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wita

See also: witå, witą, wíta, witá, and WITA

Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old English wīte.

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Noun

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wīta f (genitive wītae); first declension (Medieval Latin)

  1. a fine, an amercement, a mulct (a pecuniary penalty)
  2. a vendetta, a feud

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative wīta wītae
Genitive wītae wītārum
Dative wītae wītīs
Accusative wītam wītās
Ablative wītā wītīs
Vocative wīta wītae

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  • (fine, amercement, mulct): multa (Classical)

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Lower Sorbian

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wita

  1. third-person singular present of witaś

Maltese

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Root
w-t-j
7 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic وَطَاء (waṭāʔ).

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Noun

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wita f (plural witat)

  1. flatland

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *witō. Cognate with Old Frisian wita, Old Saxon *wito (attested in giwito “witness”), and Old High German wizzo. Equivalent to witan +‎ -a.

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Noun

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wita m

  1. wise person; (especially in compounds) knower
    • 10th century, The Wanderer:
      forþon ne mæġ wearþan wīs · wer, ǣr hē āge
      wintra dǣl in woruldrīċe. · Wita sċeal ġeþyldiġ.
      thus a man cannot become wise, before he would own
      a part of years in world-kingdom. A wise man must be patient.
  2. advisor

Declension

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Declension of wita (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative wita witan
accusative witan witan
genitive witan witena
dative witan witum

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Pitjantjatjara

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Noun

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wita

  1. saliva

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvita/
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Syllabification: wi‧ta

Verb

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wita

  1. third-person singular present of witać

Participle

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wita

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of wity
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