slit

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See also: slít and șliț

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old English slītan, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (to tear apart), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyd- (to tear, rend (cut apart), split apart). Possibly cognate with Latin laed- (to strike, hurt, injure). Doublet of slite; also related to slice through French borrowing.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈslɪt/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Noun[edit]

slit (plural slits)

  1. A narrow cut or opening; a slot.
  2. (vulgar, slang) The opening of the vagina.
  3. (vulgar, slang, derogatory) A woman, usually a sexually loose woman; a prostitute.

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Verb[edit]

slit (third-person singular simple present slits, present participle slitting, simple past slit, past participle slit or (obsolete) slitten)

  1. To cut a narrow opening.
    He slit the bag open and the rice began pouring out.
  2. To split into strips by lengthwise cuts.
  3. (transitive) To cut; to sever; to divide.

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Adjective[edit]

slit (not comparable)

  1. Having a cut narrow opening

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Czech[edit]

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Participle[edit]

slit

  1. masculine singular passive participle of slít

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse *slit.

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Noun[edit]

slit n (genitive singular slits, no plural)

  1. wear and tear

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Verb[edit]

slit

  1. imperative of slite

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Verb[edit]

slit

  1. inflection of slita:
    1. present
    2. imperative

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Deverbal from slita (to toil).

Noun[edit]

slit n

  1. toil, labour (grueling work)

Declension[edit]

Declension of slit 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative slit slitet
Genitive slits slitets

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Verb[edit]

slit

  1. imperative of slita

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