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Translingual
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Etymology
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Clipping of EnglishLithuanian or abbreviation of Lithuanianlietuvių.
Symbol
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lit
(international standards)ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Lithuanian.
See also
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Wiktionary’s coverage of Lithuanian terms
English
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Pronunciation
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IPA(key): /ˈlɪt/
Audio (US):
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Rhymes: -ɪt
Etymology 1
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Alteration of earlier light, from Middle Englishlighte, from Old Englishlīhtte, first and third person singular preterite of līhtan(“to light”), by analogy with bit. More at light; compare fit(“fought”).
This form was proscribed during the 18th and 19th centuries, with lighted being preferred,[1] but is now the most common past form of light.
Verb
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lit
simple past and past participle of light(“illuminate; start a fire; etc”)
simple past and past participle of light(“alight: land, come down on”)
1896, Florence Merriam Bailey, A-birding on a Bronco, page 87:[…] but finally [the bird] came to the tree and, after edging along falteringly, lit on a branch above them.
Verb
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lit (third-person singular simple present lits, present participle litting, simple past and past participle litted)
(US, dialectal) To run or light (alight).
1988 April 8, Grant Pick, “Johnny Washington's Life”, in Chicago Reader[2]:With that the kid lits off down the street, and, what do you know!
Adjective
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lit (comparative more lit, superlative most lit)
Illuminated. Synonyms:lighted, luminous; see also Thesaurus:illuminated, Thesaurus:shiningHe walked down the lit corridor.
(slang)Drunk, intoxicated; under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Synonyms:stoned; see also Thesaurus:stoned, Thesaurus:drunk
1932, Hart Crane, letter, 16 February: True to my word last night, I got very lit.
(slang, usually of a female)Sexually aroused, (especially) visibly so. Synonyms:see Thesaurus:randy
(slang)Exciting, captivating; fun. This party is gonna be lit.
2017 November, Justin Allec, Adrian Lysenko, Kirsti Salmi, “Sounds of the City: Part VI”, in The Walleye, page 8:DJ sets so lit the dance floor's dripping with sweat?
2018 July 4, James Courtney, “Music Picks”, in San Antonio Current, page 39:If indie punk, pop-punk, post-punk, and emo happen to be your bag, this early-week show at Paper Tiger is gonna be lit.
2018 December 27, Shan Kekahuna, “Hau'oli Makahiki Hou!”, in MauiTime, page 17:New Year's Eve is once a year and it's gonna be lit.
(slang)Excellent, fantastic; cool. Synonyms:see Thesaurus:excellentThose jeans are lit.
2017 June 8, “Out with the old, in with the new”, in Dundrum Gazette, page 18:[…] will keep your feet looking lit this summer thanks to the Trainer Exchange.
2019, "Top 10 Plastic Surgeons in Manhattan", Art Bodega Magazine, December/January 2019: At his Upper East Side office, the talented doctor has a very lit and elegant office, where art canvasses the walls.
2019 October, Alice Ridley, “Letter from the Editor”, in Connect Magazine, page 4:The fourth article is all about autumnal leaf photography tips to get our Instagram photos looking lit.
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Polish: fajny (pl)
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Romanian: blană (ro), beton (ro)
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Vietnamese: bốc (vi), cháy (vi)
Etymology 2
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From Middle Englishlit, lut, from Old Englishlȳt(“little, few”), from Proto-Germanic*lūtilaz(“little, small”), from Proto-Indo-European*lewd-(“to cower, hunch over”). Cognate with Old Saxonlut(“little”), Middle High Germanlützen(“to make small or low, decrease”). More at little.
Adjective
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lit (comparative litter or more lit, superlative littest or most lit)
(obsolete) Little.
Noun
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lit (uncountable)
(obsolete) Little.
Related terms
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lite
Etymology 3
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From Middle Englishlit, from Old Norselitr(“colour, dye, complexion, face, countenance”), from Proto-Germanic*wlitiz, *wlitaz(“sight, face”), from Proto-Indo-European*wel-(“to see”). Cognate with Icelandiclitur(“colour”), Old Englishwlite(“brightness, appearance, form, aspect, look, countenance, beauty, splendor, adornment”), Old Englishwlītan(“to gaze, look, observe”).
Noun
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lit (uncountable)
(UK dialectal) Colour; blee; dye; stain.
Derived terms
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lithouse, lit-house
litmus
Etymology 4
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From Middle Englishlitten, liten, from Old Norselita(“to colour”), from litr(“colour”). See above.
Verb
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lit (third-person singular simple present lits, present participle litting, simple past and past participle litted)
(transitive) To colour; dye.
Etymology 5
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Short for literature.
Noun
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lit (uncountable)
Clipping of literature. Do we have any lit homework tonight?
Derived terms
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alt-lit
chick lit
comput lit
cyberlit
dick lit
frat lit
grip-lit
kidlit
lab lit
lad lit
ladlit
litblog
lit crit
litfan
litfic
lit flick
litRPG
lit-verse
litzine
misery lit
mis lit
poplit
quit lit
sick lit
Treklit
vid lit
References
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^ Hurd, Seth P. (1847), “Lit”, in “Common Errors of Speech”, in A Grammatical Corrector; or, A Vocabulary of the Common Errors of Speech[1], Philadelphia: E. H. Butler & Co, →OCLC, page 46.
See also
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wagon-lit (etymologically unrelated)
Anagrams
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'til, TIL, TLI, til
Czech
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Pronunciation
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IPA(key): [ˈlɪt]
Participle
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lit
masculine singular passive participle of lít
Faroese
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Etymology
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From the verb líta (‘to view’).
