-it

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-it

  1. forms the infinitive of the 3rd class verbs
  2. forms verbs from nouns
    barva + ‎-it → ‎barvit
    rybář + ‎-it → ‎rybařit
  3. forms verbs from adjectives
    tenký + ‎-it → ‎tenčit
    krátký + ‎-it → ‎krátit
  4. (masculine) -ite (used to form names of minerals and some rocks and fossils)

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • -it (se) in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

East Central German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Maybe ultimately from Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz. Thus a cognate with English -ed.

Suffix

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-it

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) -y; forms adjectives from nouns
  2. (Erzgebirgisch) forms adjectives from verbs
  3. (Erzgebirgisch) forms adjectives from adverbs

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French

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-it

  1. forms the third-person singular present indicative of -ir verbs
  2. forms the third-person singular past historic of -ir verbs
  3. forms the third-person singular past historic of -re verbs

German

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Etymology

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From French -ite.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /iːt/
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Suffix

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-it

  1. (masculine) -ite (used to form names of followers of a movement, Biblical descendants of a certain person, etc)
  2. (masculine) -ite (used to form names of minerals and some rocks and fossils)
  3. (chemistry, neuter) -ite (used to form names of salts and esters of acids whose name ends in -ous)

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Greenlandic

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-it (n-v?, truncative?)

  1. there is no [noun], has no [noun]

Antonyms

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Suffix

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-it (v-v?, truncative?)

  1. Reverses the meaning.

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-it

  1. inflection of :
    1. third-person singular present/perfect active indicative
    2. third-person singular sigmatic future active indicative

Suffix

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-īt

  1. third-person singular sigmatic aorist active subjunctive of

Manx

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Alternative forms

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Suffix

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-it

  1. Suffix forming the past participle of verbs.
  2. -ed, -ized

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Northern Sami

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Pronunciation

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This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Suffix

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-it

  1. Form of the suffix -t used with odd-syllable stems.

Inflection

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This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

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Old Irish

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Suffix

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-it (suffixed pronoun)

  1. him
  2. it (object pronoun)

Usage notes

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This suffix is used only after first-person singular forms in -(e)a, first-person plural forms in -mi, and 3rd person plural forms in -(a)it. After third-person singular forms, the suffix -i is used.

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From -inn +‎ -t.

Suffix

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-it

  1. positive degree strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of -inn (adjective suffix)
  2. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of -inn (participle suffix)
    1. used to form the supine of verbs
  3. neuter nominative/accusative singular of -inn (definite article suffix)

Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /it/
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  • Rhymes: -it
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Suffix

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-it m inan

  1. -ite, used to form nouns denoting rocks or minerals
    antymon + ‎-it → ‎antymonit
  2. (inorganic chemistry) -ite, used to form names of certain chemical compounds

Declension

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Further reading

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  • -it in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

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-it

  1. Suffix used to form the supine tense of verbs belonging to the fourth conjugation (strong verbs); see also -t
Usage notes
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The suffix is used with the same version of the stem as is the past participle.

Etymology 2

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-it

  1. (pathology) Suffix used to form nouns corresponding to diseases characterized by inflammation (similar to -itis in English)
    appendicit, bronkit, encefalit, gastrit, hepatit, laryngit, meningit, neurit, sinusit
  2. a (mineral) material with a certain origin or property, similar to English -ite
    bakelit, bauxit, dynamit, ebonit, eternit, grafit, malakit, masonit, nitrit
  3. a person from a certain place or a faith, similar to English -ite
    abderit, husit, israelit, jesuit, konvertit, kosmopolit, levit, malmöit, metropolit, muskovit, samarit, shiit, stachanovit, sunnit

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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-it

  1. (literary) verb suffix for the second-person singular imperfect/conditional

Usage notes

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-ir is unusual in that although it contains the vowel i, it does not cause i-affection of internal vowels, for example, canu (to sing) + ‎-it → ‎canit (you were singing, you would sing).

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Category Welsh terms suffixed with -it not found