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-it

-it

See also: Appendix:Variations of "it"

French

Suffix

-it

  1. Suffix forming the third-person singular present indicative of -ir verbs.
  2. Suffix forming the third-person singular past historic of -ir verbs.
  3. Suffix forming the third-person singular past historic of -re verbs.

Manx

Alternative forms

Suffix

-it

  1. Suffix forming the past participle of verbs.
  2. -ed, -ized

Derived terms

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Northern Sami

Suffix

-it

  1. Form of the suffix -t used with odd-syllable stems.

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • See Category:Northern Sami adjective comparative forms

Old Irish

Suffix

-it (suffixed pronoun)

  1. him
  2. it (object pronoun)

Usage notes

This suffix is used only after 1st person singular forms in -(e)a, 1st person plural forms in -mi, and 3rd person plural forms in -(a)it. After 3rd person singular forms, the suffix -i is used.

See also

Derived terms

Category Old Irish words suffixed with -it not found

Swedish

Etymology 1

Suffix

-it

  1. Suffix used to form the supine tense of verbs belonging to the fourth conjugation (strong verbs); see also -t
Usage notes

The suffix is used with the same version of the stem as is the past participle.

Etymology 2

Suffix

-it

  1. (pathology) Suffix used to form nouns corresponding to diseases characterized by inflammation (similar to -itis in English)
    appendicit, bronkit, encefalit, gastrit, hepatit, laryngit, meningit, neurit, sinusit
  2. a (mineral) material with a certain origin or property, similar to English -ite
    bakelit, bauxit, dynamit, ebonit, eternit, grafit, malakit, masonit, nitrit
  3. a person from a certain place or a faith, similar to English -ite
    abderit, husit, israelit, jesuit, konvertit, kosmopolit, levit, malmöit, metropolit, muskovit, samarit, shiit, stachanovit, sunnit

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Swedish_words_suffixed_with_-it'>Swedish words suffixed with -it</a>

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