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-it

See also: Appendix:Variations of "it"

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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Czech terms suffixed with -it

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/
  • Audio:(file)

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)

Derived terms

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German terms suffixed with -it

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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Greenlandic terms suffixed with -it

References

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Suffix

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-it (v-v?, truncative?)

  1. Reverses the meaning.

Derived terms

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Greenlandic terms suffixed with -it

References

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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-it

  1. inflection of -ō:
    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 -ō

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

Derived terms

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Manx terms suffixed with -it

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.

Derived terms

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Old Irish terms suffixed with -it

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Old Irish affixed pronouns

See Appendix:Old Irish affixed pronouns for details on how these forms are used.
Note that the so-called “infixed” pronouns are technically prefixes, but they are never the first prefix in a verbal complex.

Person Infixed Suffixed
Class A Class B Class C
1 sing. m-L dom-L, dam-L -um
2 sing. t-L dot-L, dat-L, dut-L, dit-L -ut
3 sing. m. a-N, e-N d-N id-N, did-N, d-N -i, -it
3 sing. f. s-(N) da- -us
3 sing. n. a-L, e-L d-L id-L, did-L, d-L -i, -it
1 pl. n- don-, dun-, dan- -unn
2 pl. b- dob-, dub-, dab- -uib
3 pl. s-(N) da- -us
L means this form triggers lenition.
N means this form triggers nasalization (eclipsis)
(N) means this form triggers nasalization in some texts but not in others.

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From -inn +‎ -t.

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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
  • Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

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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Declension of -it
singular plural
nominative -it -ity
genitive -itu -itów
dative -itowi -itom
accusative -it -ity
instrumental -item -itami
locative -icie -itach
vocative -icie -ity

Derived terms

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Polish terms suffixed with -it

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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Pronunciation

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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

Derived terms

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Swedish terms suffixed with -it

References

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Anagrams

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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
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