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Heita
heita
heita
English
Interjection
heita
- (South Africa, informal) hello; hi
- 2008, Ben Trovato, Ben Trovato's Art of Survival (page 51)
- I can hear the conversation: "Heita, bra. Let's go. We don't need bullets."
- 2008, Ben Trovato, Ben Trovato's Art of Survival (page 51)
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhaita]
Etymology 1
From Old Norse heita (“to heat”).
Verb
heita
Conjugation
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infinitive | heita | |||
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present participle | heitandi | |||
past participle {{{pp.decl}}} | heitaður/ heittur |
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supine | heitað/ heitt |
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number | singular | plural | ||
person | first | second | third | all |
indicative | eg | tú | hann/hon/tað | vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum |
present | heiti | heitar/ heitir |
heitar/ heitir |
heita |
past | heitaði/ heitti |
heitaði/ heitti |
heitaði/ heitti |
heitaðu/ heittu |
imperative | – | tú | – | tit |
present | — | heita/ heit! |
— | heitið! |
Synonyms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse heita (“to call”).
Verb
heita
Synonyms
Verb
heita
Synonyms
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse heita, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈheiːta/
- Rhymes: -eiːta
Verb
heita (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hét, third-person plural past indicative hétu, supine heitið)
- to be called, to be named
- Revelation 6-11 (English and Icelandic)
- Og ég sá, og sjá: Bleikur hestur, og sá er á honum sat, hann hét Dauði, og Hel var í för með honum. Þeim var gefið vald yfir fjórða hluta jarðarinnar, til þess að deyða með sverði, með hungri og drepsótt og láta menn farast fyrir villidýrum jarðarinnar.
- I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
- Og ég sá, og sjá: Bleikur hestur, og sá er á honum sat, hann hét Dauði, og Hel var í för með honum. Þeim var gefið vald yfir fjórða hluta jarðarinnar, til þess að deyða með sverði, með hungri og drepsótt og láta menn farast fyrir villidýrum jarðarinnar.
- Ég heiti Baldur.
- My name is Baldur.
- Revelation 6-11 (English and Icelandic)
- to promise
- Ég heiti þér því.
- I promise it to you.
- Ég heiti þér því.
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Synonyms
- (to be called, to be named): nefnast
- (to promise): lofa
Derived terms
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse heita, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛiːta/ (example of pronunciation)
Verb
heita (present tense heiter, past tense heitte or het, past participle heitt, present participle heitande, imperative heit)
See also
- hete (Bokmål)
References
- “heita” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *haitaną, from Proto-Indo-European *key(w)-, *kyew- (“to set in motion”). Cognate with Old English hātan, Old Saxon hētan, Old High German heizzan, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (haitan).
Verb
heita (singular past indicative hét, plural past indicative hétu, past participle heitinn)
Conjugation
infinitive | heita | |
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present participle | heitandi | |
past participle | heitinn | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | heit | hét |
2nd-person singular | heitr | hézt |
3rd-person singular | heitr | hét |
1st-person plural | heitum | hétum |
2nd-person plural | heitið | hétuð |
3rd-person plural | heita | hétu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | heita | héta |
2nd-person singular | heitir | hétir |
3rd-person singular | heiti | héti |
1st-person plural | heitim | hétim |
2nd-person plural | heitið | hétið |
3rd-person plural | heiti | héti |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | heit | |
1st-person plural | heitum | |
2nd-person plural | heitið |
infinitive | heitask | |
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present participle | heitandisk | |
past participle | heitizk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | heitumk | hétumk |
2nd-person singular | heitsk | hétzk |
3rd-person singular | heitsk | hétsk |
1st-person plural | heitumsk | hétumsk |
2nd-person plural | heitizk | hétuzk |
3rd-person plural | heitask | hétusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | heitumk | hétumk |
2nd-person singular | heitisk | hétisk |
3rd-person singular | heitisk | hétisk |
1st-person plural | heitimsk | hétimsk |
2nd-person plural | heitizk | hétizk |
3rd-person plural | heitisk | hétisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | heitsk | |
1st-person plural | heitumsk | |
2nd-person plural | heitizk |
Descendants
References
- heita in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press