plita

See also: plită and плита

Swedish

Etymology

Likely from a dialectal word originally in the sense "cut to shreds". Noun and verb probably from the same source. Origin otherwise obscure.

Noun

plita c

1. (colloquial) blemish, skin rash, pimple

   Synonyms: blemma, kvissla

Declension

Declension of plita

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	plita	plitas
	definite	plitan	plitans
plural	indefinite	plitor	plitors
	definite	plitorna	plitornas

Verb

plita (present plitar, preterite plitade, supine plitat, imperative plita)

1. to write something carefully and fastidiously

Conjugation

Conjugation of plita (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	plita		plitas
supine	plitat		plitats
imperative	plita		—
imper. plural1	pliten		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	plitar	plitade	plitas	plitades
ind. plural1	plita	plitade	plitas	plitades
subjunctive2	plite	plitade	plites	plitades
present participle		plitande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Further reading

• plita in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• plita in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• pilat