-it

See also: Appendix:Variations of "it"

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ ɪt]

Suffix

-it

  1. forms the infinitive of the 3rd class verbs
  2. forms verbs from nouns
    ‎barva + ‎-it → ‎barvit
    ‎rybář + ‎-it → ‎rybařit
  3. forms verbs from adjectives
    ‎tenký + ‎-it → ‎tenčit
    ‎krátký + ‎-it → ‎krátit
  4. (masculine) -ite (used to form names of minerals and some rocks and fossils)

Derived terms
Czech terms suffixed with -it

Further reading
  • -it (se) in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /i/

Suffix

-it

  1. forms the third-person singular present indicative of -ir verbs
  2. forms the third-person singular past historic of -ir verbs
  3. forms the third-person singular past historic of -re verbs

German

Etymology

From French -ite.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /iːt/
  • Audio(file)

Suffix

-it

  1. (masculine) -ite (used to form names of followers of a movement, Biblical descendants of a certain person, etc)
  2. (masculine) -ite (used to form names of minerals and some rocks and fossils)
  3. (chemistry, neuter) -ite (used to form names of salts and esters of acids whose name ends in -ous)

Derived terms
German terms suffixed with -it

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

Suffix

-it (n-v?, truncative?)

  1. there is no [noun], has no [noun]

Antonyms

Derived terms
Greenlandic terms suffixed with -it

References

Suffix

-it (v-v?, truncative?)

  1. Reverses the meaning.

Derived terms
Greenlandic terms suffixed with -it

References

Manx

Alternative forms

Suffix

-it

  1. Suffix forming the past participle of verbs.
  2. -ed, -ized

Derived terms
Manx terms suffixed with -it

Northern Sami

Suffix

-it

  1. Form of the suffix -t used with odd-syllable stems.

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
  • See Category:Northern Sami adjective comparative forms

Old Irish

Suffix

-it (suffixed pronoun)

  1. him
  2. it (object pronoun)

Usage notes

This suffix is used only after first-person singular forms in -(e)a, first-person plural forms in -mi, and 3rd person plural forms in -(a)it. After third-person singular forms, the suffix -i is used.

Derived terms
Old Irish terms suffixed with -it

See also
Old Irish affixed pronouns

See Appendix:Old Irish affixed pronouns for details on how these forms are used.
Note that the so-called “infixed” pronouns are technically prefixes, but they are never the first prefix in a verbal complex.

Person Infixed Suffixed
Class A Class B Class C
1 sing. m-L dom-L, dam-L -um
2 sing. t-L dot-L, dat-L, dut-L, dit-L -ut
3 sing. m. a-N, e-N d-N id-N, did-N, d-N -i, -it
3 sing. f. s-(N) da- -us
3 sing. n. a-L, e-L d-L id-L, did-L, d-L -i, -it
1 pl. n- don-, dun-, dan- -unn
2 pl. b- dob-, dub-, dab- -uib
3 pl. s-(N) da- -us
L means this form triggers lenition.
N means this form triggers nasalization (eclipsis)
(N) means this form triggers nasalization in some texts but not in others.

Old Norse

Etymology

From -inn +‎ -t.

Suffix

-it

  1. positive degree strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of -inn (adjective suffix)
  2. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of -inn (participle suffix)
    1. used to form the supine of verbs
  3. neuter nominative/accusative singular of -inn (definite article suffix)

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /it/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -it
  • Syllabification: it

Suffix

-it m inan

  1. -ite, used to form nouns denoting rocks or minerals
    ‎antymon + ‎-it → ‎antymonit
  2. (inorganic chemistry) -ite, used to form names of certain chemical compounds

Declension
Declension of -it
singular plural
nominative -it -ity
genitive -itu -itów
dative -itowi -itom
accusative -it -ity
instrumental -item -itami
locative -icie -itach
vocative -icie -ity

Derived terms
Polish terms suffixed with -it

Further reading
  • -it in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

-it

  1. Suffix used to form the supine tense of verbs belonging to the fourth conjugation (strong verbs); see also -t
Usage notes

The suffix is used with the same version of the stem as is the past participle.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈiːt/

Suffix

-it

  1. (pathology) Suffix used to form nouns corresponding to diseases characterized by inflammation (similar to -itis in English)
    appendicit, bronkit, encefalit, gastrit, hepatit, laryngit, meningit, neurit, sinusit
  2. a (mineral) material with a certain origin or property, similar to English -ite
    bakelit, bauxit, dynamit, ebonit, eternit, grafit, malakit, masonit, nitrit
  3. a person from a certain place or a faith, similar to English -ite
    abderit, husit, israelit, jesuit, konvertit, kosmopolit, levit, malmöit, metropolit, muskovit, samarit, shiit, stachanovit, sunnit

Derived terms
Swedish terms suffixed with -it

References

Anagrams

Welsh

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɪt/

Suffix

-it

  1. (literary) verb suffix for the second-person singular imperfect/conditional

Usage notes

-ir is unusual in that although it contains the vowel i, it does not cause i-affection of internal vowels, for example, ‎canu (“to sing”) + ‎-it → ‎canit (“you were singing, you would sing”).

Derived terms
Category Welsh terms suffixed with -it not found
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