witta

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯it.ta/, [ˈu̯ɪt̪ːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvit.ta/, [ˈvit̪ːä]

Etymology 1

See vitta.

Noun

witta f (genitive wittae); first declension

1. medieval spelling of vitta

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	witta	wittae
genitive	wittae	wittārum
dative	wittae	wittīs
accusative	wittam	wittās
ablative	wittā	wittīs
vocative	witta	wittae

References

• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “witta”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 1,136/2

Etymology 2

See wīta.

Noun

witta f (genitive wittae); first declension

1. Alternative spelling of wīta

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	witta	wittae
genitive	wittae	wittārum
dative	wittae	wittīs
accusative	wittam	wittās
ablative	wittā	wittīs
vocative	witta	wittae

References

• witta 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)

Maltese

Root
w-t-j
7 terms

Etymology

From Arabic وَطَّأَ (waṭṭaʔa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪt.ta/

Verb

witta (imperfect jwitti, past participle mwitti, verbal noun tutija)

1. to level, smooth (a path)
2. to tear down, raze (a structure etc.)
3. to ease, facilitate (a situation, problem)

Conjugation

Conjugation of witta
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	wittejt	wittejt	witta		wittejna	wittejtu	wittew
	f			wittiet
imperfect	m	nwitti	twitti	jwitti		nwittu	twittu	jwittu
	f			twitti
imperative			witti				wittu