rita
Faroese

Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹiːta/
- Rhymes: -iːta
- Homophones: ryta, ritað
Declension
| Declension of rita | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f1 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | rita | ritan | ritur | riturnar |
| accusative | ritu | rituna | ritur | riturnar |
| dative | ritu | rituni | ritum | ritunum |
| genitive | ritu | ritunnar | rita | ritanna |
Synonyms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse ríta, rita, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną (“to carve, write”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey- (“to rip, tear”).
Verb
rita (third person singular past indicative ritaði, third person plural past indicative ritað, supine ritað)
Conjugation
| Conjugation of rita (group v-30) | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | rita | |
| supine | ritað | |
| participle (a6)1 | ritandi | ritaður |
| present | past | |
| first singular | riti | ritaði |
| second singular | ritar | ritaði |
| third singular | ritar | ritaði |
| plural | rita | ritaðu |
| imperative | ||
| singular | rita! | |
| plural | ritið! | |
| 1Only the past participle being declined. | ||
Synonyms
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *rita, possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *rita.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈritɑ/, [ˈrit̪ɑ]
- Rhymes: -itɑ
- Syllabification(key): ri‧ta
Declension
| Inflection of rita (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rita | ridat | ||
| genitive | ridan | ritojen | ||
| partitive | ritaa | ritoja | ||
| illative | ritaan | ritoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | rita | ridat | ||
| accusative | nom. | rita | ridat | |
| gen. | ridan | |||
| genitive | ridan | ritojen ritainrare | ||
| partitive | ritaa | ritoja | ||
| inessive | ridassa | ridoissa | ||
| elative | ridasta | ridoista | ||
| illative | ritaan | ritoihin | ||
| adessive | ridalla | ridoilla | ||
| ablative | ridalta | ridoilta | ||
| allative | ridalle | ridoille | ||
| essive | ritana | ritoina | ||
| translative | ridaksi | ridoiksi | ||
| instructive | — | ridoin | ||
| abessive | ridatta | ridoitta | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Anagrams
Garo
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
References
- Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon, Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 370
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɪːta/
- Rhymes: -ɪːta
Noun
rita f (genitive singular ritu, nominative plural ritur)
- black-legged kittiwake, kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Declension
Etymology 2
From Old Norse ríta, rita, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną (“to carve, write”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey- (“to rip, tear”).
Verb
rita (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ritaði, supine ritað)
Conjugation
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að rita | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
ritað | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
ritandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég rita | við ritum | present (nútíð) |
ég riti | við ritum |
| þú ritar | þið ritið | þú ritir | þið ritið | ||
| hann, hún, það ritar | þeir, þær, þau rita | hann, hún, það riti | þeir, þær, þau riti | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég ritaði | við rituðum | past (þátíð) |
ég ritaði | við rituðum |
| þú ritaðir | þið rituðuð | þú ritaðir | þið rituðuð | ||
| hann, hún, það ritaði | þeir, þær, þau rituðu | hann, hún, það ritaði | þeir, þær, þau rituðu | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
rita (þú) | ritið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| ritaðu | ritiði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að ritast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
ritast | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
ritandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég ritast | við ritumst | present (nútíð) |
ég ritist | við ritumst |
| þú ritast | þið ritist | þú ritist | þið ritist | ||
| hann, hún, það ritast | þeir, þær, þau ritast | hann, hún, það ritist | þeir, þær, þau ritist | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég ritaðist | við rituðumst | past (þátíð) |
ég ritaðist | við rituðumst |
| þú ritaðist | þið rituðust | þú ritaðist | þið rituðust | ||
| hann, hún, það ritaðist | þeir, þær, þau rituðust | hann, hún, það ritaðist | þeir, þær, þau rituðust | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
ritast (þú) | ritist (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| ritastu | ritisti * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
| strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
ritaður | rituð | ritað | ritaðir | ritaðar | rituð | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
ritaðan | ritaða | ritað | ritaða | ritaðar | rituð | |
| dative (þágufall) |
rituðum | ritaðri | rituðu | rituðum | rituðum | rituðum | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
ritaðs | ritaðrar | ritaðs | ritaðra | ritaðra | ritaðra | |
| weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
ritaði | ritaða | ritaða | rituðu | rituðu | rituðu | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
ritaða | rituðu | ritaða | rituðu | rituðu | rituðu | |
| dative (þágufall) |
ritaða | rituðu | ritaða | rituðu | rituðu | rituðu | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
ritaða | rituðu | ritaða | rituðu | rituðu | rituðu | |
Synonyms
- (to write): skrifa
Derived terms
- rita fullum stöfum (write unabbreviated)
- rita orð fullum stöfum (write a word unabbreviated)
Latvian
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrʲɪt̪ɐ]
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- rite (Bokmål also)
Etymology
From Old Norse ríta, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną (“to carve, write”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey- (“to rip, tear”).
Verb
rita (present tense ritar, past tense rita, past participle rita, passive infinitive ritast, present participle ritande, imperative rita/rit)
References
- “rita” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish hrīta, from Proto-Germanic *hrītaną (“to draw, to scratch”).
Pronunciation
audio (file)
Conjugation
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | rita | ritas | ||
| Supine | ritat | ritats | ||
| Imperative | rita | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | riten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | ritar | ritade | ritas | ritades |
| Ind. plural1 | rita | ritade | ritas | ritades |
| Subjunctive2 | rite | ritade | rites | ritades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | ritande | |||
| Past participle | ritad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Further reading
- rita in Svensk ordbok.