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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian фита́ (fitá).

Noun

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fita (plural fitas)

  1. The obsolete Cyrillic letter Ѳ, ѳ formerly used in Russian to write proper names and loanwords derived from or via Greek.

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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *[petra] fīcta, from Latin petra (stone) and figere (to fix in place).

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Noun

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fita f (plural fites)

  1. milestone, boundary stone
    Synonym: molló
  2. waypoint
  3. (mathematics) bound
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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fita

  1. inflection of fitar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Franco-Provençal

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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fita (Valdôtain, Vaudois)

  1. Alternative form of féta (party, celebration)

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Galician

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfita/ [ˈfi.t̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Hyphenation: fi‧ta

Etymology 1

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Probably from Latin vitta (ribbon), although the required evolution, with Latin <vi> becoming /fi/, is irregular. Alternatively from Suevic, from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *fetjō, compare Old High German fizza (thread, tissue), Old Norse fitja (to knit).[1] Compare also Italian fetta.

Noun

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fita f (plural fitas)

  1. band, ribbon
  2. (sewing) wristband, girdle, hem
  3. elongated plot of land

Etymology 2

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From Latin fictum (fixed).

Adjective

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fita

  1. feminine singular of fito
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Verb

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fita

  1. inflection of fitar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “veto”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Gothic

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Romanization

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fita

  1. Romanization of 𐍆𐌹𐍄𐌰

Hausa

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fì.táː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ɸɪ̀.táː]

Noun

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fìtā f (possessed form fìtar̃)

  1. graduation

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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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.)

Noun

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fita f (genitive singular fitu, nominative plural fitur)

  1. fat
  2. fatness
Declension
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Declension of fita (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fita fitan fitur fiturnar
accusative fitu fituna fitur fiturnar
dative fitu fitunni fitum fitunum
genitive fitu fitunnar fita fitanna
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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fita (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fitaði, supine fitað)

  1. to fatten, make fat [with accusative]
    Bændurnir fita dýrin.
    The farmers fatten the animals.
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fita – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur fita
supine sagnbót fitað
present participle
fitandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég fita fitaði fiti fitaði
þú fitar fitaðir fitir fitaðir
hann, hún, það fitar fitaði fiti fitaði
plural við fitum fituðum fitum fituðum
þið fitið fituðuð fitið fituðuð
þeir, þær, þau fita fituðu fiti fituðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú fita (þú), fitaðu
plural þið fitið (þið), fitiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
fitaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
fitaður fituð fitað fitaðir fitaðar fituð
accusative
(þolfall)
fitaðan fitaða fitað fitaða fitaðar fituð
dative
(þágufall)
fituðum fitaðri fituðu fituðum fituðum fituðum
genitive
(eignarfall)
fitaðs fitaðrar fitaðs fitaðra fitaðra fitaðra
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
fitaði fitaða fitaða fituðu fituðu fituðu
accusative
(þolfall)
fitaða fituðu fitaða fituðu fituðu fituðu
dative
(þágufall)
fitaða fituðu fitaða fituðu fituðu fituðu
genitive
(eignarfall)
fitaða fituðu fitaða fituðu fituðu fituðu
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Macanese

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Etymology

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From Portuguese fita.

Noun

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fita (plural fita-fita)

  1. tape, ribbon, band
    fita di sapatoshoelaces (literally, “shoe ribbon”)
  2. film, movie
    Synonym: pintura
    fita-cinémafilm
    olâ fitato see a movie, to go to the cinema

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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fita

  1. (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of fit

Old Norse

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Etymology

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

Noun

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fita f (genitive fitu)

  1. fat, grease

Declension

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Declension of fita (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fita fitan fitur fiturnar
accusative fitu fituna fitur fiturnar
dative fitu fitunni fitum fitunum
genitive fitu fitunnar fitna fitnanna

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  • Icelandic: fita f
  • >? Norwegian Nynorsk: fete m

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fita”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -itɐ
  • Hyphenation: fi‧ta

Etymology 1

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Uncertain. Likely from Latin vitta (band, ribbon).

Noun

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fita f (plural fitas)

  1. tape, ribbon, band
  2. (colloquial) film, movie
    Synonyms: filme, película
  3. (Brazil, video games, colloquial) cartridge
    Synonym: cartucho
  4. (Portugal, education, slang) a colored ribbon to indicate membership of a faculty
  5. (Portugal, colloquial) necktie
    Synonym: gravata
Quotations
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For quotations using this term, see Citations:fita.

Derived terms
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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From Latin ficta.

Noun

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fita f (plural fitas)

  1. act, deception, lie
    É tudo fita!
    It's all an act!
    Deixem-se de fitas!
    Stop pretending!
  2. tantrum
    Fazer fita.
    To pull a tantrum.
Quotations
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For quotations using this term, see Citations:fita.

Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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fita

  1. inflection of fitar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Volapük

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Noun

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fita

  1. genitive singular of fit ( = fish)

West Makian

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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fita

  1. (stative) to be right, correct

Conjugation

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Conjugation of fita (stative verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tifita mifita afita
2nd person nifita fifita
3rd person inanimate ifita difita
animate mafita
imperative —, fita —, fita

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics (as fitá)