slite

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English sliten, from Old English slītan (to slit, tear, rend, shiver, split, rend to pieces, cleave, divide), from Proto-West Germanic *slītan, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (to tear), from Proto-Indo-European *skleyd-, *(s)kelH- (to cut, trim).

Cognate with North Frisian slitten (to clear, make void), Dutch slijten (to wear, waste, ravel out), German schleißen (to trim), Swedish slita (to rip, tear). Doublet of slit. More at slice.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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slite (third-person singular simple present slites, present participle sliting, simple past slit or slited, past participle slit or slitten or slited)

  1. (transitive, dialectal) To slit; tear or rip up.
  2. (transitive, dialectal) To wear away (clothes).

Noun

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slite (uncountable)

  1. (dialectal) The act or process of ripping up; rending; wear and tear.

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Irish

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Noun

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slite f

  1. plural of slí

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
slite shlite
after an, tslite
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse slíta.

Verb

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slite (imperative slit, present tense sliter, passive slites, simple past slet or sleit, past participle slitt, present participle slitende)

  1. to pull hard, to tear
    Synonyms: rive, rykke, røske
    slite seg løsto break loose, tear oneself free
  2. (transitive) to tear, tear apart, rip up
    Synonyms: rive (av), avslite
    slite av noen klæreneto tear somebody's clothes off
  3. to wear out, use up
    Synonyms: oppslite, gjøre medtatt, gjøre slitt
    slite på noeto wear on something, to wear through something
    slite ut noeto wear something out
    slite opp noeto use something up, to wear something out
  4. to work hard, toil, exert oneself
    Synonyms: streve, anstrenge seg, arbeide hardt
    slite seg utto overexert oneself, to wear oneself out
  5. to struggle, have difficulties
    slite med en oppgavto struggle with a task
  6. to struggle, move towards some goal, to strive
    slite seg gjennom / mot et målto strive towards a goal
    slite sammento accumulate through much effort, to toil towards

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Verb

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slite (present tense slit, past tense sleit, supine slite, past participle sliten, present participle slitande, imperative slit)

  1. Alternative form of slita

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Adjective

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slite

  1. neuter singular of sliten

Old English

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slīte

  1. inflection of slītan:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. singular present subjunctive

Verb

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slite

  1. inflection of slītan:
    1. second-person singular preterite indicative
    2. singular preterite subjunctive