sit

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sit"

Translingual

Symbol

sit

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Sino-Tibetan languages.

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĭt, IPA^(key): /sɪt/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sed-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *sédyeti

Proto-Germanic *sitjaną

Proto-West Germanic *sittjan

Old English sittan

Middle English sitten

English sit

From Middle English sitten, from Old English sittan, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”).

Cognates

Cognate with West Frisian sitte, Low German sitten, Dutch zitten, German sitzen, Swedish sitta, Norwegian Bokmål sitte, Norwegian Nynorsk sitja; and with Irish suigh, Latin sedeo, Russian сиде́ть (sidétʹ).

Verb

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.

1. (intransitive, copulative, of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
   • 15th c., “[The Creation]”, in Wakefield Mystery Plays; Re-edited in George England, Alfred W. Pollard, editors, The Towneley Plays (Early English Text Society Extra Series; LXXI), London: […] Oxford University Press, 1897, →OCLC, page 5, lines 120–121:

     He is so fayre, withoutten les, / he semys full well to sytt on des.

     He is so fair, without any limit; his appearance shows well when he sits on the dais.

   • 1593, Michael Drayton, “The Eighth Eglog”, in Idea the Shepheards Garland, […], London: […] [T. Orwin] for Thomas Woodcocke, […], →OCLC; republished as J[ohn] P[ayne] C[ollier], editor, Idea the Shepheards Garland, [London]: [Privately printed], 1870, →OCLC, page 64:

     This were as good as curds for our Jone, / When at a night we ſitten by the fire.

   After a long day of walking, it was good just to sit and relax.

2. (intransitive, of a person) To move oneself into such a position.

   I asked him to sit.

3. (intransitive, of an object) To occupy a given position.

   The temple has sat atop that hill for centuries.

   Jim's pet parrot sat on his left shoulder.

   • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     The Yellow Sea sits between the Korean Peninsula and China.

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4. (intransitive, copulative) To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 32:6:

     And Moses said to […] the children of Reuben, Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit here?

   • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

     Like a demigod here sit I in the sky.

5. (government) To be a member of a deliberative body.

   I currently sit on a standards committee.

6. (law, government) Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.

   In what city is the circuit court sitting for this session.

7. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.
   • 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC:

     The calamity sits heavy on us.

8. To be adjusted; to fit.

   Your new coat sits well.

   • c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:

     This new and gorgeous garment, majesty, / Sits not so easy on me as you think.

9. (intransitive, of an agreement or arrangement) To be accepted or acceptable; to work.

   How will this new contract sit with the workers?

   I don’t think it will sit well.

   The violence in these video games sits awkwardly with their stated aim of educating children.

10. (transitive, causative) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.

    Sit him in front of the TV and he might watch for hours.

11. (transitive) To accommodate in seats; to seat.

    The dining room table sits eight comfortably.

    • 1899, James Thomson, “The City of Dreadful Night”, in The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems, sat%20me%20weary%20on%20a%20pillar's%20base%2C%20%2F%20And%20leaned%20against%20the%20shaft%22&f=false page 43:

      I sat me weary on a pillar's base, / And leaned against the shaft

12. (US, transitive, intransitive) To babysit.

    I'm going to sit for them on Thursday.

    I need to find someone to sit my kids on Friday evening for four hours.

    • 1980, Stephen King, The Mist:

      I saw […] Mrs. Turman, who sometimes sat Billy when Steff and I went out […]

    • 2024 March 19, Faith Hill, “Don’t Tell America the Babysitter’s Dead”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

      Sitting was a “quintessentially American experience,” Yasemin Besen-Cassino, a Montclair State University sociologist and the author of The Cost of Being a Girl: Working Teens and the Origins of the Gender Wage Gap, told me.

13. (transitive, Australia, New Zealand, UK) To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
15. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 17:11:

      The partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not.

16. To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.

    I'm sitting for a painter this evening.

17. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
    • 1689, John Selden, Table Talk:

      like a good miller that knows how to grind, which way soever the wind sits

    • 1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC:

      Sits the wind in that quarter?

18. (obsolete, transitive) To keep one's seat when faced with (a blow, attack); to endure, to put up with. [13th–19th c.]
    • 1790, Amelia Opie, chapter 5, in Dangers of Coquetry, volume I:

      Louisa, who […] had but ill born the commencement of this conversation, could sit it no longer, and hastily throwing up the sash, complained of the intense heat of the room.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sit

infinitive	(to) sit
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	sit	sat, sate (dated, poetic)
2nd-person singular		sat, sate (dated, poetic), sattest†
3rd-person singular	sits	sat, sate (dated, poetic)
plural	sit
subjunctive	sit	sat, sate (dated, poetic)
imperative	sit	—
participles	sitting	sat, sitten (archaic, dialectal)

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:sit.

Synonyms

• (be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported): be seated
• (move oneself into such a position): be seated, sit down (from a standing position), sit up (from a prone position), take a seat
• (of an object: occupy a given position permanently): be, be found, be situated
• (be a member of a deliberative body):
• (be accepted): be accepted, be welcomed, be well received
• (to accommodate in seats): seat

Derived terms

Terms derived from sit (verb)

• apartment-sit
• babysit
• besit
• catsit
• dogsit
• face-sit
• fence-sit
• flat-sit
• from where one is sitting
• granny-sit
• house-sit
• if I fits, I sits
• if it fits, I sits
• is anyone sitting here
• petsit
• plant-sit
• saw off the branch one is sitting on
• sit about
• sit-and-go
• sit-and-wait predator
• sit around
• sit back
• sit by
• sit-by-the-fire
• sit dead-red
• sit down
• sit for
• sit idly by
• sit-in
• sit in
• sit in for
• sit in judgement
• sit in judgment
• sit-inner
• sit in on
• sit in the wheels
• sit in with
• sit-lie
• sit loose
• sit loosely
• sit off
• sit-on
• sit on
• sit on death's doorstep
• sit one's ass down
• sit on it
• sit on one's arse
• sit on one's ass
• sit on one's hands
• sit on one's laurels
• sit on someone's wheel
• sit on the fence
• sit-on-top
• sit-out
• sit out
• sit over
• sit right
• sit shiva
• sit-ski
• sit-skier
• sit still
• sittable
• sit the fence
• sit there like a lemon
• sit through
• sit tight
• sitting member
• sitting-out area
• sitting-rising test
• sitting room
• sitting-room
• sitting table
• sitting toilet
• sitting volleyball
• sit under
• sit-up
• sit up
• sit-up-and-beg
• sit upon
• sit-upon
• sit up with
• sit well
• sit with
• take sitting down
• trip sit
• unsittable
• where you stand depends on where you sit

 

Translations

of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported

• Acehnese: duek
• Afrikaans: sit (af)
• Albanian: ulem (sq)
• American Sign Language: H@BackFinger-FingerAcrossPalmDown-H@CenterChesthigh-PalmDown
• Arabic: جَلَسَ (ar) (jalasa)

  Hijazi Arabic: جلس (jalas), قعد (gaʕad)

  South Levantine Arabic: قعد (ʔaʕad)

• Aramaic:

  Syriac: ܝܬܒ (ʼitev)

• Armenian: նստել (hy) (nstel)
• Aromanian: shed
• Assamese: বহ (boh)
• Asturian: sentar (ast)
• Azerbaijani: oturmaq (az), əyləşmək (az)
• Bashkir: ултырыу (ultırıw)
• Basque: eseri (eu)
• Belarusian: сядзе́ць impf (sjadzjécʹ)
• Bengali: বসা (bn) (bośa)
• Bhojpuri: बईठल (baīṭhal), बैसल (baisal)
• Biatah Bidayuh: guru
• Bikol Central: tukaw (bcl)
• Bulgarian: седя́ (bg) impf (sedjá)
• Burmese: ထိုင် (my) (htuing)
• Buryat: һууха (huuxa)
• Catalan: seure (ca)
• Cebuano: linkod
• Central Sierra Miwok: húŋ·e-
• Cham:

