vita

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vita"

English

Etymology

From Latin vīta (“life”). Doublet of quick and jiva.

Noun

vita (plural vitae or vitas or (archaic) vitæ)

1. A hagiography; a biography of a saint.
2. A curriculum vitae.

See also

• la dolce vita

 

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɪta]

Participle

vita

1. inflection of vít:
   1. feminine singular passive participle
   2. neuter plural passive participle

Faroese

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see”).

Verb

vita (third person singular past indicative visti, third person plural past indicative vistu, supine vitað)

1. To know.

Conjugation

Conjugation of vita (irregular)
infinitive	vita
supine	vitað
participle	—	—
	present	past
first singular	veit	visti
second singular	veitst	visti
third singular	veit	visti
plural	vita	vistu
	imperative
singular	—
plural	—

Related terms

• vitan
• vitigur
• vitlítil
• vitleysur

See also

• vitja

Etymology 2

Inflected form of viti

Noun

vita m

1. indefinite accusative singular of viti
2. indefinite dative singular of viti
3. indefinite genitive singular of viti
4. indefinite genitive plural of viti

Finnish

Etymology

Means "water slime" in dialects. Origin unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋitɑ/, [ˈʋit̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -itɑ
• Syllabification^(key): vi‧ta

Noun

vita

1. pondweed (an aquatic plant of the genus Potamogeton)

Declension

Inflection of vita (Kotus type 9*F/kala, t-d gradation)
nominative		vita	vidat
genitive		vidan	vitojen
partitive		vitaa	vitoja
illative		vitaan	vitoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		vita	vidat
accusative	nom.	vita	vidat
	gen.	vidan
genitive		vidan	vitojen vitain rare
partitive		vitaa	vitoja
inessive		vidassa	vidoissa
elative		vidasta	vidoista
illative		vitaan	vitoihin
adessive		vidalla	vidoilla
ablative		vidalta	vidoilta
allative		vidalle	vidoille
essive		vitana	vitoina
translative		vidaksi	vidoiksi
abessive		vidatta	vidoitta
instructive		—	vidoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative vitani vitani accusative nom. vitani vitani gen. vitani genitive vitani vitojeni vitaini rare partitive vitaani vitojani inessive vidassani vidoissani elative vidastani vidoistani illative vitaani vitoihini adessive vidallani vidoillani ablative vidaltani vidoiltani allative vidalleni vidoilleni essive vitanani vitoinani translative vidakseni vidoikseni abessive vidattani vidoittani instructive — — comitative — vitoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative vitasi vitasi accusative nom. vitasi vitasi gen. vitasi genitive vitasi vitojesi vitaisi rare partitive vitaasi vitojasi inessive vidassasi vidoissasi elative vidastasi vidoistasi illative vitaasi vitoihisi adessive vidallasi vidoillasi ablative vidaltasi vidoiltasi allative vidallesi vidoillesi essive vitanasi vitoinasi translative vidaksesi vidoiksesi abessive vidattasi vidoittasi instructive — — comitative — vitoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative vitamme vitamme accusative nom. vitamme vitamme gen. vitamme genitive vitamme vitojemme vitaimme rare partitive vitaamme vitojamme inessive vidassamme vidoissamme elative vidastamme vidoistamme illative vitaamme vitoihimme adessive vidallamme vidoillamme ablative vidaltamme vidoiltamme allative vidallemme vidoillemme essive vitanamme vitoinamme translative vidaksemme vidoiksemme abessive vidattamme vidoittamme instructive — — comitative — vitoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative vitanne vitanne accusative nom. vitanne vitanne gen. vitanne genitive vitanne vitojenne vitainne rare partitive vitaanne vitojanne inessive vidassanne vidoissanne elative vidastanne vidoistanne illative vitaanne vitoihinne adessive vidallanne vidoillanne ablative vidaltanne vidoiltanne allative vidallenne vidoillenne essive vitananne vitoinanne translative vidaksenne vidoiksenne abessive vidattanne vidoittanne instructive — — comitative — vitoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative vitansa vitansa accusative nom. vitansa vitansa gen. vitansa genitive vitansa vitojensa vitainsa rare partitive vitaansa vitojaan vitojansa inessive vidassaan vidassansa vidoissaan vidoissansa elative vidastaan vidastansa vidoistaan vidoistansa illative vitaansa vitoihinsa adessive vidallaan vidallansa vidoillaan vidoillansa ablative vidaltaan vidaltansa vidoiltaan vidoiltansa allative vidalleen vidallensa vidoilleen vidoillensa essive vitanaan vitanansa vitoinaan vitoinansa translative vidakseen vidaksensa vidoikseen vidoiksensa abessive vidattaan vidattansa vidoittaan vidoittansa instructive — — comitative — vitoineen vitoinensa

