rita

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rita"

English

Noun

rita (uncountable)

Alternative form of rta (“Vedic principle”)

Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːta/
Rhymes: -iːta
Homophones: ryta, ritað

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rytr.

Noun

rita f (genitive singular ritu, plural ritur)

kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)

Declension

Declension of rita
f1	singular		plural
f1	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rita	ritan	ritur	riturnar
accusative	ritu	rituna	ritur	riturnar
dative	ritu	rituni	ritum	ritunum
genitive	ritu	ritunnar	rita	ritanna

Synonyms

ryta

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ríta, rita, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną (“to carve, write”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey- (“to rip, tear”).

Verb

rita (third person singular past indicative ritaði, third person plural past indicative ritað, supine ritað)

to write, to inscribe

Conjugation

Conjugation of rita (group v-30)
infinitive	rita
supine	ritað
participle (a6)¹	ritandi	ritaður
	present	past
first singular	riti	ritaði
second singular	ritar	ritaði
third singular	ritar	ritaði
plural	rita	ritaðu
	imperative
singular	rita!
plural	ritið!
¹Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

skriva

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rita, possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *rita.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈritɑ/, [ˈrit̪ɑ̝]
Rhymes: -itɑ
Hyphenation^(key): ri‧ta

Noun

rita

(hunting) A box trap with three walls with the exit closed once the snare is engaged.

Declension

Inflection of rita (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation)
nominative		rita	ridat
genitive		ridan	ritojen
partitive		ritaa	ritoja
illative		ritaan	ritoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		rita	ridat
accusative	nom.	rita	ridat
accusative	gen.	ridan	ridat
genitive		ridan	ritojen ritain ^rare
partitive		ritaa	ritoja
inessive		ridassa	ridoissa
elative		ridasta	ridoista
illative		ritaan	ritoihin
adessive		ridalla	ridoilla
ablative		ridalta	ridoilta
allative		ridalle	ridoille
essive		ritana	ritoina
translative		ridaksi	ridoiksi
abessive		ridatta	ridoitta
instructive		—	ridoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of rita (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		ritani	ritani
accusative	nom.	ritani	ritani
accusative	gen.	ritani	ritani
genitive		ritani	ritojeni ritaini ^rare
partitive		ritaani	ritojani
inessive		ridassani	ridoissani
elative		ridastani	ridoistani
illative		ritaani	ritoihini
adessive		ridallani	ridoillani
ablative		ridaltani	ridoiltani
allative		ridalleni	ridoilleni
essive		ritanani	ritoinani
translative		ridakseni	ridoikseni
abessive		ridattani	ridoittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	ritoineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		ritasi	ritasi
accusative	nom.	ritasi	ritasi
accusative	gen.	ritasi	ritasi
genitive		ritasi	ritojesi ritaisi ^rare
partitive		ritaasi	ritojasi
inessive		ridassasi	ridoissasi
elative		ridastasi	ridoistasi
illative		ritaasi	ritoihisi
adessive		ridallasi	ridoillasi
ablative		ridaltasi	ridoiltasi
allative		ridallesi	ridoillesi
essive		ritanasi	ritoinasi
translative		ridaksesi	ridoiksesi
abessive		ridattasi	ridoittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	ritoinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		ritamme	ritamme
accusative	nom.	ritamme	ritamme
accusative	gen.	ritamme	ritamme
genitive		ritamme	ritojemme ritaimme ^rare
partitive		ritaamme	ritojamme
inessive		ridassamme	ridoissamme
elative		ridastamme	ridoistamme
illative		ritaamme	ritoihimme
adessive		ridallamme	ridoillamme
ablative		ridaltamme	ridoiltamme
allative		ridallemme	ridoillemme
essive		ritanamme	ritoinamme
translative		ridaksemme	ridoiksemme
abessive		ridattamme	ridoittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	ritoinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		ritanne	ritanne
accusative	nom.	ritanne	ritanne
accusative	gen.	ritanne	ritanne
genitive		ritanne	ritojenne ritainne ^rare
partitive		ritaanne	ritojanne
inessive		ridassanne	ridoissanne
elative		ridastanne	ridoistanne
illative		ritaanne	ritoihinne
adessive		ridallanne	ridoillanne
ablative		ridaltanne	ridoiltanne
allative		ridallenne	ridoillenne
essive		ritananne	ritoinanne
translative		ridaksenne	ridoiksenne
abessive		ridattanne	ridoittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	ritoinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		ritansa	ritansa
accusative	nom.	ritansa	ritansa
accusative	gen.	ritansa	ritansa
genitive		ritansa	ritojensa ritainsa ^rare
partitive		ritaansa	ritojaan ritojansa
inessive		ridassaan ridassansa	ridoissaan ridoissansa
elative		ridastaan ridastansa	ridoistaan ridoistansa
illative		ritaansa	ritoihinsa
adessive		ridallaan ridallansa	ridoillaan ridoillansa
ablative		ridaltaan ridaltansa	ridoiltaan ridoiltansa
allative		ridalleen ridallensa	ridoilleen ridoillensa
essive		ritanaan ritanansa	ritoinaan ritoinansa
translative		ridakseen ridaksensa	ridoikseen ridoiksensa
abessive		ridattaan ridattansa	ridoittaan ridoittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	ritoineen ritoinensa

Derived terms

compounds

Anagrams

tari

Garo

Etymology

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

Verb

rita (transitive)

to boil

References

Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎^[2], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 370

Iban

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rɪta/

Noun

rita

news
fame; reputation

Icelandic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈrɪːta/
Rhymes: -ɪːta

Etymology 1

From Old Norse rytr.

