Translingual [ edit ]
Symbol [ edit ]
sit
English [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
enPR:
sĭt , IPA (key) : /sɪt/
, IPA 💵 : Audio (US)
Audio (AU)
Rhymes: -ɪt
Etymology 1 [ edit
]
From Middle English sitten, from Old English sittan, from Proto-West Germanic
*sittjan, 💵 from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”).
Verb [
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sit (third-person singular simple present sits, present participle sitting,
simple past 💵 sat or (dated, poetic) sate, past participle sat or (archaic, dialectal)
sitten)
A painting of a man sitting.
Conjugation [ edit ]
Quotations 💵 [ edit ]
For
quotations using this term, see Citations:sit
Synonyms [ edit ]
Derived terms [ edit
]
Terms derived from sit (verb)
Translations 💵 [ edit ]
— see sit down move oneself into
such a position
to be a member of a deliberative body Chinese: 💵 Mandarin: 出任 (zh) (
chūrèn )
Finnish: istua (fi)
French: siéger (fr)
German: sitzen (de) angehören
(de)
Irish: suigh
Japanese: いる (ja) ( iru )
Spanish: 💵 pertenecer (es)
Swedish: sitta
(sv)
of an agreement or arrangement, to be accepted Finnish: sopia (fi)
Japanese: 受け入れる
(ja) ( uke-ireru )
Spanish: encajar 💵 (es)
Swedish: välkomnas (sv)
The translations below
need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See
instructions at 💵 Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked
Aromanian: (please verify) şedu
Dutch: (please verify) zitten (nl)
Esperanto: (please
verify) sidi
Georgian: (please verify) 💵 ზის ( zis )
Indonesian: (please verify) duduk
(id)
Interlingua: (please verify) seder
Maltese: (please verify) poġġi (please verify)
bilqegħda
Northern Sami: (please verify) 💵 čohkkát
Norwegian: (please verify) sitte
(no)
Persian: (please verify) نشستن (fa) ( nešastan )
Swahili: (please verify)
kukaa
Swedish: (please verify) sitta (sv)
Noun [ 💵 edit ]
sit (plural sits)
An act of
sitting. ( mining ) Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine. ( rare 💵 , Buddhism ) event,
usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in
meditation.
Translations 💵 [ edit ]
meditation event Finnish: istunto (fi)
Etymology 2 [
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Noun [ edit ]
sit (plural sits)
( informal ) situation Short 💵 for 2012 , Gail
Shisler, For Country and Corps: The Life of General Oliver P. Smith : The increasing
scope 💵 of the disaster was relayed in short, terse sentences whose brevity does not
conceal the unfolding nightmare. [ … ] 💵 In mid-afternoon at 1600: “Sit is getting worse;
need help badly,” “have considerable number of wounded that are unable to
💵 evacuate.”
Related terms [ edit ]
Multiple parts of speech [ edit ]
sit
( stenoscript )
situation Abbreviation of (situational, situationally, etc.) and 💵 related forms of that
wordetc.
Anagrams [ edit ]
Afrikaans [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
Formally from Dutch
zitten (“to sit”), from 💵 Frankish *sittjan, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną. Semantically
from a merger of the former and related Dutch zetten (“to set, put”), from
💵 Proto-Germanic *satjaną, whence also Afrikaans set (chiefly in compounds). Both
Germanic verbs are eventually from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.
Pronunciation [ edit
]
IPA 💵 (key) : /sət/
: Audio
Verb [ edit ]
sit (present sit, present participle
sittende, past participle gesit)
( intransitive ) sit ( op, 💵 binne or in usually used
withor ) Sy sit en sein vir haar dogtertjie. She is sitting and gesturing to 💵 her young
daughter. ( intransitive ) sit sit down Sit asseblief. Please sit down. ( transitive )
place put Ek 💵 sit jou sleutels op die tafel. I am putting your keys on the table. (
transitive ) deposit Ek gaan 💵 al my geld in die bank sit. I am going to deposit all my
money in the bank.
Usage notes [ 💵 edit ]
Sit and its derivatives are usually more
commonly used than plaas for their overlapping senses, but are sometimes considered
💵 less formal than plaas, especially in formal writing.
