rita

rita

See also: Rita, Ríta, ritā, rīta, and rītā

Faroese

rita' - kittiwake

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːta/
• Rhymes: -iːta
• Homophones: ryta, ritað

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rytr.

Noun

rita f (genitive singular ritu, plural ritur)

1. kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)

Declension

Declension of rita
f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rita	ritan	ritur	riturnar
accusative	ritu	rituna	ritur	riturnar
dative	ritu	rituni	ritum	ritunum
genitive	ritu	ritunnar	rita	ritanna

Synonyms

• ryta

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ríta, rita, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną (“to carve, write”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey- (“to rip, tear”).

Verb

rita (third person singular past indicative ritaði, third person plural past indicative ritað, supine ritað)

1. to write, to inscribe

Conjugation

Conjugation of rita (group v-30)
infinitive	rita
supine	ritað
participle (a6)1	ritandi	ritaður
	present	past
first singular	riti	ritaði
second singular	ritar	ritaði
third singular	ritar	ritaði
plural	rita	ritaðu
	imperative
singular	rita!
plural	ritið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

• skriva

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rita, possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *rita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈritɑ/, [ˈrit̪ɑ]
• Rhymes: -itɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ri‧ta

Noun

rita

1. (hunting) A box trap with three walls with the exit closed once the snare is engaged.

Declension

Inflection of rita (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation)
nominative		rita	ridat
genitive		ridan	ritojen
partitive		ritaa	ritoja
illative		ritaan	ritoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		rita	ridat
accusative	nom.	rita	ridat
	gen.	ridan
genitive		ridan	ritojen ritainrare
partitive		ritaa	ritoja
inessive		ridassa	ridoissa
elative		ridasta	ridoista
illative		ritaan	ritoihin
adessive		ridalla	ridoilla
ablative		ridalta	ridoilta
allative		ridalle	ridoille
essive		ritana	ritoina
translative		ridaksi	ridoiksi
instructive		—	ridoin
abessive		ridatta	ridoitta
comitative		—	ritoineen

Possessive forms of rita (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	ritani	ritamme
2nd person	ritasi	ritanne
3rd person	ritansa

Anagrams

• tari

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Garo

Etymology

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

Verb

rita (transitive)

1. to boil

References

• Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎, Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 370

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɪːta/
• Rhymes: -ɪːta

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rytr.

Noun

rita f (genitive singular ritu, nominative plural ritur)

1. black-legged kittiwake, kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)

Declension

declension of rita

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rita	ritan	ritur	riturnar
accusative	ritu	rituna	ritur	riturnar
dative	ritu	ritunni	ritum	ritunum
genitive	ritu	ritunnar	rita	ritanna

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ríta, rita, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną (“to carve, write”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey- (“to rip, tear”).

Verb

rita (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ritaði, supine ritað)

1. to write, to inscribe

Conjugation

rita — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að rita
supine (sagnbót)		ritað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		ritandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég rita	við ritum	present (nútíð)	ég riti	við ritum
	þú ritar	þið ritið		þú ritir	þið ritið
	hann, hún, það ritar	þeir, þær, þau rita		hann, hún, það riti	þeir, þær, þau riti
past (þátíð)	ég ritaði	við rituðum	past (þátíð)	ég ritaði	við rituðum
	þú ritaðir	þið rituðuð		þú ritaðir	þið rituðuð
	hann, hún, það ritaði	þeir, þær, þau rituðu		hann, hún, það ritaði	þeir, þær, þau rituðu
imperative (boðháttur)	rita (þú)	ritið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	ritaðu	ritiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

ritast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að ritast
supine (sagnbót)		ritast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		ritandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég ritast	við ritumst	present (nútíð)	ég ritist	við ritumst
	þú ritast	þið ritist		þú ritist	þið ritist
	hann, hún, það ritast	þeir, þær, þau ritast		hann, hún, það ritist	þeir, þær, þau ritist
past (þátíð)	ég ritaðist	við rituðumst	past (þátíð)	ég ritaðist	við rituðumst
	þú ritaðist	þið rituðust		þú ritaðist	þið rituðust
	hann, hún, það ritaðist	þeir, þær, þau rituðust		hann, hún, það ritaðist	þeir, þær, þau rituðust
imperative (boðháttur)	ritast (þú)	ritist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	ritastu	ritisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

ritaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	ritaður	rituð	ritað		ritaðir	ritaðar	rituð
accusative (þolfall)	ritaðan	ritaða	ritað		ritaða	ritaðar	rituð
dative (þágufall)	rituðum	ritaðri	rituðu		rituðum	rituðum	rituðum
genitive (eignarfall)	ritaðs	ritaðrar	ritaðs		ritaðra	ritaðra	ritaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	ritaði	ritaða	ritaða		rituðu	rituðu	rituðu
accusative (þolfall)	ritaða	rituðu	ritaða		rituðu	rituðu	rituðu
dative (þágufall)	ritaða	rituðu	ritaða		rituðu	rituðu	rituðu
genitive (eignarfall)	ritaða	rituðu	ritaða		rituðu	rituðu	rituðu

Synonyms

• (to write): skrifa

Derived terms

• rita fullum stöfum (write unabbreviated)
• rita orð fullum stöfum (write a word unabbreviated)

Related terms

• rit
• ritari
• ritning

Noun

rita

1. indefinite genitive plural of rit

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Latvian

Noun

rita m

1. genitive singular form of rits

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Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrʲɪt̪ɐ]

Verb

rìta

1. third-person singular present of risti
2. third-person plural present of risti

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• rite (Bokmål also)

Etymology

From Old Norse ríta, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną (“to carve, write”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey- (“to rip, tear”).

Verb

rita (present tense ritar, past tense rita, past participle rita, passive infinitive ritast, present participle ritande, imperative rita/rit)

1. to sketch vaguely, to carve, to write

References

• “rita” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hrīta, from Proto-Germanic *hrītaną (“to draw, to scratch”).

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

Verb

rita (present ritar, preterite ritade, supine ritat, imperative rita)

1. to draw (a picture)

Conjugation

Conjugation of rita (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	rita		ritas
Supine	ritat		ritats
Imperative	rita		—
Imper. plural1	riten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	ritar	ritade	ritas	ritades
Ind. plural1	rita	ritade	ritas	ritades
Subjunctive2	rite	ritade	rites	ritades
	Participles
Present participle	ritande
Past participle	ritad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• avrita
• ritare
• ritbord
• ritbräde
• ritning
• ritstift

See also

• krita
• ritsa
• teckna

Further reading

• rita in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• riat, tar i