vit

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Translingual

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Translingual

Symbol

vit

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Viti.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Viti terms

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *weta, from Proto-Indo-European *wétos (compare Proto-Slavic *věkъ (“age (period of time)”), Greek έτος (étos), Latin vetus (“old”), Old Church Slavonic ветъхъ (vetŭxŭ, “old, aged, ancient”)).

Noun

vit m (plural vite or vjet, definite viti, definite plural vitet or vjetët)

1. year

Declension

Declension of vit

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vit	viti	vite	vitet
accusative		vitin
dative	viti	vitit	viteve	viteve
ablative			vitesh

Declension of vit

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vit	viti	vjet	vjetët
accusative		vitin
dative	viti	vitit	vjetve	vjetve
ablative			vjetsh

Derived terms

• vjetër
• vjeçar (“annual”)
  • dyvjeçar (“biannual”)

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin vectis (“bar, pole”).

Noun

vit m (plural vits)

1. penis
2. a whip or baton made from a bull's penis

   Synonym: vit de bou

Derived terms

• bitxo m (“chili pepper”)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin vitis f (“vine”).

Noun

vit m (plural vits)

1. (archaic) Vine shoot, tendril

   Synonyms: redorta, sarment

Related terms

• vidalba f
• vidiella f

Further reading

• “vit”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “vit” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɪt]

Participle

vit

1. masculine singular passive participle of vít

Faroese

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *witją from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”). Cognate to English wit, archaic Dutch wit, akin to Old Saxon giwit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [viːt]

Noun

vit n (genitive singular vits, uncountable)

1. intelligence
2. consciousness

   fáa vitið aftur ― to regain consciousness

Declension

n3s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	vit	vitið
accusative	vit	vitið
dative	viti	vitinum
genitive	vits	vitsins

Synonyms

• (intelligence): skilningur, fatan, skyn, skil

Etymology 2

From Old Norse vit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [viːt], hasty: IPA^(key): [vɪtː]

Pronoun

vit

1. we

   Vit eru føroyingar.

   We are Faroese.

   Vit koma aftur.

   We come back.

Declension

Faroese personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person		eg, jeg	meg, mjeg	mær	mín
	2nd person		tú	teg, tjeg	tær	tín
	3rd person	m	hann		honum	hansara, hans†
		f	hon	hana	henni	hennara, hennar†
		n	tað		tí	tess
plural	1st person		vit	okkum		okkara
	2nd person		tit	tykkum		tykkara
	3rd person	m	teir		teimum, teim†	teirra
		f	tær
		n	tey

Synonyms

• okur (Sandoy, Suðuroy)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi/

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Etymology 1

See voir.

Verb

vit

1. third-person singular past historic of voir

Etymology 2

See vivre.

Verb

vit

1. third-person singular present indicative of vivre

Etymology 3

From Old French vit, from Latin vectis (“rod, lever”).

Noun

vit m (plural vits)

1. (obsolete, literary) pintle, John Thomas (penis)
   • 1785, Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, Les 120 journées de Sodome, ou l'École du libertinage:

     Ce fut Durcet qui, ce matin-là, se prêta aux exercices de pollutions, et, comme son vit était extraordinairement petit, il donna plus de peine aux écolières.

     It was Durcet who, that morning, took part in the spunking exercises, and, as his dick was extraordinarily small, he caused the school girls more grief.

Further reading

• “vit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vit, from Proto-Germanic *witją. Cognate with Faroese vit, Danish vid, Swedish vett, English wit, Dutch wit, German Witz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪːt/
• Rhymes: -ɪːt

Noun

vit n (genitive singular vits, no plural)

1. wits, intelligence
   • Hávamál (English source, Icelandic sourve)

     Vits er þörf

     þeim er víða ratar.

     Dælt er heima hvað.

     Að augabragði verður

     sá er ekki kann

     og með snotrum situr.

     Wits must he have

     who wanders wide,

     But all is easy at home;

     At the witless man

     the wise shall wink

     When among such men he sits.

2. reason, sense

   Viðskiptavit.

   Business acumen.

3. knowledge
4. awareness, sentience

Declension

Declension of vit (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	vit	vitið
accusative	vit	vitið
dative	viti	vitinu
genitive	vits	vitsins

Synonyms

• (wit, intelligence): greind
• (reason, sense): skynsemi, skynsemd, mannvit
• (knowledge): þekking
• (awareness): meðvitund

Derived terms

• bókvit
• brjóstvit
• fjármálavit
• hugvit
• hundsvit
• hvolpavit
• hyggjuvit
• mannvit
• óvit
• peningavit
• skilningarvit
• verksvit
• vitfirring
• vitfirringur
• vitfirrtur
• vitgrannur
• vitiborinn
• vitlaus
• vitlausrahæli
• vitlegur
• vitleysa
• vitleysingur
• vitmaður
• vitneskja
• vitorð
• vitringur
• vitrænn
• vitskertur
• vitsmunalíf
• vitsmunir
• vitstola
• öngvit

Related terms

• vita (“to know”)

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viːt/
• Rhymes: -iːt

Noun

vit m (plural viti or vitien or vitijiet)

1. screw
2. tap
3. (by extension) water tap

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *wit.

Verb

vit (stem II vih)

1. to stab, prick, poke

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “vit”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

vit

1. imperative of vite

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vit, from Proto-Germanic *witją. Cognate with Faroese vit, Norwegian Bokmål vett, Swedish vett, Danish vid, English wit, Dutch wit, German Witz.

Noun

vit n (plural vitet)

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Etymology 2

From the Old Norse vit, the imperative form of Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see”).

Verb

vit

1. imperative of vita

Alternative forms

• vett

Old French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvit/

Etymology 1

From Latin vectis m (“rod”).

Noun

vit oblique singular, m (oblique plural viz or vitz, nominative singular viz or vitz, nominative plural vit)

1. (vulgar) dick; cock (human penis)

Descendants

• French: vit m

Etymology 2

see veoir

Verb

vit

1. third-person singular past historic of veoir

Etymology 3

see vivre

Verb

vit

1. third-person singular present indicative of vivre

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *wet, *wit. Cognate with Old English wit, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐍄 (wit).

Alternative forms

• (younger, Norwegian) mit — ← erum vit

Pronoun

vit

2. first-person dual pronoun; we two

Declension

Old Norse personal pronouns

singular	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
				masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	ek	þú	—	hann	hon, hón, hǫ́n	þat
accusative	mik	þik	sik	hann	hana, hána	þat
dative	mér	þér	sér	hánum, hónum, hǫ́num	henni	því
genitive	mín	þín	sín	hans	hennar	þess
dual	first person	second person	reflexive
nominative	vit	it, þit	—
accusative	okkr	ykkr	sik
dative	okkr	ykkr	sér
genitive	okkar	ykkar	sín
plural	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
				masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	vér	ér, þér	—	þeir	þær	þau
accusative	oss	yðr	sik	þá	þær	þau
dative	oss	yðr	sér	þeim	þeim	þeim
genitive	vár	yðar, yðvar	sín	þeira, þeirra	þeira, þeirra	þeira, þeirra

Descendants

• Icelandic: við
• Faroese: vit
• Middle Norwegian: mið
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: me, mid; (dialectal) mið
  • Jamtish: mæð
• Elfdalian: wįð
• Old Swedish: vit

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *witą.

Noun

vit

2. wit, understanding, sense, intelligence, reason

Declension

Declension of vit (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vit	vitit	vit	vitin
accusative	vit	vitit	vit	vitin
dative	viti	vitinu	vitum	vitunum
genitive	vits	vitsins	vita	vitanna

Derived terms

• manvit
• vitlauss

Descendants

• Icelandic: vit
• Faroese: vit
• Norwegian Bokmål: vett
• Old Swedish: vit, vēt
  • Swedish: vett
• Danish: vid

Old Swedish

Verb

vit

1. second-person present imperative of vita

Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *otъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvit/

Preposition

vit (with genitive)

1. of, from; by

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

vit (Cyrillic spelling вит)

1. passive past participle of viti

Swedish

en vit katt [a white cat]

ett vitt hus [a white house] [note the neuter declension – see the declension table]

en vit man [a white man]

Alternative forms

• hvit (pre-1906 spelling)

Etymology

From Old Swedish hvīter, from Old Norse hvítr, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːt/

• Audio:

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Adjective

vit

1. white (having a white color)

   Antonym: svart

   Hyponyms: benvit, blåvit, elfenbensvit, gråvit, gulvit, snövit

2. (of a person) white (having light skin)
   • 1917, August Strindberg, “Sagan om Stig Storverks son.”, in Hövdingaminnen, page 11:

     – De ljusa männen äkta ibland mörka kvinnor, och deras barn bli ljusa; men ännu aldrig har en svart man fått en vit kvinna

     – The light men sometimes marry dark women, and their children become light; but yet never has a black man got a white woman.