Hypernyms

• uposkasvi (an underwater plant)
• vitakasvi (a plant of the family Potamogetonaceae)

Hyponyms

• ahvenvita (Potamogeton perfoliatus)
• hapsivita (Potamogeton pectinatus)
• heinävita (Potamogeton gramineus)
• hentovita (Potamogeton pusillus)
• jouhivita (Potamogeton rutilus)
• kyhmyvita (Potamogeton trichoides)
• litteävita (Potamogeton compressus)
• lähdevita (Potamogeton coloratus)
• merivita (Potamogeton filiformis)
• nauhavita (Potamogeton x sparganiifolius)
• otalehtivita (Potamogeton friesii)
• pikkuvita (Potamogeton berchtoldii)
• pitkälehtivita (Potamogeton praelongus)
• poimuvita (Potamogeton crispus)
• purovita (Potamogeton alpinus)
• soikkovita (Potamogeton nodosus)
• suippuvita (Potamogeton acutifolius)
• tatarvita (Potamogeton polygonifolius)
• tuppivita (Potamogeton vaginatus)
• tylppälehtivita (Potamogeton obtusifolius)
• uistinvita (Potamogeton natans)
• vaskivita (Potamogeton x angustifolius)
• välkevita (Potamogeton lucens)

Derived terms

compounds

• ahvenvita
• vitakasvi

 

Further reading

• “vita”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

Anagrams

• ivat, tavi, vati, viat

Gallurese

Etymology

From Classical Latin vīta, from Proto-Italic *gʷītā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvita/

Noun

vita f (plural viti)

1. life

Hungarian

Etymology

Back-formation from vitat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvitɒ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: vi‧ta
• Rhymes: -tɒ

Noun

vita (plural viták)

1. debate, dispute, discussion

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	vita	viták
accusative	vitát	vitákat
dative	vitának	vitáknak
instrumental	vitával	vitákkal
causal-final	vitáért	vitákért
translative	vitává	vitákká
terminative	vitáig	vitákig
essive-formal	vitaként	vitákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	vitában	vitákban
superessive	vitán	vitákon
adessive	vitánál	vitáknál
illative	vitába	vitákba
sublative	vitára	vitákra
allative	vitához	vitákhoz
elative	vitából	vitákból
delative	vitáról	vitákról
ablative	vitától	vitáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	vitáé	vitáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	vitáéi	vitákéi

Possessive forms of vita
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	vitám	vitáim
2nd person sing.	vitád	vitáid
3rd person sing.	vitája	vitái
1st person plural	vitánk	vitáink
2nd person plural	vitátok	vitáitok
3rd person plural	vitájuk	vitáik

Derived terms

• vitás
• vitázik

 

Further reading

• vita in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪːta/
• Rhymes: -ɪːta

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see”).

Verb

vita (preterite-present verb, third-person singular present indicative veit, third-person singular past indicative vissi, supine vitað)

1. to know (information), know of something

   Að heyra barn hlæja er það fallegasta sem ég veit.

   To hear a child laughing is the most beautiful thing I know.

   Vissir þú að við lentum aldrei á tunglinu í alvörunni? Það var allt feik.

   Did you know we never really landed on the moon? It was all fake.

2. to see, check

   Vittu nú hvort þú getir ekki lagað þetta fyrir mig.