  Eastern Cham: dauk

• Cherokee: ᎤᏬᏝ (uwotla)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 坐 (co⁵)

  Dungan: зуә (zuə)

  Eastern Min: 坐 (soi)

  Hokkien: 坐 (zh-min-nan) (chē / chěr)

  Mandarin: 坐 (zh) (zuò)

• Czech: sedět (cs) impf
• Danish: sidde (da)
• Dolgan: олор
• Dutch: zitten (nl)
• Esperanto: sidi
• Estonian: istuma (et)
• Even: тэгэттэй (təgəttəj)
• Evenki: тэгэми (təgəmi)
• Faroese: sita (fo)
• Fataluku: mire
• Finnish: istua (fi)
• French: être assis m, être assise f, s’asseoir (fr)
• Galician: sentar (gl)
• Ge'ez: ነበረ (näbärä)
• Georgian: ჯდომა (ka) (ǯdoma)
• German: sitzen (de)

  Alemannic German: hocke

• Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (sitan)
• Greek: κάθομαι (el) (káthomai)

  Ancient: ἕζομαι (hézomai), κάθημαι (káthēmai)

• Gujarati: બેસવું (besvũ)
• Haitian Creole: chita
• Hawaiian: noho
• Hebrew: יָשַׁב (he) (yasháv)
• Higaonon: pino-o
• Hindi: बैठना (hi) (baiṭhnā), बैठा होना (hi) (baiṭhā honā)
• Hungarian: ül (hu)
• Icelandic: sitja (is)
• Ido: sidar (io)
• Ilocano: agtugaw
• Inari Sami: čokkáđ
• Indonesian: duduk (id)
• Ingrian: istua
• Interlingua: seder, esser sedite
• Irish: suigh
• Italian: sedere (it), essere seduto, sedersi (it)
• Japanese: 座る (ja) (すわる, suwaru) (anywhere), 腰掛ける (ja) (こしかける, koshikakeru) (on an object that has height such as a chair)
• Javanese: lungguh (jv)
• Kalmyk: суух (suux)
• Kannada: ಕುಳಿತುಕೊ (kn) (kuḷituko)
• Kashubian: sedzec
• Kazakh: отыру (kk) (otyru)
• Khmer: អង្គុយ (km) (ʼɑngkuy)
• Komi: пукавны (pukavny)
• Korean: 앉다 (ko) (anda)
• Kumyk: олтурмакъ (olturmaq)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: rûniştin (ku)

• Kyrgyz: отуруу (ky) (oturuu), олтуруу (olturuu)
• Lao: ນັ່ງ (nang)
• Latgalian: sēdēt
• Latin: sedeo
• Latvian: sēdēt (lv)
• Lithuanian: sėdėti (lt)
• Low German: sitten (nds)
• Macedonian: седи impf (sedi)
• Makasae: mii
• Malay: duduk (ms)
• Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
• Maltese: qagħad
• Manchu: ᡨᡝᠮᠪᡳ (tembi)
• Maori: noho (mi)
• Marathi: बसणे (mr) (basṇe)
• Mazanderani: هنیشتن (hëništen)
• Mongolian: суух (mn) (suux)
• Nanai: тэси- (tesi-)
• Navajo: sédá
• Ngarrindjeri: lewun
• Norwegian: sitte (no)
• Occitan: sèire (oc)
• Odia: ବସିବା (or) (basibā)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: сѣдѣти impf (sěděti)

