wita
See also: witå, witą, wíta, witá, and WITA
Latin
Alternative forms
- witta, wȳta
Etymology
Borrowed from Old English wīte.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯iː.ta/, [ˈu̯iːt̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvi.ta/, [ˈviːt̪ä]
Noun
wīta f (genitive wītae); first declension (Medieval Latin)
- a fine, an amercement, a mulct (a pecuniary penalty)
- a vendetta, a feud
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | wīta | wītae |
| Genitive | wītae | wītārum |
| Dative | wītae | wītīs |
| Accusative | wītam | wītās |
| Ablative | wītā | wītīs |
| Vocative | wīta | wītae |
Synonyms
- (fine, amercement, mulct): multa (Classical)
Derived terms
- jūrō secundum wītam
- plēna wīta
Related terms
- blōdwīta
- chilwīta
- ferdwīta
- fintwīta
- flitwīta
- heingwīta
- legerwīta
- leirwīta
- wardwīta
References
- wita in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “wita”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1,136/2
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvʲita/
Verb
wita
- third-person singular present of witaś
Maltese
| Root |
|---|
| w-t-j |
| 7 terms |
Etymology
From Arabic وَطَاء (waṭāʾ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwɪ.ta/
Noun
wita f (plural witat)
- flatland
Old English
Alternative forms
- weota
- wieta
- wiota
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *witō. Cognate with Old Frisian wita, Old Saxon *wito (attested in giwito “witness”), and Old High German wizzo. Equivalent to witan + -a.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwi.tɑ/
Noun
wita m
- wise person; (especially in compounds) knower
- advisor
Declension
Declension of wita (weak)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | wita | witan |
| accusative | witan | witan |
| genitive | witan | witena |
| dative | witan | witum |
Derived terms
- ġewita (“witness”)
- unwita (“idiot”)
- ūþwita (“philosopher”)
- witena ġemōt (“king's council”)
Pitjantjatjara
Noun
wita
- saliva
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvi.ta/
- Rhymes: -ita
- Syllabification: wi‧ta
Verb
wita
- third-person singular present of witać
Participle
wita
- feminine nominative/vocative singular of wity