   Now see if you can't fix that for me.

Conjugation

vita — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að vita
supine (sagnbót)		vitað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		vitandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég veit	við vitum	present (nútíð)	ég viti	við vitum
	þú veist	þið vitið		þú vitir	þið vitið
	hann, hún, það veit	þeir, þær, þau vita		hann, hún, það viti	þeir, þær, þau viti
past (þátíð)	ég vissi	við vissum	past (þátíð)	ég vissi	við vissum
	þú vissir	þið vissuð		þú vissir	þið vissuð
	hann, hún, það vissi	þeir, þær, þau vissu		hann, hún, það vissi	þeir, þær, þau vissu
imperative (boðháttur)	vit (þú)	vitið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	vittu	vitiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Derived terms

• þúst
• eins og alþjóð veit
• eitt mátt þú vita
• vita vel/vita fyrir víst/vita með vissu/vita fyrir satt (to be sure)

  Hann er svindlari og ég veit þetta fyrir víst.

• það er ekki að vita/það er aldrei að vita (you never know)

  Það er aldrei að vita hvenær næsta tækifæri býðst.

• láta [einhvern] vita (to let [someone] know)

  Látið mig vita ef ykkur vantar eitthvað.

• það má guð vita/það má hamingjan vita/það má fjandinn vita/það má Óðinn vita (God knows)
• Hvernig förum við að því að borga þetta? Það má fjandinn vita.
• vita um eitthvað/ vita um einhvern (to know about something/someone)

  Ég veit ekkert um þetta mál.

• vita af einhverju (know about something)
• vita af sér (to be pleased with one self)

  Hann er laglegur og veit af sér.

• (archaic) vita á eitthvað (predicts)

  Þessi draumur veit á illt.

• vita til einhvers (to know something. bad/good:)

  Það er hörmulegt að vita til þess að það skuli ekki vera hægt að lækna þetta

• vita ekki haus né sporð á einhverju (know nothing about something)

  Veistu hverskonar maður hann er?- Nei, ég veit ekki haus né sporð á honum.

Etymology 2

Noun

vita

1. inflection of viti:
   1. indefinite accusative
   2. indefinite dative singular
   3. indefinite genitive

Interlingua

Noun

vita (plural vitas)

1. life

Related terms

• vital

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vīta, from Proto-Italic *gʷītā, possibly a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂, from the root *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ta/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ita
• Hyphenation: vì‧ta

Noun

vita f (plural vite)

1. life
   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno‎^[2], lines 1–3; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata‎^[3], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
     mi ritrovai per una selva oscura,
     ché la diritta via era smarrita.

     Halfway through the journey of our life, I found myself inside a dark forest, for the straightforward path was lost.

2. waist

Related terms

• a vita
• carovita
• ciclo di vita
• girovita
• in vita
• salvavita
• vitale
• vitalità
• vivere
• vivo

 

Anagrams

• vati

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin vīta.

Noun

vita f (plural vites)

1. life

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *gʷītā. Possibly corresponds to a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ (compare Ancient Greek βίοτος (bíotos, “life”), Old Irish bethu, bethad, Irish beatha, Welsh bywyd, Old Church Slavonic животъ (životŭ, “life”), Lithuanian gyvatà (“life”), Sanskrit जीवित (jīvitá), Avestan gayo (accusative ǰyātum) "life")), ultimately from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯iː.ta/, [ˈu̯iːt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ta/, [ˈviːt̪ä]

Noun

vīta f (genitive vītae); first declension

1. life

   Synonym: lūx

2. (by extension) living, support, subsistence
3. a way of life
4. real life, not fiction
5. (figuratively) mankind, the living

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vīta	vītae
Genitive	vītae	vītārum
Dative	vītae	vītīs
Accusative	vītam	vītās
Ablative	vītā	vītīs
Vocative	vīta	vītae

Derived terms

• auctor vītae
• vītālia
• vītālis
• vītālitās
• vītāliter
• Vitumnus

 

