"eita" meaning in Faroese

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Verb

Etymology: From Old Norse heita, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną. Compare with English hight. Etymology templates: {{der|fo|non|heita}} Old Norse heita, {{der|fo|gem-pro|*haitaną}} Proto-Germanic *haitaną, {{cog|en|hight}} English hight Head templates: {{head|fo|verb|||||third person singular past indicative|æt|third person plural past indicative|itu|supine|itið|f3request=1|f4request=1|f5request=1|head=}} eita (third person singular past indicative æt, third person plural past indicative itu, supine itið), {{fo-verb|æt|itu|itið}} eita (third person singular past indicative æt, third person plural past indicative itu, supine itið), {{head|fo|verb|||||third person singular past indicative|hæt|third person plural past indicative|hitu|supine|hitið|f3request=1|f4request=1|f5request=1|head=}} eita (third person singular past indicative hæt, third person plural past indicative hitu, supine hitið), {{fo-verb|hæt|hitu|hitið}} eita (third person singular past indicative hæt, third person plural past indicative hitu, supine hitið) Inflection templates: {{fo-conj-eita}}, {{fo-conj|group=|imp.p=eitið|imp.s=eit|inf=eita|p.1s=eiti|p.2s=eitur|p.3s=eitur|p.p=eita|pp=(h)itin|pp.decl=|prp=eitandi|ps.1s=(h)æt|ps.2s=(h)æt/(h)ætst|ps.3s=(h)æt|ps.p=(h)itu|sup=(h)itið}} Forms: æt [indicative, past, singular, third-person], itu [indicative, past, plural, third-person], itið [supine], hæt [indicative, past, singular, third-person], hitu [indicative, past, plural, third-person], hitið [supine], irregular [table-tags], eita [infinitive], itið [supine], hitið [supine], eitandi [participle], itin [participle], hitin [participle], eiti [first-person, present, singular], æt [first-person, past, singular], hæt [first-person, past, singular], eitur [present, second-person, singular], æt [past, second-person, singular], hæt [past, second-person, singular], ætst [past, second-person, singular], hætst [past, second-person, singular], eitur [present, singular, third-person], æt [past, singular, third-person], hæt [past, singular, third-person], eita [plural, present], itu [past, plural], hitu [past, plural], eit! [imperative, present, singular], eitið! [imperative, plural, present]
  1. to be called Tags: Suðuroy
    Sense id: en-eita-fo-verb-UG~Hts2y Categories (other): Faroese entries with incorrect language header, Faroese links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Faroese entries with incorrect language header: 94 3 3 Disambiguation of Faroese links with redundant wikilinks: 92 5 4
  2. to be said Tags: Suðuroy
    Sense id: en-eita-fo-verb-UzOqHcnI
  3. to mean Tags: Suðuroy
    Sense id: en-eita-fo-verb-x3ofxXcJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hvussu eitur tú? (english: what's your name?), eg eiti Jógvan - my name is Jógvan (english: John), hann skal eitast at ... (english: it's said about him), that ..., okkara tíð eitist at vísa stóran framburð (english: it's said about our time), to show great progress, ikki tað, sum eitur (english: purely nothing), tað eitur einki, sum hon etur (english: it means nothing), what she eats (english: she eats almost nothing), tað eitur fyri tað, at ... (english: this means)

