forsit

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Friulian

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Etymology

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From Latin forsit.

Adverb

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forsit

  1. perhaps, maybe

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From ellipsis of fors (“chance”) + sit (“be”, subjunctive).

Adverb

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forsit (not comparable)

  1. perhaps

Synonyms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^
    (Can we date this quote?), “Dizionar Ladin-Talian”, in Dizionar Ladin Standard‎[1]:
    fosc — varianti locali: ‡ povester (gherdëina), forsc (badiot), forsci (fascian), forsi (fodom), fósc (anpezan), fosc (fodom, fascian)
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  • “forsit”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “forsit”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • forsit in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

Old English

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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forsit

  1. third-person singular present indicative of forsittan
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