smitan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *smītan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmiː.tɑn/

Verb

smītan

1. to daub, smear, pollute, infect
2. to smite

Conjugation

Conjugation of smītan (strong class 1)

infinitive	smītan	smītenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	smīte	smāt
second person singular	smītst	smite
third person singular	smītt, smīt	smāt
plural	smītaþ	smiton
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	smīte	smite
plural	smīten	smiten
imperative
singular	smīt
plural	smītaþ
participle	present	past
	smītende	(ġe)smiten

Related terms

• smitta (“smear, blot, mark, smudge, pollution”)
• besmītan (“besmut, defile, pollute, infect, contaminate”)
• besmītnes (“smuttiness, filthiness, pollution, infection, contamination”)
• ġesmiten (“smeared, smutted, smudged, anointed, polluted, infected, contaminated”)
• *smītende (“infectious, contageous”) (unattested present participle, see Icelandic smitandi)

Descendants

• Middle English: smiten
  • Scots: smite, smyte
  • English: smite

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *smītan.

Verb

smītan

1. to smite

Conjugation

Conjugation of smītan (strong class 1)

infinitive	smītan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	smītu	smēt
2nd person singular	smītis	smiti
3rd person singular	smītid	smēt
plural	smītad	smitun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	smīte	smiti
2nd person singular	smītes	smitis
3rd person singular	smīte	smiti
plural	smīten	smitin
imperative	present
singular	smīt
plural	smītad
participle	present	past
	smītandi	gismitan, smitan

Descendants

• Middle Low German: smiten

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [smiˈtan]

Noun

smitan (nominative plural smitans)

1. (male or female) smith

Declension

declension of smitan

	singular	plural
nominative	smitan	smitans
genitive	smitana	smitanas
dative	smitane	smitanes
accusative	smitani	smitanis
vocative 1	o smitan!	o smitans!
predicative 2	smitanu	smitanus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• cafasmitan
• fodismitan
• glävismitan
• goldismitan
• grobasmitan
• hismitan
• jismitan
• kuprinismitan
• largentismitan
• lesmitan
• lökismitan
• rüdedismitan
• saovismitan
• staninismitan
• tünismitan
• vafismitan

 

Related terms

• goldismitöp
• lökismit
• lökismitöp
• smit
• smitafer
• smitaferik
• smitafög
• smitam
• smitanavobod
• smitov
• smitovik
• smitön
• smitöp
• staninismitöp
• tünismit
• tünismitöp

 

See also

• caf
• fer
• ferin
• fil
• furnod
• fög
• gläv
• gold
• goldin
• kuprin
• largent
• largentin
• lök
• naklüm
• plumb
• plumbin
• rüded
• saov
• sesmeit
• sesmeitafurnod
• sesmeitaplumb
• sesmeitaslak
• sesmeitön
• slak
• smeit
• smeitön
• smet
• smetön
• stanin
• tün
• vaf