Synonyms [ edit ]
( to deposit )
: deponeer plaas
( to place ) 💵 : neersit plaas
Derived terms [ edit ]
Related terms [
edit ]
Catalan [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
Onomatopoeic
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Noun 💵 [
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sit m (plural sits)
bunting ( Emberiza bird of the genus )
Derived terms [ edit
]
Further reading [ edit 💵 ]
“sit” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició,
Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Danish [ edit ]
Pronoun [ edit ]
sit n (common 💵 sin, plural
sine)
( reflexive possessive ) third-person sg pronoun, meaning his/her/its (own)
See
also [ edit ]
Danish personal pronouns Number Person 💵 Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
common neuter plural Singular First – jeg mig min mit mine Second modern / informal du
💵 dig din dit dine formal De Dem Deres Third masculine (person) han ham hans feminine
(person) hun hende hendes common(noun) 💵 den dens neuter(noun) det dets reflexive – sig
sin sit sine Plural First modern vi os vores archaic / formal 💵 vor vort vore Second – I
jer jeres Third – de dem deres reflexive – sig
Finnish [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ 💵 edit
]
IPA (key) : /ˈsit/ , [ˈs̠it̪]
: , Rhymes: -it
Syllabification(key): sit
Adverb [ edit
]
sit
( colloquial or dialectal ) sitten Alternative 💵 form of
Gothic [ edit
]
Romanization [ edit ]
sit
𐍃𐌹𐍄 Romanization of
Ingrian [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit
]
Adverb [ edit ]
sit
siit Alternative 💵 form of 2008 , “Läkkäämmä omal viisii [ We're
speaking [ our ] own way ]”, in Inkeri [1], volume 💵 4, number 69 , St. Petersburg, page
12 : , “Läkkäämmä omal viisii []”, in, volume 4, number, St. Petersburg, 💵 page Tämä on
Savimäen kylä a sit ono veel Hammalan kylä. This is the Savimäki village and then there
is 💵 also the Hammala village.
References [ edit ]
Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachkov
(2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку [2], 💵 →ISBN , page 35
Karelian [ edit
]
Etymology [ edit ]
Related to Veps sid'.
Adverb [ edit ]
sit
Latin [ edit
]
Pronunciation [ 💵 edit ]
Verb [ edit ]
sit
third-person singular present active sum
subjunctive of 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Tobit 3:23 Sit nomen 💵 tuum Deus Israhel
benedictum in saecula. (Be thy name, O God of Israel, blessed for ever.)
References [
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sit Glossarium 💵 Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by
D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Latvian
💵 [ edit ]
Verb [ edit ]
sit
sist inflection of second / third-person singular present
indicative third-person plural present indicative second-person singular 💵 imperative (
lai with the particle ) third-person singular sist imperative of ( lai with the
particle ) third-person plural 💵 sist imperative of
Livvi [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit
]
Compare the colloquial and dialectal Finnish "sit" (the standard form of which 💵 is
sitten).
Adverb [ edit ]
sit
References [ edit ]
Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen
(2009), “sit”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja 💵 , Helsinki: Kotus,
→ISSN
Northern Ohlone [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
Compare Southern Ohlone sit
(“tooth”).
Noun [ edit ]
sit
( plural only 💵 ) teeth, set of teeth ( himmen with )
tooth
References [ edit ]
María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and 💵 John Peabody
Harrington (1930s) Chochenyo Field Notes (Survey of California and Other Indian
Langauges)[3], Unpublished
Norwegian Nynorsk [ edit ]
Verb [ 💵 edit ]
sit
Old Norse [
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Verb [ edit ]
sit
Polish [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
IPA (key) : /ɕit/
:
Audio
Rhymes: -it
Syllabification: 💵 sit
Etymology 1 [ edit ]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic
*sitъ.
Noun [ edit ]
sit m inan
any rush of the genus Juncus
Declension [ edit
💵 ]
Declension of sit singular plural nominative sit sity genitive situ sitów dative
sitowi sitom accusative sit sity instrumental sitem sitami 💵 locative sicie sitach
vocative sicie sity
Etymology 2 [ edit ]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma
form.
Noun [ edit ]
sit 💵 n
Further reading [ edit ]
sit in Polish dictionaries at
PWN
Romanian [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
Borrowed from French site or 💵 English
site.
