delit

See also: délit, dělit, and deliť

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin delectus, past participle of dēligō (“I select”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [dəˈlit]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [deˈlit]

Noun

delit m (plural delits)

1. delight, joy

   Synonym: plaer

2. courage, zeal

   Synonym: ànim

Derived terms

• delitós

Related terms

• delitar

Participle

delit (feminine delida, masculine plural delits, feminine plural delides)

1. past participle of delir

Further reading

• “delit” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin delictum.

Noun

delit m (plural delic)

1. crime, offence

Middle English

Noun

delit

1. Alternative form of delite
   • 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “Here Bygynneth the Book of the Tales of Caunt́burẏ”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 6, recto:

     To lyuen in delyt was euere his wone / For he was Epicurus owene sone / That heeld opynyoun þ^t pleyn delit / Was verray felicitee parfit

     He was in the habit of living in delight; / He was like Epicurus' own son, / Holding the opinion that delight alone / Was true and perfect happiness.

Adjective

delit

1. Alternative form of delite

References

• “delit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Old French

Etymology

Deverbal of delitier.

Noun

delit oblique singular, m (oblique plural deliz or delitz, nominative singular deliz or delitz, nominative plural delit)

1. delight; pleasure; joy

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (1. delit)
• delit on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛlɪt/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdeːlɪt/, /ˈdɛlɪt/

Verb

delit

1. (literary) second-person singular imperfect subjunctive of dod
2. (literary) second-person singular imperfect indicative/imperfect subjunctive/conditional of dal

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
delit	ddelit	nelit	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.