lit

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Translingual

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lit

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Lithuanian.

English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪt/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

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Alteration of earlier light, from Middle English lighte, from Old English līhtte, first and third person singular preterite of līhtan (“to light”)) by analogy with bit. More at light; compare fit (“fought”).

Verb

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lit

  1. simple past and past participle of light (“illuminate; start a fire; etc”)
  2. simple past and past participle of light (“alight: land, come down on”)
    • 1896, Florence Merriam Bailey, A-birding on a Bronco, page 87:
      […] but finally [the bird] came to the tree and, after edging along falteringly, lit on a branch above them.

Verb

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lit (third-person singular simple present lits, present participle litting, simple past and past participle litted)

  1. (US, dialectal) To run or light (alight).
    • 1988 April 8, Grant Pick, “Johnny Washington's Life”, in Chicago Reader‎[1]:
      With that the kid lits off down the street, and, what do you know!

Adjective

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lit (comparative more lit, superlative most lit)

  1. Illuminated.
    Synonyms: lighted, luminous; see also Thesaurus:illuminated, Thesaurus:shining
    He walked down the lit corridor.
  2. (slang) Drunk, intoxicated; under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
    Synonyms: stoned; see also Thesaurus:stoned, Thesaurus:drunk
    • 1932, Hart Crane, letter, 16 February:
      True to my word last night, I got very lit.
  3. (slang, usually of a female) Sexually aroused, (especially) visibly so.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:randy
  4. (slang) Exciting, captivating; fun.
    • 2017 November, Justin Allec, Adrian Lysenko, Kirsti Salmi, “Sounds of the City: Part VI”, in The Walleye, page 8:
      DJ sets so lit the dance floor's dripping with sweat?
    • 2018 July 4, James Courtney, “Music Picks”, in San Antonio Current, page 39:
      If indie punk, pop-punk, post-punk, and emo happen to be your bag, this early-week show at Paper Tiger is gonna be lit.
    • 2018 December 27, Shan Kekahuna, “Hau'oli Makahiki Hou!”, in MauiTime, page 17:
      New Year's Eve is once a year and it's gonna be lit.
    This party is gonna be lit.
  5. (slang) Excellent, fantastic; cool.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:excellent
    • 2017 June 8, “Out with the old, in with the new”, in Dundrum Gazette, page 18:
      […] will keep your feet looking lit this summer thanks to the Trainer Exchange.
    • 2019, "Top 10 Plastic Surgeons in Manhattan", Art Bodega Magazine, December/January 2019:
      At his Upper East Side office, the talented doctor has a very lit and elegant office, where art canvasses the walls.
    • 2019 October, Alice Ridley, “Letter from the Editor”, in Connect Magazine, page 4:
      The fourth article is all about autumnal leaf photography tips to get our Instagram photos looking lit.
    Those jeans are lit.
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English lit, lut, from Old English lȳt (“little, few”), from Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz (“little, small”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewd- (“to cower, hunch over”). Cognate with Old Saxon lut (“little”), Middle High German lützen (“to make small or low, decrease”). More at little.

Adjective

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lit (comparative litter or more lit, superlative littest or most lit)

  1. (obsolete) Little.

Noun

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lit (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Little.
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Etymology 3

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From Middle English lit, from Old Norse litr (“colour, dye, complexion, face, countenance”), from Proto-Germanic *wlitiz, *wlitaz (“sight, face”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”). Cognate with Icelandic litur (“colour”), Old English wlite (“brightness, appearance, form, aspect, look, countenance, beauty, splendor, adornment”), Old English wlītan (“to gaze, look, observe”).

Noun

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lit (uncountable)

  1. (UK dialectal) Colour; blee; dye; stain.
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Etymology 4

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From Middle English litten, liten, from Old Norse lita (“to colour”), from litr (“colour”). See above.

Verb

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lit (third-person singular simple present lits, present participle litting, simple past and past participle litted)

  1. (transitive) To colour; dye.

Etymology 5

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Short for literature.

Noun

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lit (uncountable)

  1. Clipping of literature.
    Do we have any lit homework tonight?
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Anagrams

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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Participle

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lit

  1. masculine singular passive participle of lít

Faroese

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Etymology

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From the verb líta (‘to view’).

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Noun

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lit n (genitive singular lits, uncountable)

  1. short wink, view, look

Declension

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Declension of lit (singular only)
n3s singular
indefinite definite
nominative lit litið
accusative lit litið
dative liti litinum
genitive lits litsins

Synonyms

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French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old French lit, from Latin lectus.

Noun

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lit m (plural lits)

  1. bed
    Synonym: (colloquial) plumard
    Où est-il? Il dort dans son lit. ― Where is he? He's sleeping in his bed.
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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lit

  1. third-person singular present indicative of lire
    Jean lit très souvent. ― Jean reads very often.

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Icelandic

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Noun

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lit

  1. indefinite accusative/dative singular of litur

Lashi

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Noun

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lit

  1. air

References

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  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[2], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Middle English

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Noun

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lit

  1. Alternative form of light

Norman

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Noun

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lit m (plural lits)

  1. Alternative form of llit (“bed”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse hlít.

Noun

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lit f or m (definite singular)

  1. trust
    Eg set min lit til Gud.
    I put my trust in God.

Etymology 2

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Verb

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lit

  1. present tense of lite
  2. imperative of lite

Etymology 3

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Noun

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lìt m (definite singular lìten, indefinite plural lìter or lìtir, definite plural lìterne or lìtine)

  1. (pre-1917) alternative form of let

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Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin lectus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lit oblique singular, m (oblique plural liz or litz, nominative singular liz or litz, nominative plural lit)

  1. bed

Descendants

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  • Bourguignon: leit
  • French: lit
  • Norman: liet

Old Norse

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lit n

  1. glance
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  • líta (“to see”)
  • litr (“complexion, colour; the first dawn; dye”)

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
Chemical element
Li
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Next: beryl (Be)
lit sense 1
lit sense 1

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Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from New Latin lithium.

Noun

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lit m inan

  2. lithium (soft, silvery metal, the simplest alkali metal, the lightest solid element, and the third lightest chemical element (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3)
  3. (informal, organic chemistry) lithium carbonate (lithium salt of carbonic acid, Li2CO3, used in the manufacture of glass and ceramics, and medically, in the treatment of bipolar disorder)
Declension
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Declension of lit
singular
nominative lit
genitive litu
dative litowi
accusative lit
instrumental litem
locative licie
vocative licie

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Lithuanian litas.

Noun

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lit m animal

  2. (historical) litas (former unit of currency of Lithuania)
Declension
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Declension of lit
singular plural
nominative lit lity
genitive lita litów
dative litowi litom
accusative lita lity
instrumental litem litami
locative licie litach
vocative licie lity

Further reading

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  • lit in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lit in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • lit in PWN's encyclopedia

Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

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lit f

  1. genitive singular of lite

Sumbawa

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Noun

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lit

  1. sea

Swedish

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Noun

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lit c

  1. trust

Declension

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Declension of lit
nominative genitive
singular indefinite lit lits
definite liten litens
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

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Volapük

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Licht and English light.

Noun

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lit (nominative plural lits)

  1. light
    • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: V:
      Binols lit vola. Zif, kel topon löpo su bel, no kanon binön klänedik.
      You are light for the world. A city built on a hill-top cannot be hidden.
  2. illumination

Declension

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declension of lit
singular plural
nominative lit lits
genitive lita litas
dative lite lites
accusative liti litis
vocative 1 o lit! o lits!
predicative 2 litu litus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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Noun

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lit

  1. tree-bark

References

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  • Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind
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