Noun [ edit ]
sit n (plural situri)
picturesque landscape site of a city
archeological site ( Internet ) website site
Declension 💵 [ edit ]
Declension of sit
singular plural indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation
definite articulation nominative/accusative (un) sit situl (niște) 💵 situri siturile
genitive/dative (unui) sit sitului (unor) situri siturilor vocative situle
siturilor
Etymology 1 [ edit ]
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sytъ, from
💵 Proto-Balto-Slavic *sā́ˀtas, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂-.
Adjective [ edit ]
sȉt
(definite sȉtī, comparative sitiji, Cyrillic spelling си̏т)
Declension [ edit
]
positive indefinite forms 💵 singular masculine feminine neuter nominative sit sita sito
genitive sita site sita dative situ sitoj situ accusative inanimate
animate sit
sita
situ 💵 sito vocative sit sita sito locative situ sitoj situ instrumental sitim sitom
sitim plural masculine feminine neuter nominative siti site 💵 sita genitive sitih sitih
sitih dative sitim(a) sitim(a) sitim(a) accusative site site sita vocative siti site
sita locative sitim(a) sitim(a) 💵 sitim(a) instrumental sitim(a) sitim(a)
sitim(a)
positive definite forms singular masculine feminine neuter nominative siti
sita sito genitive sitog(a) site sitog(a) dative 💵 sitom(u/e) sitoj sitom(u/e) accusative
inanimate
animate siti
sitog(a) situ sito vocative siti sita sito locative sitom(e/u)
sitoj sitom(e/u) instrumental sitim sitom sitim 💵 plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative siti site sita genitive sitih sitih sitih dative sitim(a) sitim(a) sitim(a)
accusative site site sita 💵 vocative siti site sita locative sitim(a) sitim(a) sitim(a)
instrumental sitim(a) sitim(a) sitim(a)
comparative forms singular masculine feminine
neuter nominative sitiji sitija 💵 sitije genitive sitijeg(a) sitije sitijeg(a) dative
sitijem(u) sitijoj sitijem(u) accusative inanimate
animate sitiji
sitijeg(a) sitiju
sitije vocative sitiji sitija sitije locative sitijem(u) 💵 sitijoj sitijem(u)
instrumental sitijim sitijom sitijim plural masculine feminine neuter nominative sitiji
sitije sitija genitive sitijih sitijih sitijih dative sitijim(a) 💵 sitijim(a) sitijim(a)
accusative sitije sitije sitija vocative sitiji sitije sitija locative sitijim(a)
sitijim(a) sitijim(a) instrumental sitijim(a) sitijim(a) sitijim(a)
superlative forms
singular 💵 masculine feminine neuter nominative najsitiji najsitija najsitije genitive
najsitijeg(a) najsitije najsitijeg(a) dative najsitijem(u) najsitijoj najsitijem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate najsitiji
najsitijeg(a) najsitiju najsitije 💵 vocative
najsitiji najsitija najsitije locative najsitijem(u) najsitijoj najsitijem(u)
instrumental najsitijim najsitijom najsitijim plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative najsitiji najsitije najsitija 💵 genitive najsitijih najsitijih najsitijih
dative najsitijim(a) najsitijim(a) najsitijim(a) accusative najsitije najsitije
najsitija vocative najsitiji najsitije najsitija locative najsitijim(a) najsitijim(a)
najsitijim(a) 💵 instrumental najsitijim(a) najsitijim(a) najsitijim(a)
Further reading [
edit ]
“sit” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Etymology 2 [ edit ]
Inherited from
Proto-Slavic *sitъ.
Noun [ 💵 edit ]
sȋt m (Cyrillic spelling си̑т)
Further reading [ edit
]
“sit” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene [ edit ]
Etymology 1 [ edit 💵 ]
From
Proto-Slavic *sytъ.
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Adjective [ edit ]
sȉt (comparative bȍlj
sȉt, superlative nȁjbolj sȉt)
Etymology 2 [ edit ]
From Proto-Slavic 💵 *sitъ.
Alternative
forms [ edit ]
Noun [ edit ]
sȋt m inan
Further reading [ edit ]
“ sit ”, in Slovarji
Inštituta za 💵 slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU , portal Fran
Southern Ohlone [
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Noun [ edit ]
sit
Tok Pisin [ edit ]
Etymology 💵 [ edit ]
From English shit.
Noun
[ edit ]
sit
Derived terms [ edit ]
Veps [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
From Proto-Finnic
*sitta, 💵 from Proto-Uralic *sitta. Cognates include Finnish sitta.
Noun [ edit ]
sit
