sitt

See also: Sitt, and sítt

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sitta, from Proto-Uralic *sitta. False cognate to Low German Schiet and English shit.

Noun

sitt (genitive sita, partitive sitta)

1. (somewhat rude) shit

Declension

Declension of sitt (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-ø gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		sitt	sitad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	sita
genitive			sittade
partitive		sitta	sitte sittasid
illative		sitta sitasse	sittadesse sitesse
inessive		sitas	sittades sites
elative		sitast	sittadest sitest
allative		sitale	sittadele sitele
adessive		sital	sittadel sitel
ablative		sitalt	sittadelt sitelt
translative		sitaks	sittadeks siteks
terminative		sitani	sittadeni
essive		sitana	sittadena
abessive		sitata	sittadeta
comitative		sitaga	sittadega

Synonyms

• ekskrement
• fekaal
• kaka
• kaki
• pask
• roe
• väljaheide

Derived terms

• sitikas
• sitajunn
• sitane
• sitapea
• sitapott
• sitasitikas

Related terms

• sittuma

See also

• roojama

German

Etymology

Neologism coined in 1999 in analogy to satt (“not hungry anymore”) as part of a collaborative contest between Duden and Lipton. Out of the 45000 suggestions, sitt has been suggested 40 times. It has however never seen widespread use.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɪt/, /sɪt/
• Hyphenation: sitt
• Rhymes: -ɪt

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

sitt (strong nominative masculine singular sitter, comparative sitter, superlative am sittesten)

1. (neologism, rare, nonstandard) not thirsty anymore

   Antonym: durstig

   Coordinate term: satt

Declension

Positive forms of sitt

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist sitt	sie ist sitt	es ist sitt	sie sind sitt
strong declension (without article)	nominative	sitter	sitte	sittes	sitte
	genitive	sitten	sitter	sitten	sitter
	dative	sittem	sitter	sittem	sitten
	accusative	sitten	sitte	sittes	sitte
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der sitte	die sitte	das sitte	die sitten
	genitive	des sitten	der sitten	des sitten	der sitten
	dative	dem sitten	der sitten	dem sitten	den sitten
	accusative	den sitten	die sitte	das sitte	die sitten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein sitter	eine sitte	ein sittes	(keine) sitten
	genitive	eines sitten	einer sitten	eines sitten	(keiner) sitten
	dative	einem sitten	einer sitten	einem sitten	(keinen) sitten
	accusative	einen sitten	eine sitte	ein sittes	(keine) sitten

Comparative forms of sitt

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist sitter	sie ist sitter	es ist sitter	sie sind sitter
strong declension (without article)	nominative	sitterer	sittere	sitteres	sittere
	genitive	sitteren	sitterer	sitteren	sitterer
	dative	sitterem	sitterer	sitterem	sitteren
	accusative	sitteren	sittere	sitteres	sittere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der sittere	die sittere	das sittere	die sitteren
	genitive	des sitteren	der sitteren	des sitteren	der sitteren
	dative	dem sitteren	der sitteren	dem sitteren	den sitteren
	accusative	den sitteren	die sittere	das sittere	die sitteren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein sitterer	eine sittere	ein sitteres	(keine) sitteren
	genitive	eines sitteren	einer sitteren	eines sitteren	(keiner) sitteren
	dative	einem sitteren	einer sitteren	einem sitteren	(keinen) sitteren
	accusative	einen sitteren	eine sittere	ein sitteres	(keine) sitteren

Superlative forms of sitt

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am sittesten	sie ist am sittesten	es ist am sittesten	sie sind am sittesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	sittester	sitteste	sittestes	sitteste
	genitive	sittesten	sittester	sittesten	sittester
	dative	sittestem	sittester	sittestem	sittesten
	accusative	sittesten	sitteste	sittestes	sitteste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der sitteste	die sitteste	das sitteste	die sittesten
	genitive	des sittesten	der sittesten	des sittesten	der sittesten
	dative	dem sittesten	der sittesten	dem sittesten	den sittesten
	accusative	den sittesten	die sitteste	das sitteste	die sittesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein sittester	eine sitteste	ein sittestes	(keine) sittesten
	genitive	eines sittesten	einer sittesten	eines sittesten	(keiner) sittesten
	dative	einem sittesten	einer sittesten	einem sittesten	(keinen) sittesten
	accusative	einen sittesten	eine sitteste	ein sittestes	(keine) sittesten

Further reading

• sitt on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “sitt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “sitt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃitː]
• Hyphenation: sitt
• Rhymes: -itː

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German. Compare Middle Low German schicht, schichte, German Schicht (“ordered stack, pile; layer; work shift”).