Noun

rita f (genitive singular ritu, nominative plural ritur)

black-legged kittiwake, kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)

Declension

Declension of rita (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rita	ritan	ritur	riturnar
accusative	ritu	rituna	ritur	riturnar
dative	ritu	ritunni	ritum	ritunum
genitive	ritu	ritunnar	rita	ritanna

Descendants

→? Translingual: Rissa

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ríta, rita, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną (“to carve, write”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey- (“to rip, tear”).

Verb

rita (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ritaði, supine ritað)

to write, to inscribe

Conjugation

rita — active voice (germynd)

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að rita
supine (sagnbót)		ritað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		ritandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég rita	við ritum	present (nútíð)	ég riti	við ritum
	þú ritar	þið ritið		þú ritir	þið ritið
	hann, hún, það ritar	þeir, þær, þau rita		hann, hún, það riti	þeir, þær, þau riti

past (þátíð)	ég ritaði	við rituðum	past (þátíð)	ég ritaði	við rituðum
	þú ritaðir	þið rituðuð		þú ritaðir	þið rituðuð
	hann, hún, það ritaði	þeir, þær, þau rituðu		hann, hún, það ritaði	þeir, þær, þau rituðu

imperative (boðháttur)	rita (þú)	ritið (þið)
	ritaðu	ritiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

ritast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að ritast
supine (sagnbót)		ritast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		ritandist the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég ritast	við ritumst	present (nútíð)	ég ritist	við ritumst
	þú ritast	þið ritist		þú ritist	þið ritist
	hann, hún, það ritast	þeir, þær, þau ritast		hann, hún, það ritist	þeir, þær, þau ritist

past (þátíð)	ég ritaðist	við rituðumst	past (þátíð)	ég ritaðist	við rituðumst
	þú ritaðist	þið rituðust		þú ritaðist	þið rituðust
	hann, hún, það ritaðist	þeir, þær, þau rituðust		hann, hún, það ritaðist	þeir, þær, þau rituðust

imperative (boðháttur)	ritast (þú)	ritist (þið)
	ritastu	ritisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

ritaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
strong declension (sterk beyging)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	ritaður	rituð	ritað	ritaðir	ritaðar	rituð
accusative (þolfall)	ritaðan	ritaða	ritað	ritaða	ritaðar	rituð
dative (þágufall)	rituðum	ritaðri	rituðu	rituðum	rituðum	rituðum
genitive (eignarfall)	ritaðs	ritaðrar	ritaðs	ritaðra	ritaðra	ritaðra

weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
weak declension (veik beyging)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	ritaði	ritaða	ritaða	rituðu	rituðu	rituðu
accusative (þolfall)	ritaða	rituðu	ritaða	rituðu	rituðu	rituðu
dative (þágufall)	ritaða	rituðu	ritaða	rituðu	rituðu	rituðu
genitive (eignarfall)	ritaða	rituðu	ritaða	rituðu	rituðu	rituðu

Synonyms

(to write): skrifa

Derived terms

rita fullum stöfum (write unabbreviated)
rita orð fullum stöfum (write a word unabbreviated)

Related terms

Etymology 3

Noun

rita

indefinite genitive plural of rit

Latvian

Noun

rita m

genitive singular of rits

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈrʲɪt̪ɐ]

Verb

rìta

third-person singular present of risti
third-person plural present of risti

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

rite (Bokmål also)

Etymology

From Old Norse ríta, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną (“to carve, write”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey- (“to rip, tear”).

Verb

rita (present tense ritar, past tense rita, past participle rita, passive infinitive ritast, present participle ritande, imperative rita/rit)

to sketch vaguely, to carve, to write

References

“rita” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish hrīta, from Old Norse hríta, from Proto-Germanic *hrītaną (“to draw, to scratch”).

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Verb

rita (present ritar, preterite ritade, supine ritat, imperative rita)

to draw (usually simpler, more line-based pictures or drawings – compare teckna)
Barnen gillar att rita
The children like to draw
to design (by making a drawing)
Huset är ritat av Nisse
The house is designed ("drawn") by Nisse

Conjugation

Conjugation of rita (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	rita		ritas
Supine	ritat		ritats
Imperative	rita		—
Imper. plural¹	riten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	ritar	ritade	ritas	ritades
Ind. plural¹	rita	ritade	ritas	ritades
Subjunctive²	rite	ritade	rites	ritades
	Participles
Present participle	ritande
Past participle	ritad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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References

Anagrams

riat, tar i

rita

English

Noun

Faroese

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Noun

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Finnish

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Garo

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Iban

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Noun

Icelandic

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Noun

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Noun

Latvian

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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