kýta

See also: kȳta and kyttä

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech kýta, originating from Proto-Slavic *kyta (“something hanging or swinging”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkiːta]
• Hyphenation: ký‧ta
• Rhymes: -iːta

Noun

kýta f

1. ham (the thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat)

Declension

Declension of kýta (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	kýta	kýty
genitive	kýty	kýt
dative	kýtě	kýtám
accusative	kýtu	kýty
vocative	kýto	kýty
locative	kýtě	kýtách
instrumental	kýtou	kýtami

Further reading

• “kýta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kýta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcʰiːta/

  Rhymes: -iːta

Verb

kýta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kýtti, supine kýtt)

1. (intransitive) to bicker, to quarrel

Conjugation

kýta — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að kýta
supine (sagnbót)		kýtt
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		kýtandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég kýti	við kýtum	present (nútíð)	ég kýti	við kýtum
	þú kýtir	þið kýtið		þú kýtir	þið kýtið
	hann, hún, það kýtir	þeir, þær, þau kýta		hann, hún, það kýti	þeir, þær, þau kýti
past (þátíð)	ég kýtti	við kýttum	past (þátíð)	ég kýtti	við kýttum
	þú kýttir	þið kýttuð		þú kýttir	þið kýttuð
	hann, hún, það kýtti	þeir, þær, þau kýttu		hann, hún, það kýtti	þeir, þær, þau kýttu
imperative (boðháttur)	kýt (þú)	kýtið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	kýttu	kýtiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Synonyms

• (to bicker): þræta, þrátta, þjarka, þvarga, þrefa, deila, þrasa

Derived terms

Derived terms

• kýtast
• kýtast á
• kýtast á um
• kýtast um

See also

• munnhöggvast

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kyta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈkɨːta/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈkiːta/, /ˈkɛjta/

Noun

kýta f

1. ham, thigh

Declension

Declension of kýta (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	kýta	kýtě	kýty
genitive	kýty	kýtú	kýt
dative	kýtě	kýtama	kýtám
accusative	kýtu	kýtě	kýty
vocative	kýto	kýtě	kýty
locative	kýtě	kýtú	kýtách
instrumental	kýtú	kýtama	kýtami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: kýta

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “kýta”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění