slite

See also: slité

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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). Doublet of slit. More at slice.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slaɪt/
  • Rhymes: -aɪt

Verb

slite (third-person singular simple present slites, present participle sliting, simple past slit or slited, past participle slit or slitten or slited)

  1. (transitive, dialectal) To slit; tear or rip up.
  2. (transitive, dialectal) To wear away (clothes).

Noun

slite (uncountable)

  1. (dialectal) The act or process of ripping up; rending; wear and tear.

Anagrams

Irish

Alternative forms

  • slighte (obsolete)

Noun

slite f

  1. plural of slí

Mutation

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 reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “slite”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • 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 Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse slíta.

Verb

slite (imperative slit, present tense sliter, passive slites, simple past slet or sleit, past participle slitt, present participle slitende)

  1. to pull hard, to tear
    Synonyms: rive, rykke, røske
    slite seg løsto break loose, tear oneself free
  2. (transitive) to tear, tear apart, rip up
    Synonyms: rive (av), avslite
    slite av noen klæreneto tear somebody's clothes off
  3. to wear out, use up
    Synonyms: oppslite, gjøre medtatt, gjøre slitt
    slite på noeto wear on something, to wear through something
    slite ut noeto wear something out
    slite opp noeto use something up, to wear something out
  4. to work hard, toil, exert oneself
    Synonyms: streve, anstrenge seg, arbeide hardt
    slite seg utto overexert oneself, to wear oneself out
  5. to struggle, have difficulties
    slite med en oppgavto struggle with a task
  6. to struggle, move towards some goal, to strive
    slite seg gjennom / mot et målto strive towards a goal
    slite sammento accumulate through much effort, to toil towards

Derived terms

  • avslite
  • forslite seg
  • nedslitt
  • oppslite
  • slite av
  • slite med
  • slite opp
  • slite på
  • slite sammen
  • slite seg gjennom
  • slite seg løs
  • slite seg mot
  • slite seg ut
  • slite ut
  • slitesterk
  • sønderslite
  • utslitt

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

slite (present tense slit, past tense sleit, supine slite, past participle sliten, present participle slitande, imperative slit)

  1. Alternative form of slita

Derived terms

Adjective

slite

  1. neuter singular of sliten
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