slite

See also: slité

English

Alternative forms

• sleight, slight
• slyte (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English sliten, from Old English slītan (“to slit, tear, rend, shiver, split, rend to pieces, cleave, divide”), from Proto-West Germanic *slītan, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to tear”), from Proto-Indo-European *skleyd-, *(s)kelH- (“to cut, trim”).

Cognate with North Frisian slitten (“to clear, make void”), Dutch slijten (“to wear, waste, ravel out”), German schleißen (“to trim”), Swedish slita (“to rip, tear”). Doublet of slit. More at slice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slaɪt/
• Rhymes: -aɪt

Verb

slite (third-person singular simple present slites, present participle sliting, simple past slit or slited, past participle slit or slited or slitten)

1. (transitive, dialectal) To slit; tear or rip up.
2. (transitive, dialectal) To wear away (clothes).

Noun

slite (uncountable)

1. (dialectal) The act or process of ripping up; rending; wear and tear.

Anagrams

• IELTS, Leist, Steil, e-list, islet, istle, liest, lites, stile, teils, tiles

Irish

Alternative forms

• slighte (obsolete)

Noun

slite f

1. plural of slí

Mutation

Mutated forms of slite

radical	lenition	eclipsis
slite	shlite after an, tslite	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “slite”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “slite”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “slite”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• slütj (Föhr-Amrum)
• slüt (Sylt)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sleutaną.

Pronunciation

• (Mooring) IPA^(key): [ˈslɪtʰə]

Verb

slite

1. (Mooring) to close, shut

Conjugation

Conjugation of slite (Mooring dialect)

infinitive I	slite
infinitive II	(tu) sliten
infinitive III	än slit
past participle	slin
imperative	slit
	present	past
1st-person singular	slit	slüütj
2nd-person singular	slütst	slüütjst
3rd-person singular	slüt	slüütj
plural	slite	slüütjen
	perfect	pluperfect
1st-person singular	hääw slin	häi slin
2nd-person singular	hääst slin	häist slin
3rd-person singular	heet slin	häi slin
plural	hääwe slin	häin slin
	future (schale)	future (wårde)
1st-person singular	schal slite	wård slite
2nd-person singular	schäät slite	wårst slite
3rd-person singular	schal slite	wårt slite
plural	schan slite	wårde slite

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse slíta.

Verb

slite (imperative slit, present tense sliter, passive slites, simple past slet or sleit, past participle slitt, present participle slitende)

1. to pull hard, to tear

   Synonyms: rive, rykke, røske

   slite seg løs ― to break loose, tear oneself free

2. (transitive) to tear, tear apart, rip up

   Synonyms: rive (av), avslite

   slite av noen klærene ― to tear somebody's clothes off

3. to wear out, use up

   Synonyms: oppslite, gjøre medtatt, gjøre slitt

   slite på noe ― to wear on something, to wear through something

   slite ut noe ― to wear something out

   slite opp noe ― to use something up, to wear something out

4. to work hard, toil, exert oneself

   Synonyms: streve, anstrenge seg, arbeide hardt

   slite seg ut ― to overexert oneself, to wear oneself out

5. to struggle, have difficulties

   slite med en oppgav ― to struggle with a task

6. to struggle, move towards some goal, to strive

   slite seg gjennom / mot et mål ― to strive towards a goal

   slite sammen ― to accumulate through much effort, to toil towards

Derived terms

• avslite
• forslite seg
• nedslitt
• oppslite
• slite av
• slite med
• slite opp
• slite på
• slite sammen
• slite seg gjennom
• slite seg løs
• slite seg mot
• slite seg ut
• slite ut
• slitesterk
• sønderslite
• utslitt

References

• “slite” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “slite” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

slite (present tense slit, past tense sleit, supine slite, past participle sliten, present participle slitande, imperative slit)

1. alternative form of slita

Derived terms

• slitesterk

Adjective

slite

1. neuter singular of sliten

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsliː.te/
• IPA^(key): /ˈsli.te/

Verb

slīte

1. inflection of slītan:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. singular present subjunctive

Verb

slite

1. inflection of slītan:
   1. second-person singular preterite indicative
   2. singular preterite subjunctive