"lita" meaning in Swedish

See lita in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /liːta/ Audio: Sv-lita.ogg
Etymology: From Old Norse hlíta, from a fusion of Proto-Germanic *wlītaną (“to see”) and a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”). Etymology templates: {{der|sv|non|hlíta}} Old Norse hlíta, {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*wlītaną||to see}} Proto-Germanic *wlītaną (“to see”), {{der|sv|ine-pro|*ḱley-|t=to lean}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”) Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|litar|preterite|litade|supine|litat|imperative|lita|head=}} lita (present litar, preterite litade, supine litat, imperative lita), {{sv-verb-reg}} lita (present litar, preterite litade, supine litat, imperative lita) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk}} Forms: litar [present], litade [preterite], litat [supine], lita [imperative], no-table-tags [table-tags], lita [active, infinitive], litas [infinitive, passive], litat [active, supine], litats [passive, supine], lita [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], liten [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form], - [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive], litar [active, indicative, present], litade [active, indicative, past], litas [indicative, passive, present], litades [indicative, passive, past], lita [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present], litade [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past], litas [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present], litades [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past], lite [active, dated, present, subjunctive], litade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], lites [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], litades [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], litande [active, participle, past, present], litad [active, participle, past]
  1. (with på (“on”)) to trust (have confidence in)
    Sense id: en-lita-sv-verb-aBK6sUfa
  2. (with till (“to”)) to rely on (trust in, in that sense)
    Sense id: en-lita-sv-verb-~qJQFCHU Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: förlita, lit

Inflected forms

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              14
            ]
          ],
          "english": "dare to rely on the ability of staff as a supervisor",
          "text": "våga lita till personalens förmåga som arbetsledare",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to rely on (trust in, in that sense)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "till",
          "till#Swedish"
        ],
        [
          "rely on",
          "rely on"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with till (“to”)) to rely on (trust in, in that sense)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with till (“to”)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/liːta/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sv-lita.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/ea/Sv-lita.ogg/Sv-lita.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Sv-lita.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lita"
}

Download raw JSONL data for lita meaning in Swedish (6.1kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'imper. plural'",
  "path": [
    "lita"
  ],
  "section": "Swedish",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "lita",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'ind. plural'",
  "path": [
    "lita"
  ],
  "section": "Swedish",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "lita",
  "trace": ""
}

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