slita

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See also: slitá and slíta

Czech

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slita

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse slíta.

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slita (present tense slit, past tense sleit, supine slite, past participle sliten, present participle slitande, imperative slit)

  1. to tear, pull hard
    • 1895, Arne Garborg, Haugtussa:
      I meg du enno riv og slit i dine Baand.
      Within me, you still pull and tear at your restraints.
    slita tak ito grab, to snatch
    • 2015, Synnøve Hole, “16-åring dømd for forsøk på knivran”, in NRK[1]:
      Medan guten prøvde å slite tak i veska, heldt ein annan opp ein kniv []
      While the boy tried to grab the bag, another held up a knife []
  2. to wear out
    • 1862, Aasta Hansteen, (translated from Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson), "Visa hans Upplands-Knut"
      Ho gøymde huva i tjuge aar, maatte 'ke slita henne ut []
      She saved the hat for twenty years, did not want to wear it out []
  3. to work hard, toil
    • 1861, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Ferdaminni fraa Sumaren 1860:
      I mi Fødebygd, saag eg vel, at Kvendi maatte slita tungt, og til armare og meir uvitande Folk var, til meir sleit Kona.
      Where I was born, I saw clearly that the women had to toil hard, and the poorer and more ignorant people were, the more the wife toiled.

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Old Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse slíta, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną.

Verb

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slīta

  1. to tear apart
  2. to tear (something from someone's hands)
  3. to wear (out)
  4. to disband

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  • Swedish: slita

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish slīta, from Old Norse slíta, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *slaid-, *sled-.

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Verb

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slita (present sliter, preterite slet, supine slitit, imperative slit)

  1. to wear (out)
  2. to forcefully grab and pull; to grab, to tear
    slita tag i någon
    forcefully grab someone
    slita isär något
    tear something apart
    slita loss något
    tear something loose
    Han slet pistolen ur rånarens hand
    He tore the pistol from the robber's hand
  3. to toil, to labor (perform strenuous work)
    De slet i gruvan
    They toiled in the mine

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