slite
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English sliten, from Old English slītan (“to slit, tear, rend, shiver, split, rend to pieces, cleave, divide”), from Proto-West Germanic *slītan, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to tear”), from Proto-Indo-European *skleyd-, *(s)kelH- (“to cut, trim”).
Cognate with North Frisian slitten (“to clear, make void”), Dutch slijten (“to wear, waste, ravel out”), German schleißen (“to trim”), Swedish slita (“to rip, tear”).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
slite (third-person singular simple present slites, present participle sliting, simple past slit or slited, past participle slit or slitten or slited)
- (transitive, dialectal) To slit; tear or rip up.
- (transitive, dialectal) To wear away (clothes).
NounEdit
slite (uncountable)
- (dialectal) The act or process of ripping up; rending; wear and tear.
AnagramsEdit
IrishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- slighte (obsolete)
NounEdit
slite f
MutationEdit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| slite | shlite after an, tslite |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further readingEdit
- "slite" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “slite” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “slite” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
VerbEdit
slite (imperative slit, present tense sliter, passive slites, simple past slet or sleit, past participle slitt, present participle slitende)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “slite” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
VerbEdit
slite (present tense slit, past tense sleit, supine slite, past participle sliten, present participle slitande, imperative slit)
- Alternative form of slita
Derived termsEdit
AdjectiveEdit
slite