Related terms

• vītābilis
• vītātiō
• vīvārium
• vīvāx
• vīvidus
• vīvō
• vīvus

 

Descendants

Descendants

• Balkan-Romance:
  • Megleno-Romanian: vítă
  • Romanian: vită
• Dalmato-Romance:
  • Dalmatian: vaita
  • Istriot: veîta
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: vita
  • Italian: vita
    • → Emilian: vétta
    • → Friulian: vite
    • → Lombard: vita
    • → Ladin: vita
    • → Piedmontese: vita
    • → Romagnol: vita
    • → Romansch: vita
    • → Sabir: vita
    • → Venetan: vita
  • Neapolitan: vita, bita
  • Sicilian: vita
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: vida
• North-Italian:
  • Piedmontese: via, visa
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Navarro-Aragonese: vida
    • Aragonese: vida, vita
  • Catalan: vida
  • Gascon: vita, vida, via
  • Franco-Provençal: via
  • Old French: vie
    • Middle French: vie
      • French: vie
        • Antillean Creole: vi
        • Guianese Creole: lavi
        • Haitian Creole: lavi
        • Louisiana Creole: vi
        • Seychellois Creole: lavi
      • Norman: vie (Guernésiais)
    • Walloon: veye, vèie
  • Occitan: vida
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Old Leonese: vida
    • Asturian: vida, vía
    • Extremaduran: vía
    • Leonese: vida
    • Mirandese: bida
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: vida
    • Fala: vía
    • Galician: vida
    • Portuguese: vida
      • → Shona: vida, bida, vira, vita
  • Old Spanish: vida
    • Ladino: vida
    • Spanish: vida
      • Palenquero: bila
      • Papiamentu: bida
• Borrowing:
  • → Interlingua: vita

Verb

vītā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of vītō

References

• “vita”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vita”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “vita”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vita in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin vita.

Noun

vita f (plural vite)

1. life
   • 1274, Bonvesin de la Riva, Libro de Tre Scrigiure:

     Dra nassion da l’omo, dra vita e dra morte,

     From the tribe of the people, from the life and of the death,

Malagasy

Adjective

vita

1. finished, complete, completed
2. (figuratively) dead

Verb

vita

1. To finish, complete, do, accomplish.

Related terms

	Focus (Voice)
Agent (Active)	man-form: mamita
	mi-form: --
	om-form: --
Patient (Passive)	vitaina
	alternate: --
	a-form: --
	voa-form: --
	tafa-form: --
Goal (Relative)	an-form: amitana
	i-form: --

See also

• mahavita

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vīta. Compare Italian vita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvitə/

Noun

vita f (plural vite)

1. life

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see”).

Alternative forms

• vete, vite (e infinitives)
• veta (a infinitive)
• væta, vætæ, vata, våtå, vytå, vøtå, voto, veita, vessta (dialectal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɪ(ː)ta/
• Hyphenation: vì‧ta

Verb

vita (present tense veit, past tense visste, past participle visst, passive infinitive vitast, present participle vitande, imperative vit)

1. To know.

   Veit du kva dette er?

   Do you know what this is?

Derived terms

• allvitande

Etymology 2

From Latin vita (“life”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹ʋiːtɑ/

Noun

vita n (definite singular vitaet, indefinite plural vita, definite plural vitaa)

1. biography

   Synonym: biografi

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹ʋiːtɑ/

Noun

vita n

1. definite plural of vit

References

• “vita” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *witaną (“to know”), from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde (“to have seen, know”), originally a perfect form of *weyd- (“to see”).

Cognate with Old English witan, Old Frisian wita, Old Saxon witan, Old Dutch witan, Old High German wizzan, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (witan).