Inflected forms

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "what's your name?",
      "word": "hvussu eitur tú?"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "John",
      "word": "eg eiti Jógvan - my name is Jógvan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "it's said about him",
      "word": "hann skal eitast at ..."
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "that ..."
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "it's said about our time",
      "word": "okkara tíð eitist at vísa stóran framburð"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "to show great progress"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ikki tað"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "purely nothing",
      "word": "sum eitur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tað eitur einki"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "it means nothing",
      "word": "sum hon etur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "she eats almost nothing",
      "word": "what she eats"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tað eitur fyri tað"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "this means",
      "word": "at ..."
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "heita"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse heita",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*haitaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *haitaną",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hight"
      },
      "expansion": "English hight",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse heita, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną. Compare with English hight.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "æt",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "itu",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "itið",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæt",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hitu",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hitið",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "irregular",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fo-conj-eita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "itið",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hitið",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eitandi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "itin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hitin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "æt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eitur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "æt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ætst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hætst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eitur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "æt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "itu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hitu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eit!",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eitið!",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "10": "itu",
        "11": "supine",
        "12": "itið",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "third person singular past indicative",
        "8": "æt",
        "9": "third person plural past indicative",
        "f3request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "f5request": "1",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "eita (third person singular past indicative æt, third person plural past indicative itu, supine itið)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "æt",
        "2": "itu",
        "3": "itið"
      },
      "expansion": "eita (third person singular past indicative æt, third person plural past indicative itu, supine itið)",
      "name": "fo-verb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "10": "hitu",
        "11": "supine",
        "12": "hitið",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "third person singular past indicative",
        "8": "hæt",
        "9": "third person plural past indicative",
        "f3request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "f5request": "1",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "eita (third person singular past indicative hæt, third person plural past indicative hitu, supine hitið)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hæt",
        "2": "hitu",
        "3": "hitið"
      },
      "expansion": "eita (third person singular past indicative hæt, third person plural past indicative hitu, supine hitið)",
      "name": "fo-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "fo-conj-eita"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "group": "",
        "imp.p": "eitið",
        "imp.s": "eit",
        "inf": "eita",
        "p.1s": "eiti",
        "p.2s": "eitur",
        "p.3s": "eitur",
        "p.p": "eita",
        "pp": "(h)itin",
        "pp.decl": "",
        "prp": "eitandi",
        "ps.1s": "(h)æt",
        "ps.2s": "(h)æt/(h)ætst",
        "ps.3s": "(h)æt",
        "ps.p": "(h)itu",
        "sup": "(h)itið"
      },
      "name": "fo-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "94 3 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Faroese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 5 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Faroese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be called"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "id": "en-eita-fo-verb-UG~Hts2y",
      "links": [
        [
          "called",
          "called"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Suðuroy"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be said"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "id": "en-eita-fo-verb-UzOqHcnI",
      "links": [
        [
          "said",
          "said"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Suðuroy"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to mean"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "id": "en-eita-fo-verb-x3ofxXcJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "mean",
          "mean"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Suðuroy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "eita"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Faroese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Faroese lemmas",
    "Faroese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Faroese terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Faroese verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "what's your name?",
      "word": "hvussu eitur tú?"
    },
    {
      "english": "John",
      "word": "eg eiti Jógvan - my name is Jógvan"
    },
    {
      "english": "it's said about him",
      "word": "hann skal eitast at ..."
    },
    {
      "word": "that ..."
    },
    {
      "english": "it's said about our time",
      "word": "okkara tíð eitist at vísa stóran framburð"
    },
    {
      "word": "to show great progress"
    },
    {
      "word": "ikki tað"
    },
    {
      "english": "purely nothing",
      "word": "sum eitur"
    },
    {
      "word": "tað eitur einki"
    },
    {
      "english": "it means nothing",
      "word": "sum hon etur"
    },
    {
      "english": "she eats almost nothing",
      "word": "what she eats"
    },
    {
      "word": "tað eitur fyri tað"
    },
    {
      "english": "this means",
      "word": "at ..."
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "heita"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse heita",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*haitaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *haitaną",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hight"
      },
      "expansion": "English hight",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse heita, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną. Compare with English hight.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "æt",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "itu",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "itið",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæt",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hitu",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hitið",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "irregular",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fo-conj-eita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "itið",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hitið",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eitandi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "itin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hitin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eiti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "æt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eitur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "æt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ætst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hætst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eitur",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "æt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hæt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "itu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hitu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eit!",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eitið!",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "10": "itu",
        "11": "supine",
        "12": "itið",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "third person singular past indicative",
        "8": "æt",
        "9": "third person plural past indicative",
        "f3request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "f5request": "1",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "eita (third person singular past indicative æt, third person plural past indicative itu, supine itið)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "æt",
        "2": "itu",
        "3": "itið"
      },
      "expansion": "eita (third person singular past indicative æt, third person plural past indicative itu, supine itið)",
      "name": "fo-verb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "10": "hitu",
        "11": "supine",
        "12": "hitið",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "third person singular past indicative",
        "8": "hæt",
        "9": "third person plural past indicative",
        "f3request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "f5request": "1",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "eita (third person singular past indicative hæt, third person plural past indicative hitu, supine hitið)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hæt",
        "2": "hitu",
        "3": "hitið"
      },
      "expansion": "eita (third person singular past indicative hæt, third person plural past indicative hitu, supine hitið)",
      "name": "fo-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "fo-conj-eita"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "group": "",
        "imp.p": "eitið",
        "imp.s": "eit",
        "inf": "eita",
        "p.1s": "eiti",
        "p.2s": "eitur",
        "p.3s": "eitur",
        "p.p": "eita",
        "pp": "(h)itin",
        "pp.decl": "",
        "prp": "eitandi",
        "ps.1s": "(h)æt",
        "ps.2s": "(h)æt/(h)ætst",
        "ps.3s": "(h)æt",
        "ps.p": "(h)itu",
        "sup": "(h)itið"
      },
      "name": "fo-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be called"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "links": [
        [
          "called",
          "called"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Suðuroy"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be said"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "links": [
        [
          "said",
          "said"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Suðuroy"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to mean"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "links": [
        [
          "mean",
          "mean"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Suðuroy"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "eita"
}

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