   • 2012, Görrel Espelund, Andreas Karlsson, “Historien väger tungt för Sydafrikas unga”, in Sydsvenskan‎^[1]:

     En politisk affisch där en vit man och en svart kvinna håller om varandra väcker debatt i Sydafrika.

     A political poster where a white man and a black woman hug each other is provoking debate in South Africa.

3. signifying honesty and openness
   • 2014, Johanna Karlsson, “Han ville få sin lön – men fick då sparken”, in Kvällsposten‎^[2]:

     Mycket jämfört med de som betalades svart, men inte mycket för två månaders heltidsarbete på vitt kontrakt.

     Much compared to what was paid illicitly, but not much for two months' full-time work with a legitimate contract.

4. (of a period of time) dry, without alcohol consumption
   • 2010, “"Vad var viktigast för dig i veckan?"”, in Göteborgs-Posten‎^[3]:

     En person berättade att det viktigaste som hänt var att han hade haft en vit vecka. Han hade alkoholproblem och stod för det.

     One person said that the most important thing that happened was that he had a dry week. He had alcohol problems and stood for it.

   • 2010, “Läkare ser vit januari som ”meningslös, medicinskt sett””, in Dagens Nyheter‎^[4]:

     Att göra januari till en vit månad, efter att ha konsumerat väl mycket alkohol under det år som passerat, är inget som ger någon positiv hälsoeffekt.

     Making January a dry month, after consuming a good deal of alcohol during the last year, is not something that will have any positive health effect.

5. (of a period of time or the like) white (with snow)
   • 2005, “Ingen vit jul i södra Sverige”, in Dagens Nyheter‎^[5]:

     Statistiskt sett får man bege sig norr om Siljan för att försäkra sig om en vit jul.

     Statistically you have to go north of Siljan to make sure you have a white Christmas.

   • 2008, Karin Abrahamsson, “Sverige fick en vit påsk”, in Aftonbladet‎^[6]:

     Det blev en vit påsk i hela Sverige.

     It became a white Easter in all of Sweden.

   • 2011, Mikael Anjou, “Ingen snö så vitt man kan se”, in Sydsvenskan‎^[7]:

     Hösten är varm, men blir det en vit vinter i Skåne, som de två senaste, eller blir det en våt, som vanligt?

     The autumn is warm, but will it be a white winter in Skåne, like the last two, or will it be wet, as usual?

6. a style of portion snus that has not been post-moisturized, is less runny, and has a more even taste

   Synonym: white

   Coordinate term: original

   • 2019, Joakim Almén, “Det här är svenskarnas favoritsnus”, in Café‎^[8]:

     Försäljningen av vitt snus ökade med 255(!) procent medan nikotinfritt snus ökade med 20 procent.

     White snus sales increased by 255(!) percent while nicotine-free snus increased by 20 percent.

Declension

Inflection of vit

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	vit	vitare	vitast
neuter singular	vitt	vitare	vitast
plural	vita	vitare	vitast
masculine plural2	vite	vitare	vitast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	vite	vitare	vitaste
all	vita	vitare	vitaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

• benvit (“off-white”)
• vit blodkropp (“white blood cell”)
• vit magi (“white magic”)

See also

• vitt (noun)

Colors in Swedish · färger (layout · text)

vit	grå	svart
röd; karmosin, karmosinröd, blodröd	orange (common), brandgul (now uncommon); brun	gul; beige
limegrön	grön	mintgrön
turkos (common), cyan (rare); blågrön, teal	himmelsblå, azur	blå
lila, violett, gredelin (light lavender, now uncommon); indigo	magenta; purpur	rosa (common), skär (uncommon)

References

• vit in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vit in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vit in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)