sitja

Catalan

historical sitges (3) in Ullastret

Etymology

Unknown, perhaps pre-Roman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈsi.d͡ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈsi.d͡ʒa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

sitja f (plural sitges)

1. (archaic) deep hole in the ground
2. (archaic) dungeon

   Synonym: masmorra

3. (historical) underground silo, particularly one used for storing grain
4. (by extension, agriculture) silo (vertical building for storing grain)
5. charcoal pile (pile of wood burned to make charcoal)

   Synonyms: carbonera, pila de carbó

Derived terms

• ensitjar

Further reading

• “sitja”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “sitja”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “sitja” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “sitja”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse sitja, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːt͡ʃa/
  • Rhymes: -iːt͡ʃa

Verb

sitja (third person singular past indicative sat, third person plural past indicative sótu, supine sitið)

1. (intransitive, archaic) to sit

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sitja, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɪːtja]
  • Rhymes: -ɪːtja

Verb

sitja (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative sat, third-person plural past indicative sátu, supine setið)

1. (intransitive) to sit
2. (intransitive) to ride
   • 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.

Conjugation

sitja – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að sitja
supine sagnbót		setið
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		sitjandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	sit	sat		sitji	sæti
	þú	situr	sast		sitjir	sætir
	hann, hún, það	situr	sat		sitji	sæti
plural	við	sitjum	sátum		sitjum	sætum
	þið	sitjið	sátuð		sitjið	sætuð
	þeir, þær, þau	sitja	sátu		sitji	sætu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	sit (þú), sittu
plural	þið	sitjið (þið), sitjiði1

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

setinn — 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)	setinn	setin	setið	setnir	setnar	setin
accusative (þolfall)	setinn	setna	setið	setna	setnar	setin
dative (þágufall)	setnum	setinni	setnu	setnum	setnum	setnum
genitive (eignarfall)	setins	setinnar	setins	setinna	setinna	setinna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	setni	setna	setna	setnu	setnu	setnu
accusative (þolfall)	setna	setnu	setna	setnu	setnu	setnu
dative (þágufall)	setna	setnu	setna	setnu	setnu	setnu
genitive (eignarfall)	setna	setnu	setna	setnu	setnu	setnu

Derived terms

• sitja á sér (synonym halda aftur af sér)
• sitja eftir (“to have detention”)
• sitja eftir með sárt ennið
• sitja heima
• sitja hjá
• sitja inni
• sitja undir einhverju
• sitja uppi með
• sitja við
• sitja yfir
• sitjandi
• sveltur sitjandi kráka en fljúgandi fær

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• sitje, sitta, sitte

Etymology

From Old Norse sitja, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”). Akin to English sit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²sɪːça/, /²sɪçːa/, /²sɪːtja/

Verb

sitja (present tense sit, past tense sat, past participle sete, passive infinitive sitjast, present participle sitjande, imperative sit)

1. sit

   Sit du godt?

   Are you sitting comfortably?

References

• “sitja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, akin to Old English sittan, Old Saxon sittian, Old Frisian sitta, Old High German sizzen, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (sitan). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”).

Verb

sitja (singular past indicative sat, plural past indicative sátu, past participle setinn)

1. (intransitive) to sit
2. (intransitive) to stay, remain

Conjugation

Conjugation of sitja — active (strong class 5 j-present)

infinitive	sitja
present participle	sitjandi
past participle	setinn
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	sit	sat		sitja	sæta
2nd person singular	sitr	sazt		sitir	sætir
3rd person singular	sitr	sat		siti	sæti
1st person plural	sitjum	sátum		sitim	sætim
2nd person plural	sitið	sátuð		sitið	sætið
3rd person plural	sitja	sátu		siti	sæti
imperative	present
2nd person singular	sit
1st person plural	sitjum
2nd person plural	sitið

Conjugation of sitja — mediopassive (strong class 5 j-present)

infinitive	sitjask
present participle	sitjandisk
past participle	setizk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	sitjumk	sátumk		sitjumk	sætumk
2nd person singular	sizk	sazk		sitisk	sætisk
3rd person singular	sizk	sazk		sitisk	sætisk
1st person plural	sitjumsk	sátumsk		sitimsk	sætimsk
2nd person plural	sitizk	sátuzk		sitizk	sætizk
3rd person plural	sitjask	sátusk		sitisk	sætisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	sizk
1st person plural	sitjumsk
2nd person plural	sitizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: sitja
• Faroese: sita
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sidda, sidde, sidja, sikia, sikje, sitja, sitje, sitta, sitte
• Jamtish: siti
• Elfdalian: sittja, sitta
• Old Swedish: sitia
  • Swedish: sitta
• Old Danish: sitiæ, sitæ, sittæ
  • Danish: sidde
    • Norwegian Bokmål: sitte
  • Scanian: seda
• Old Gutnish: sitia
  • Gutnish: sitä, site, sitte

Further reading

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

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mbɪ̀gá, with an unexpected tone change and moved to class 7.

Noun

sítja class 7 (plural títja class 8)

1. dish

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.