• Old English: sittan
• Old Javanese: lungguh
• Old Turkic: 𐰆𐰞𐰺 (olur-)
• Oromo: taa'uu
• Ossetian: бадын (badyn)
• Papiamentu: sinta
• Persian: نشستن (fa) (nešastan)
• Polish: siedzieć (pl) impf
• Portuguese: estar sentado
• Punjabi: ਬੈਠਣਾ (baiṭhṇā)
• Quechua: samay, tiyay, chukuy
• Rapa Nui: noho
• Romani: beśel
• Romanian: ședea (ro), așeza (ro)
• Romansch: seser, esser tschentà
• Russian: сиде́ть (ru) impf (sidétʹ)
• Samoan: nofo
• Sanskrit: सीदति (sa) (sīdati)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: седети, сједјети, сједити impf

  Roman: sedeti (sh), sjedjeti, sjediti (sh) impf

• Sinhalese: වාඩිවෙනවා (wāḍiwenawā)
• Skolt Sami: išttâd
• Slovak: sedieť (sk) impf
• Slovene: sedeti impf
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: sejźeś

  Upper Sorbian: sedźeć

• Spanish: sentarse (es), estar sentado, seer (es)
• Sundanese: calik
• Swahili: kukaa
• Swedish: sitta (sv)
• Sylheti: ꠛꠃꠣ (boua)
• Tagalog: umupo (tl)
• Tajik: нишастан (nišastan)
• Talysh: nışte
• Tamil: உட்கார் (ta) (uṭkār)
• Tatar: утырырга (tt) (utırırga)
• Telugu: కూర్చొను (te) (kūrconu)
• Ternate: tego
• Tetum: tuur
• Thai: นั่ง (th) (nâng)
• Turkish: oturmak (tr)
• Turkmen: oturmak
• Udmurt: пукыны (pukyny)
• Ugaritic: 𐎊𐎘𐎁 (yṯb)
• Ukrainian: сиді́ти (uk) impf (sydíty), поси́діти pf (posýdity)
• Urdu: بیٹھنا (baiṭhnā), بیٹھا ہونا (baiṭhā honā)
• Uzbek: oʻtirmoq (uz)
• Vietnamese: ngồi (vi)
• Waray-Waray: lingkod
• Welsh: eistedd (cy)
• West Frisian: sitte
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: pinu'u
• Yagnobi: нидак (nidak)
• Yakut: олор (olor)
• Yiddish: זיצן (zitsn)
• Zazaki: niştiş
• Zealandic: zitte
• ǃXóõ: tshûu sg, ǃʻáã pl

move oneself into such a position — see sit down

of an object: occupy a given position permanently

• Armenian: նստել (hy) (nstel)
• Basque: eseri (eu)
• Estonian: püsima
• Finnish: seistä (fi), olla (fi), maata (fi)
• German: liegen (de)
• Hindi: स्थित (hi) (sthit)
• Japanese: ある (ja) (aru)
• Norwegian: sitte (no)

  Bokmål: ligge (no)

• Russian: сиде́ть (ru) impf (sidétʹ)
• Spanish: asentarse (es)
• Swedish: sitta (sv), ligga (sv)

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)
• Russian: заседать (ru) impf (zasedatʹ)
• 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

sit (plural sits)

1. An act of sitting.
2. (mining) Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine.
3. (rare, Buddhism) An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.

Translations

meditation event

• Finnish: istunto (fi)

Etymology 2

Noun

sit (plural sits)

1. (informal) Short for situation.
   • 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

• sitrep

Multiple parts of speech

sit

1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of situation and related forms of that word (situational, situationally, etc.)

Anagrams

• 'its, 'tis, -ist, IST, ITS, Ist, STI, TIS, TIs, is't, ist, it's, its, tis

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /sət/

• Audio:

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Verb

sit (present sit, present participle sittende, past participle gesit)

1. (intransitive) to sit; to be in a sitting position (usually used with op, binne or in)

   Sy sit en sein vir haar dogtertjie.

   She is sitting and gesturing to her young daughter.

2. (intransitive) to sit; to sit down to move into a sitting position

   Sit asseblief.

   Please sit down.

3. (transitive) to place, to put

   Ek sit jou sleutels op die tafel.

   I am putting your keys on the table.

4. (transitive) to deposit

   Ek gaan al my geld in die bank sit.

