eita

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse heita, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną. Compare with English hight.

Verb

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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)

  1. to be called
  2. to be said
  3. to mean

Conjugation

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Conjugation of eita (irregular)
infinitive eita
supine (h)itið
participle eitandi (h)itin
present past
first singular eiti (h)æt
second singular eitur (h)æt/(h)ætst
third singular eitur (h)æt
plural eita (h)itu
imperative
singular eit!
plural eitið!

Derived terms

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name

it's said ... (medio-passive)

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

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  • Jóhan Hendrik W. Poulsen, et al.: Føroysk orðabók. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag 1998. (examples taken from the entry eita)

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈej.tɐ/ [ˈeɪ̯.tɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈej.ta/ [ˈeɪ̯.ta]

Interjection

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eita

  1. (Brazil) Alternative form of eta

Derived terms

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