eita
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse heita, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną. Compare with English hight.
Verb
eita (third person singular past indicative æt, third person plural past indicative itu, supine itið)
eita (third person singular past indicative hæt, third person plural past indicative hitu, supine hitið) (Suðuroy)
- to be called
- to be said
- to mean
Conjugation
Conjugation of eita
| v | ||||
| infinitive | eita | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | eitandi | |||
| past participle | (h)itin | |||
| supine | (h)itið | |||
| number | singular | plural | ||
| person | first | second | third | all |
| indicative | eg | tú | hann/hon/tað | vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum |
| present | eiti | eitur | eitur | eita |
| past | (h)æt | (h)æt/(h)ætst | (h)æt | (h)itu |
| imperative | – | tú | – | tit |
| present | — | eit! | — | eitið! |
Derived terms
name
- hvussu eitur tú? - what's your name?
- eg eiti Jógvan - my name is Jógvan (John)
it's said ... (medio-passive)
- hann skal eitast at ... - it's said about him, that ...
- okkara tíð eitist at vísa stóran framburð - it's said about our time, to show great progress
mean
- ikki tað, sum eitur - purely nothing (nothing, that means something)
- tað eitur einki, sum hon etur - it means nothing, what she eats (she eats almost nothing)
- tað eitur fyri tað, at ... - this means, that ...
References
- Jóhan Hendrik W. Poulsen, et al.: Føroysk orðabók. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag 1998. (examples taken from the entry eita)
Portuguese
Interjection
eita
- (Brazil) Alternative form of eta