Verb

vita (singular past indicative vissi, plural past indicative vissu, past participle vitaðr)

1. to know

Conjugation

Conjugation of vita (preterite-present)

infinitive	vita
present participle	vitandi
past participle	vitaðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	veit	vissa
2nd-person singular	veizt	vissir
3rd-person singular	veit	vissi
1st-person plural	vitum	vissum
2nd-person plural	vituð	vissuð
3rd-person plural	vitu	vissu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	vita	vissa
2nd-person singular	vitir	vissir
3rd-person singular	viti	vissi
1st-person plural	vitim	vissim
2nd-person plural	vitið	vissið
3rd-person plural	viti	vissi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	vit
1st-person plural	vitum
2nd-person plural	vituð

Descendants

• Icelandic: vita
• Faroese: vita
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vita, veta (dialectal) væta, vætæ, vata, våtå, vytå, vøtå, voto, veita, vessta
• Elfdalian: witå
• Old Swedish: vita, ᚠᛁᛏᛆ (Runic)
  • Swedish: veta
• Old Danish: witæ
  • Danish: vide
    • Norwegian Bokmål: vite
  • Scanian: veda
• Gutnish: vite

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• ᚠᛁᛏᛆ (Runic)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vita, from Proto-Germanic *witaną.

Verb

vita

1. To know.

Conjugation

Conjugation of vita (preterite-present)

	present			past
infinitive	vita			—
participle	vitandi			vist, vitit, vitat (ntr.)
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	vēt	viti	—	vissi	vissi
þū	vēst	viti	vit	vissi	vissi
han	vēt	viti	—	vissi	vissi
vīr	vitum	vitum	vitum	vissum	vissum
īr	vitin	vitin	vitin	vissin	vissin
þēr	vitu	vitin	—	vissu	vissin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	—	—	—	—	—
þū	—	—	—	—	—
han	—	—	—	—	—
vīr	—	—	—	—	—
īr	—	—	—	—	—
þēr	—	—	—	—	—

Descendants

• Swedish: veta

Etymology 2

From Old Norse víta, from Proto-Germanic *wītaną.

Verb

vīta

1. To prove.
2. To accuse.

Conjugation

Conjugation of vīta (weak)

	present			past
infinitive	vīta			—
participle	vītandi, vītande			vītter
active voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	vītir	vīti, vīte	—	vītti, vītte	vītti, vītte
þū	vītir	vīti, vīte	vīt	vītti, vītte	vītti, vītte
han	vītir	vīti, vīte	—	vītti, vītte	vītti, vītte
vīr	vītum, vītom	vītum, vītom	vītum, vītom	vīttum, vīttom	vīttum, vīttom
īr	vītin	vītin	vītin	vīttin	vīttin
þēr	vīta	vītin	—	vīttu, vītto	vīttin
mediopassive voice	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
iæk	vītis	vītis, vītes	—	vīttis, vīttes	vīttis, vīttes
þū	vītis	vītis, vītes	—	vīttis, vīttes	vīttis, vīttes
han	vītis	vītis, vītes	—	vīttis, vīttes	vīttis, vīttes
vīr	vītums, vītoms	vītums, vītoms	—	vīttums, vīttoms	vīttums, vīttoms
īr	vītins	vītins	—	vīttins	vīttins
þēr	vītas	vītins	—	vīttus, vīttos	vīttins

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin vīta, from Proto-Italic *gʷītā, possibly a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo-teh₂, from the root *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).

Noun

vita f (plural vite)

1. life

Romansch

Etymology 1

From Latin vīta.

Noun

vita f (plural vitas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) life

Alternative forms

• veta (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology 2

Related to Etymology 1 above, similar to Italian vita.

Noun

vita f (plural vitas)

1. (anatomy, Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) waist

Alternative forms

• veta (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

Synonyms

• taglia (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter)

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

vita (Cyrillic spelling вита)

1. inflection of viti:
   1. feminine singular passive past participle
   2. neuter plural passive past participle

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

vita

1. plural of kita: war

Derived terms

• vita baridi (“cold war”)
• vita vya msituni (“guerrilla war”)
• vita vya wenyewe kwa wenyewe (“civil war”)
• Vita Kuu ya Kwanza ya Dunia (“World War I”)
• Vita Kuu ya Pili ya Dunia (“World War II”)

Swedish

Adjective

vita

1. inflection of vit:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Tsonga

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́dia, causative form of Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́da.

Verb

vita

1. To call.