vit

See also: vít, Vít, vît, and vịt

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *weta, from Proto-Indo-European *wétos (compare Greek έτος (étos), Latin vetus ‘old’).

Noun

vit m (plural vite or vjet, definite viti, definite plural vitet or vjetët)

1. year

Declension

Declension of vit

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	vit	vite	viti	vitet
accusative			vitin
dative	viti	viteve	vitit	viteve
ablative		vitesh

Derived terms

• vjetër

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Faroese

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *witją from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”). Cognate to English wit, archaic Dutch wit, akin to Old Saxon giwit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [viːt]

Noun

vit n (genitive singular vits, uncountable)

1. intelligence
2. consciousness
   • fáa vitið aftur

     to regain consciousness

Declension

Declension of vit (singular only)
n3s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	vit	vitið
accusative	vit	vitið
dative	viti	vitinum
genitive	vits	vitsins

Synonyms

• (intelligence): skilningur, fatan, skyn, skil

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [viːt], hasty: IPA^(key): [vɪtː]

Pronoun

vit

1. we
   • Vit eru føroyingar.

     We are Faroese.

   • Vit koma aftur.

     We come back. / We will return.

Declension

Faroese personal pronouns

Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn)
Singular (eintal)	1st person	2nd person	3rd person masc.	3rd person fem.	3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall)	eg, jeg	tú	hann	hon	tað
Accusative (hvønnfall)	meg, mjeg	teg, tjeg		hana
Dative (hvørjumfall)	mær	tær	honum	henni	tí
Genitive (hvørsfall)	mín	tín	hansara, hans†	hennara, hennar†	tess
Plural (fleirtal)	1st person	2nd person	3rd person masc.	3rd person fem.	3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall)	vit	tit	teir	tær	tey
Accusative (hvønnfall)	okkum	tykkum
Dative (hvørjumfall)			teimum, teim†
Genitive (hvørsfall)	okkara	tykkara	teirra

Synonyms

• okur (Sandoy, Suðuroy)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi/

Etymology 1

See voir.

Verb

vit

1. third-person singular past historic of voir

Etymology 2

See vivre.

Verb

vit

1. third-person singular present indicative of vivre

Etymology 3

From Old French vit, from Latin vectis (“rod, lever”).

Noun

vit m (plural vits)

1. (obsolete, literary) pintle, John Thomas (penis)
   • 1785, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Les 120 journées de Sodome, ou l'École du libertinage

     Ce fut Durcet qui, ce matin-là, se prêta aux exercices de pollutions, et, comme son vit était extraordinairement petit, il donna plus de peine aux écolières.

     It was Durcet who, that morning, took part in the spunking exercises, and, as his dick was extraordinarily small, he caused the school girls more grief.

Further reading

• “vit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vit, from Proto-Germanic *witją. Cognate with Faroese vit, Danish vid, Swedish vett, English wit, Dutch wit, German Witz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪːt/
• Rhymes: -ɪːt

Noun

vit n (genitive singular vits, no plural)

1. wits, intelligence
   • Hávamál (English source, Icelandic sourve)

     Vits er þörf

     þeim er víða ratar.

     Dælt er heima hvað.

     Að augabragði verður

     sá er ekki kann

     og með snotrum situr.

     Wits must he have

     who wanders wide,

     But all is easy at home;

     At the witless man

     the wise shall wink

     When among such men he sits.

2. reason, sense

   Viðskiptavit.

   Business acumen.

3. knowledge
4. awareness, sentience

Declension

declension of vit

n-s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	vit	vitið
accusative	vit	vitið
dative	viti	vitinu
genitive	vits	vitsins

Synonyms

• (wit, intelligence): greind
• (reason, sense): skynsemi, skynsemd, mannvit
• (knowledge): þekking
• (awareness): meðvitund

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bókvit
• brjóstvit
• fjármálavit
• hugvit
• hundsvit
• hvolpavit
• hyggjuvit
• mannvit
• óvit
• peningavit
• skilningarvit
• verksvit
• vitfirring
• vitfirringur
• vitfirrtur
• vitgrannur
• vitiborinn
• vitlaus
• vitlausrahæli
• vitlegur
• vitleysa
• vitleysingur
• vitmaður
• vitneskja
• vitorð
• vitringur
• vitrænn
• vitskertur
• vitsmunalíf
• vitsmunir
• vitstola
• öngvit

Related terms

• vita (“to know”)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

vit

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of vite

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

vit

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of vita

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Old French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vit/

Etymology 1

From Latin vectis (“rod”).

Noun

vit oblique singular, m (oblique plural viz or vitz, nominative singular viz or vitz, nominative plural vit)

1. (vulgar) dick; cock (human penis)

Descendants

• French: vit

Etymology 2

see veoir

Verb

vit

1. third-person singular past historic of veoir

Etymology 3

see vivre

Verb

vit

1. third-person singular present indicative of vivre

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Old Norse

Pronoun

vit

1. first-person dual pronoun (we two)

Descendants

• Faroese: vit
• Icelandic: við

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• hvit (obsolete since 1906)

Etymology

From Old Swedish hvīter, from Old Norse hvítr, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːt/

• audio:

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Adjective

vit

1. of the colour white

Inflection

Inflection of vit
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	vit	vitare	vitast
Neuter singular	vitt	vitare	vitast
Plural	vita	vitare	vitast
Masculine plural3	vite	vitare	vitast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	vite	vitare	vitaste
All	vita	vitare	vitaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

See also

• vitt (noun)