sits

See also: Sits and SITs

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĭts, IPA^(key): /sɪts/
• Rhymes: -ɪts

Noun

sits

1. plural of sit

Verb

sits

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sit

Anagrams

• sist, ists, STIs, S.T.I.s, TSIs

Basque

sitsa

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *siś.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /s̺it͡s̺/ [s̺it͡s̺]

• IPA^(key): (most dialects) /s̺it͡s̺/ [s̺it͡s̺]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /s̺it͡s̻/ [s̺it͡s̻]

 

• Rhymes: -its̺

• Rhymes: -its̺
• Rhymes: -its̻

• Hyphenation: sits

Noun

sits anim

1. moth

Declension

Declension of sits (anim C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	sits	sitsa	sitsak	sitsok
ergative	sitsek	sitsak	sitsek	sitsok
dative	sitsi	sitsari	sitsei	sitsoi
genitive	sitsen	sitsaren	sitsen	sitson
comitative	sitsekin	sitsarekin	sitsekin	sitsokin
causative	sitsengatik	sitsarengatik	sitsengatik	sitsongatik
benefactive	sitsentzat	sitsarentzat	sitsentzat	sitsontzat
instrumental	sitsez	sitsaz	sitsez	sitsotaz
innesive	sitsengan	sitsarengan	sitsengan	sitsongan
locative	—	—	—	—
allative	sitsengana	sitsarengana	sitsengana	sitsongana
terminative	sitsenganaino	sitsarenganaino	sitsenganaino	sitsonganaino
directive	sitsenganantz	sitsarenganantz	sitsenganantz	sitsonganantz
destinative	sitsenganako	sitsarenganako	sitsenganako	sitsonganako
ablative	sitsengandik	sitsarengandik	sitsengandik	sitsongandik
partitive	sitsik	—	—	—
prolative	sistzat	—	—	—

Further reading

• “sits”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “sits”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Dutch

Etymology

From Hindi छींट (chī̃ṭ).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

sits ? (uncountable, diminutive sitsje n)

1. chintz

Descendants

• → Russian: си́тец (sítec), си́тецъ (sítec) — pre-1918 spelling
  • → Buryat: сиитис (siitis)
  • → Ingrian: sitsa
  • → Yakut: сиидэс (siides)
  • → Yup'ik: ciitsaaq

Swedish

Etymology

From German Sitz.

Noun

sits c

1. a seat (horizontal sitting surface)
2. a seat (a bit more generally)

   cykelsits

   bicycle seat (with a backrest, and not a sadel (“saddle”))

3. a manner of sitting on a horse
4. (rare) the relative position of players in a card game
5. (figuratively) a situation

   Vi sitter i samma sits.

   We're in the same situation.

   Jag har varit i den sitsen.

   I've been in that situation.

Declension

Declension of sits

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sits	sits
	definite	sitsen	sitsens
plural	indefinite	sitsar	sitsars
	definite	sitsarna	sitsarnas

Derived terms

• toalettsits (“toilet seat”)

See also

• sadel
• säte

References

• sits in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• 1. sits in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)