ital

See also: Ital, ital., Ital., i tal, and I-tal

English

Etymology 1

Blend of I +‎ vital

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪtəl/
• Rhymes: -aɪtəl

Noun

ital (countable and uncountable, plural itals)

1. (Jamaica, Iyaric) Pure, natural food suiting a Rastafari lifestyle.
   • 2009 November 11, Baz Dreisingere, “Kingston: Trading Beach Chairs for Bar Stools”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     On the other side of the spectrum are the many ital restaurants that adhere to the Rastafarian dietary laws (no meat, fish or salt).

   • 2016, Gabriel J. Christian, Aboard the Commandante Pineres: Dominica, The 11th World Festival of Youth & Students, Cuba July 1978, & the Caribbean Struggle for National Liberation:

     The minister declined the offer of a parley and "itals"―the term for vegetarian dishes that the Dreads favored.

Etymology 2

Adjective

ital (not comparable)

1. (proofreading) Abbreviation of italic.

Anagrams

• ATLI, LIAT, LITA, Lita, TILA, Ta-li, Tail, Tila, alit, alti, lait, tail, tali

Hungarian

Etymology

iszik +‎ -tal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈitɒl]
• Hyphenation: ital
• Rhymes: -ɒl

Noun

ital (plural italok)

1. drink

   Synonym: innivaló

   Coordinate term: étel

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ital	italok
accusative	italt	italokat
dative	italnak	italoknak
instrumental	itallal	italokkal
causal-final	italért	italokért
translative	itallá	italokká
terminative	italig	italokig
essive-formal	italként	italokként
essive-modal	italul	—
inessive	italban	italokban
superessive	italon	italokon
adessive	italnál	italoknál
illative	italba	italokba
sublative	italra	italokra
allative	italhoz	italokhoz
elative	italból	italokból
delative	italról	italokról
ablative	italtól	italoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	italé	italoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	italéi	italokéi

Possessive forms of ital
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	italom	italaim
2nd person sing.	italod	italaid
3rd person sing.	itala	italai
1st person plural	italunk	italaink
2nd person plural	italotok	italaitok
3rd person plural	italuk	italaik

Derived terms

Compound words

• üdítőital

 

Expressions

• szeszes ital

 

See also

The seven sz-v stem verbs

• eszik (“to eat”)
• iszik (“to drink”)
• hisz (“to believe, think”)
• visz (“to take, carry”)
• lesz (“to become; will be”)
  
  
• tesz (“to do; to put”)
• vesz (“to take, get, grab, buy”)

 

Indicative 1st-p. sg.	eszem, iszom, hiszek, viszek, leszek, teszek, veszek	Infinitive	enni, inni, hinni, vinni, lenni, tenni, venni	Pres. part.	evő, ivó, hívő, vivő, lévő/levő, tevő, vevő
		Past 1st p. sg.	ettem, ittam, hittem, vittem, lettem, tettem, vettem	Verbal nouns	evés, ivás, (hivés,) vivés, levés, tevés, vevés
Imperative 1st-p. sg.	egyek, igyak, higgyek, vigyek, legyek, tegyek, vegyek	Past 3rd sg.	evett, ivott, hitt, vitt, lett, tett, vett	Other nouns	étel, ital, hitel, vitel,	(lét,) tétel, vétel
		(obs./archaic	őn, —, hűn, vín, lőn, tőn, vőn)		—	lény, tény, vény

Further reading

• ital in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• I-tal, Ital

Etymology

Blend of I +‎ vital

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪˈtal/
• Hyphenation: i‧tal

Adjective

ital

1. healthy (conducive to good health)

   Rastafari dun tell dem about Ital livity.

   Rastafarianism has already shown them how to lead a healthy lifestyle.

2. natural, organic (grown without chemicals)
3. saltless, unsalted (without added salt)

   A ital food me cook enuh, without salt, but a that the guests them like.

   I only cook without salt, you know? That's what the guests like.

4. vegetarian, vegan (without meat)

   Mi no eat meat, so my soup ital, but the people dem love it.

   I don't eat meat, so my soup's always vegetarian. But the people love it.

Further reading

• Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 308
• ital – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *īdal-. Akin to Old English īdel.

Adjective

ītal

1. empty
2. useless