Pronunciation
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IPA(key): [liːt]
Noun
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litn (genitive singular lits, uncountable)
short wink, view, look
Declension
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n3s
singular
indefinite
definite
nominative
lit
litið
accusative
lit
litið
dative
liti
litinum
genitive
lits
litsins
Synonyms
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eygnabrá (wink)
Derived terms
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andlit(“face”)
álit(“trust”)
eftirlit(“control”)
fyrilit(“caution”)
innlit(“insight”)
útlit(“outlook”)
yvirlit(“overview, summary”)
French
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Pronunciation
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IPA(key): /li/
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Homophones: lie, lient, lies, lis, lits
Etymology 1
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Inherited from Old Frenchlit, from Latinlectus.
Noun
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litm (plural lits)
bed Synonym:(colloquial)plumardOù est-il? Il dort dans son lit. ― Where is he? He's sleeping in his bed.
Derived terms
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aller au lit
au lit
cloué au lit
comme on fait son lit on se couche
faire le lit
femme qui rit, à moitié dans son lit
femme qui rit, à moitié dans ton lit
lit à baldaquin
lit de camp
lit de justice
lit de mort
lit de sangle
lit pliant
lit superposé
mouiller son lit
punaise des lits
wagon-lit
Etymology 2
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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
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lit
third-person singular present indicative of lireJean lit très souvent. ― Jean reads very often.
Further reading
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“lit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Icelandic
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Noun
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lit
indefinite accusative/dative singular of litur
Middle English
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Noun
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lit
alternative form of light
Middle High German
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Etymology
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Inherited from Old High Germanhlit, from Proto-West Germanic*hlid.
Pronunciation
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IPA(key): (before 13th CE)/ˈlit/
Noun
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litn
lid, cover
Declension
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singular
plural
indef.
def.
noun
def.
noun
nominative
ein
daȥ
lit
diu
lit
genitive
eines
dës
lides
dër
lide
dative
eime
dëm
lide
dën
liden
accusative
ein
daȥ
lit
diu
lit
Descendants
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German: Lid
References
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Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “lit”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
Norman
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Noun
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litm (plural lits)
alternative form of llit(“bed”)
Norwegian Nynorsk
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Pronunciation
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IPA(key): /liːt/
Etymology 1
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From Old Norsehlít.
Noun
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litf or m (definite singular)
trust Eg set min lit til Gud.I put my trust in God.
Etymology 2
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Verb
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lit
present tense of lite
imperative of lite
Etymology 3
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Noun
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lìtm (definite singular lìten, indefinite plural lìter or lìtir, definite plural lìterne or lìtine)
(pre-1917)alternative form of let
References
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“lit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
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ilt, til
Old French
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Etymology
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From Latinlectus.
Pronunciation
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IPA(key): /lit/
Noun
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litoblique singular, m (oblique plural liz or litz, nominative singular liz or litz, nominative plurallit)
bed
Descendants
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Bourguignon: leit
French: lit
Norman: liet
Old Norse
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Etymology
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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
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IPA(key): /lit/
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Noun
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litn
glance
Related terms
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líta(“to see”)
litr(“complexion, colour; the first dawn; dye”)
Further reading
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J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary"), on lit.
Anagrams
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til
Polish
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Chemical element
Li
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lit etymology 1 sense 1lit etymology 2 sense 1
Pronunciation
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IPA(key): /ˈlit/
Audio:
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Rhymes: -it
Syllabification: lit
Homophones: lead, -lit
Etymology 1
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Learned borrowing from New Latinlithium.
Noun
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litm inan
lithium (soft, silvery metal, the simplest alkali metal, the lightest solid element, and the third lightest chemical element (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3)
(informal, organic chemistry) lithium carbonate (lithium salt of carbonic acid, Li2CO3, used in the manufacture of glass and ceramics, and medically, in the treatment of bipolar disorder)
Declension
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singular
nominative
lit
genitive
litu
dative
litowi
accusative
lit
instrumental
litem
locative
licie
vocative
licie
Etymology 2
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Borrowed from Lithuanianlitas.
Noun
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litm animal
(historical) litas (former unit of currency of Lithuania)
Declension
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singular
plural
nominative
lit
lity
genitive
lita
litów
dative
litowi
litom
accusative
lita
lity
instrumental
litem
litami
locative
licie
litach
vocative
licie
lity
Further reading
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lit in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
lit in Polish dictionaries at PWN
lit in PWN's encyclopedia
Scottish Gaelic
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Noun
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litf
genitive singular of lite
Spanish
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Adjective
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lit
(Internet slang, text messaging, colloquial)abbreviation of literal
Adverb
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lit
(Internet slang, text messaging, colloquial)abbreviation of literal
Sumbawa
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Noun
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lit
sea
Swedish
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Etymology
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Back-formation from lita. Compare Danishlid.
Noun
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litc
trust De satte sin lit till Gud.They put their trust in God.
Synonyms
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tillit
References
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lit in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
lita in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Volapük
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Etymology
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Borrowed from GermanLicht and Englishlight.
Noun
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lit (nominative plural lits)
light
1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: V:Binols lit vola. Zif, kel topon löpo su bel, no kanon binön klänedik.You are light for the world. A city built on a hill-top cannot be hidden.
illumination
Declension
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Declension of lit
singular
plural
nominative
lit
lits
genitive
lita
litas
dative
lite
lites
accusative
liti
litis
vocative 1
o lit!
o lits!
predicative 2
litu
litus
1 status as a case is disputed2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Zay
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Noun
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lit
tree-bark
References
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Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind
lit etymology 1 sense 1
lit etymology 2 sense 1 
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