective

lita

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of lity

Noun

lita m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of lit

Spanish

Verb

lita

1. inflection of litar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Swahili

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish litrebor.

English litrebor.

Swahili lita

Borrowed from English litre.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

lita class IX (plural lita class X)

1. litre

Swazi

Verb

-lita

1. to joke

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hlíta, from a fusion of Proto-Germanic *wlītaną (“to see”) and a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liːta/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

lita (present litar, preterite litade, supine litat, imperative lita)

1. (with på (“on”)) to trust (have confidence in)

   Jag litar på dig

   I trust you

   Jag litar på att det är sant

   I trust that it is true

   Jag litar på att du talar sanning

   I trust that you are telling the truth

   Litar du inte på mig?

   Don't you trust me?

   Hon går inte att lita på

   She cannot be trusted

   (literally, “She is not possible to trust”)

   Hon är inte att lita på

   She is not to be trusted

   (literally, “She is not to trust”)

2. (with till (“to”)) to rely on (trust in, in that sense)

   lita till sig själv

   rely on oneself

   våga lita till personalens förmåga som arbetsledare

   dare to rely on the ability of staff as a supervisor

Conjugation

Conjugation of lita (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	lita		litas
supine	litat		litats
imperative	lita		—
imper. plural1	liten		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	litar	litade	litas	litades
ind. plural1	lita	litade	litas	litades
subjunctive2	lite	litade	lites	litades
present participle		litande
past participle		litad

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

Derived terms

• förlita
• lit

References

• “lita”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• lita in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• ilat

Yogad

Noun

litá

1. louse egg

Yoruba

Etymology

Borrowed from English litre

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lí.tà/

Noun

lítà

1. litre

See also

• mìlílítà (“millilitre”)