slite
See also: slité
English
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
Irish
Alternative forms
- slighte (obsolete)
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
Verb
slite (imperative slit, present tense sliter, passive slites, simple past slet or sleit, past participle slitt, present participle slitende)
- to pull hard, to tear
- (transitive) to tear, tear apart, rip up
- Synonyms: rive (av), avslite
- slite av noen klærene ― to tear somebody's clothes off
- to wear out, use up
- to work hard, toil, exert oneself
- Synonyms: streve, anstrenge seg, arbeide hardt
- slite seg ut ― to overexert oneself, to wear oneself out
- to struggle, have difficulties
- slite med en oppgav ― to struggle with a task
- to struggle, move towards some goal, to strive
- slite seg gjennom / mot et mål ― to strive towards a goal
- slite sammen ― to 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
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
slite (present tense slit, past tense sleit, supine slite, past participle sliten, present participle slitande, imperative slit)
- Alternative form of slita
Derived terms
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