   I am going to deposit all my money in the bank.

Usage notes

• 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

• (to deposit): deponeer, plaas
• (to place): neersit, plaas

Derived terms

• afsit
• besit
• neersit
• opsit
• sitplek

Related terms

• beset

Catalan

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsit]

Noun

sit m (plural sits)

1. bunting (bird of the genus Emberiza)

Derived terms

• sit blanc
• sit pintat
• sita golanegre

 

Further reading

• “sit” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Danish

Pronoun

sit n (common sin, plural sine)

1. (reflexive possessive) third-person sg pronoun, meaning his/her/its (own)

See also

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsit/, [ˈs̠it̪]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification^(key): sit

Adverb

sit

1. (colloquial or dialectal) Alternative form of sitten

Gothic

Romanization

sit

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌹𐍄

Ingrian

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsit/, [ˈs̠id]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsit/, [ˈʃid̥]
• Rhymes: -it
• Hyphenation: sit

Adverb

sit

1. Alternative form of siit
   • 2008, “Läkkäämmä omal viisii”, in Inkeri‎^[2], volume 4, number 69, St. Petersburg, page 12:

     Tämä on Savimäen kylä a sit ono veel Hammalan kylä.

     This is the Savimäki village and then there is also the Hammala village.

References

• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎^[3], →ISBN, page 35

Karelian

Etymology

Related to Veps sid'.

Adverb

sit

1. here

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sit/, [s̠ɪt̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sit/, [sit̪]

Verb

sit

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of sum (be)
   • 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

• sit 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)

Latvian

Verb

sit

1. inflection of sist:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person plural present indicative
   3. second-person singular imperative
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of sist
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of sist

Livvi

Etymology

Compare the colloquial and dialectal Finnish "sit" (the standard form of which is sitten).

Adverb

sit

1. then
2. when

References

• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “sit”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[4], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

Anagrams

• 'tis, its, its', IST, TIs, t'is, tis, STI, TIS, is't, ist, it's, -ist, 'its, Ist, TSI, ITS, S.T.I.

Northern Ohlone

Etymology

Compare Southern Ohlone sit (“tooth”).

Noun

sit

1. (plural only) teeth, set of teeth
2. (with himmen) a tooth

References

• María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington (1930s) Chochenyo Field Notes (Survey of California and Other Indian Langauges)‎^[5], Unpublished

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sit

1. present of sitja and sitta
2. imperative of sitja

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sit/

Verb

sit

1. third-person singular present indicative of sittan

Old Norse

Verb

sit

1. inflection of sitja:
   1. first-person singular present active indicative
   2. second-person singular present active imperative

Polish

sit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕit/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: sit

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sitъ.

Noun

sit m inan

1. any rush of the genus Juncus

Declension

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

sit n

1. genitive plural of sito

Further reading

• sit in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• sit in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French site or English site.

Noun

sit n (plural situri)

1. picturesque landscape
2. site of a city
3. archeological site
4. (Internet) website

   Synonym: site

Declension

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sytъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sā́ˀtas, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂-.

Adjective

sȉt (Cyrillic spelling си̏т, definite sȉtī, comparative sitiji)

1. sated, full

   Antonyms: gladan, lačan

Declension

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

• “sit”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sitъ.

Noun

sȋt m (Cyrillic spelling си̑т)

1. rush (genus Juncus)

Further reading

• “sit”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *sytъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sít/

Adjective

sȉt (comparative bȍlj sȉt, superlative nȁjbolj sȉt)

1. sated, full

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *sitъ.

Alternative forms

• site, sȋtje, sitína

Noun

sȋt m inan

1. rush (genus Juncus)

Further reading

• “sit”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Southern Ohlone

Noun

sit

1. tooth

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English shit.

Noun

sit

1. (vulgar) faeces, shit.

Derived terms

• sithaus

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sitta, from Proto-Uralic *sitta. Cognates include Finnish sitta.

Noun

sit

1. shit