Noun

sitt (plural sittek)

1. (informal) rubble, debris, wreckage (refuse after construction or demolition)

   Synonyms: törmelék, építési/bontási hulladék/törmelék

   Hypernym: hulladék

   Hyponyms: kőtörmelék, betontörmelék, téglatörmelék, (made of stone, concrete, bricks, or asphalt, respectively) aszfalttörmelék

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	sitt	sittek
accusative	sittet	sitteket
dative	sittnek	sitteknek
instrumental	sittel	sittekkel
causal-final	sittért	sittekért
translative	sitté	sittekké
terminative	sittig	sittekig
essive-formal	sittként	sittekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	sittben	sittekben
superessive	sitten	sitteken
adessive	sittnél	sitteknél
illative	sittbe	sittekbe
sublative	sittre	sittekre
allative	sitthez	sittekhez
elative	sittből	sittekből
delative	sittről	sittekről
ablative	sittől	sittektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	sitté	sitteké
non-attributive possessive - plural	sittéi	sittekéi

Possessive forms of sitt
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	sittem	sittjeim
2nd person sing.	sitted	sittjeid
3rd person sing.	sittje	sittjei
1st person plural	sittünk	sittjeink
2nd person plural	sittetek	sittjeitek
3rd person plural	sittjük	sittjeik

Derived terms

• sitteszsák

Etymology 2

Back-formation from sittel, besittel (“to imprison”), a partial calque of German verschütten, replacing the verbal prefix ver- with Hungarian be-.

Noun

sitt (plural sittek)

1. (slang) clink (prison, jail)

   Synonyms: börtön, dutyi, (the latter two are colloquial) hűvös

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	sitt	sittek
accusative	sittet	sitteket
dative	sittnek	sitteknek
instrumental	sittel	sittekkel
causal-final	sittért	sittekért
translative	sitté	sittekké
terminative	sittig	sittekig
essive-formal	sittként	sittekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	sittben	sittekben
superessive	sitten	sitteken
adessive	sittnél	sitteknél
illative	sittbe	sittekbe
sublative	sittre	sittekre
allative	sitthez	sittekhez
elative	sittből	sittekből
delative	sittről	sittekről
ablative	sittől	sittektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	sitté	sitteké
non-attributive possessive - plural	sittéi	sittekéi

Possessive forms of sitt
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	sittem	sittjeim
2nd person sing.	sitted	sittjeid
3rd person sing.	sittje	sittjei
1st person plural	sittünk	sittjeink
2nd person plural	sittetek	sittjeitek
3rd person plural	sittjük	sittjeik

Related terms

• sittel, lesittel, besittel

Icelandic

Determiner

sitt

1. inflection of sinn:
   1. neuter nominative singular
   2. neuter accusative singular

Declension

Possessive pronouns (eignarfornöfn)
	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sinn	sín	sitt		sínir	sínar	sín
accusative	sinn	sína	sitt		sína	sínar	sín
dative	sínum	sinni	sínu		sínum	sínum	sínum
genitive	síns	sinnar	síns		sinna	sinna	sinna

Maltese

Maltese numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b] ←  5	6	7  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: sitta     Attributive cardinal: sitt     Ordinal: sitt     Adverbial: sitt darbiet

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪt/
• IPA^(key): /sɪtt‿/ (before a vowel)
• Homophone: sidt
• Rhymes: -ɪt

Numeral

sitt m or f

1. attributive form of sitta (“six”)

   Coordinate term: (absolute form) sitta

Usage notes

• The attributive form is used before counted nouns. (Unlike other numbers, 6 has no distinction between short and long attributive forms.)

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪtː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sitt.

Determiner

sitt n

1. neuter singular of sin

See also

    Personal pronouns in Bokmål

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					feminine	masculine	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	meg	mi	min	mitt	mine
	Second	general	du	deg	di	din	ditt	dine
		formal (rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	feminine (person)	hun	henne	hennes
		masculine (person)	han	ham / han	hans
		feminine (noun)	den		dens
		masculine (noun)
		neuter (noun)	det		dets
		reflexive	–	seg	si	sin	sitt	sine
Plural	First	–	vi	oss	vår		vårt	våre
	Second	general	dere		deres
		formal (very rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	general	de	dem	deres
		reflexive	–	seg	si	sin	sitt	sine

Etymology 2

Verb

sitt

1. imperative of sitte

References

• “sin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪtː/
• Rhymes: -ɪtː

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sitt.

Determiner

sitt n

1. neuter singular of sin

Etymology 2

Verb

sitt

1. imperative of sitta and sitte
2. (non-standard since 2012) present tense of sitta and sitte

References

• “sin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “sitta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sitt/, [sit]

Verb

sitt

1. third-person singular present indicative of sittan

Old Norse

Determiner

sitt

1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of sínn

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪtː/

• Audio:

  (file)

Pronoun

sitt

1. neuter of sin his, her, its, their

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					common	neuter	plural
singular	first	—	jag	mig, mej3	min	mitt	mina
	second	—	du	dig, dej3	din	ditt	dina
	third	masculine (person)	han	honom, han2, en5	hans
		feminine (person)	hon	henne, na5	hennes
		gender-neutral (person)1	hen	hen, henom7	hens
		common (noun)	den	den	dess
		neuter (noun)	det	det	dess
		indefinite	man or en4	en	ens
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina
plural	first	—	vi	oss	vår, våran2	vårt, vårat2	våra
	second	—	ni	er	er, eran2, ers6	ert, erat2	era
		archaic	I	eder	eder, eders6	edert	edra
	third	—	de, dom3	dem, dom3	deras
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina

¹Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, though it remains limited.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

⁴Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.

⁵Informal, somewhat dialectal

⁶Formal address

⁷Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

Verb

sitt

1. imperative of sitta