vít

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vit"

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech víti, from Proto-Slavic *vī́tī, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-. Cognate with Polish wić, Russian вить (vitʹ), Serbo-Croatian vȉti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈviːt]
• Homophone: výt

Verb

vít impf

1. (transitive) to twine, to wind, to weave, to plait

   Synonym: plést

2. (reflexive with se) to wrap

   Synonym: ovinovat

   vlasy se vijí kolem hlavy. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

Conjugation of vít

infinitive vít, víti active adjective vijící verbal noun — passive adjective — present forms indicative imperative singular plural singular plural 1st person viji, viju vijeme — vijme 2nd person viješ vijete vij vijte 3rd person vije vijí, vijou — — The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive vít. participles past participles passive participles singular plural singular plural masculine animate vil vili vit viti masculine inanimate vily vity feminine vila vita neuter vilo vila vito vita transgressives present past masculine singular vije — feminine + neuter singular vijíc — plural vijíce —

Derived terms

• navíjet
• navít
• ovíjet
• ovít
• povít
• rozvíjet
• rozvít
• svíjet
• uvít
• vyvíjet
• zavíjet
• zavít

Related terms

• naviják
• rozvoj
• rozvojový
• svitek
• vývoj
• vývojový
• závit
• závitek
• závoj

Further reading

• “víti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “víti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “vít”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vit̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vit̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [vɨt̚˦˥] ~ [jɨt̚˦˥]

Etymology 1

From French vis f.

Noun

(classifier con) vít

1. screw

See also

• đinh vít
• ốc vít

Etymology 2

Verb

vít

1. to pull down, to wrest down

Derived terms

• vấn vít

References

• Hồ Ngọc Đức, editor (2003), “vít”, in Việt–Việt‎ (DICT), Leipzig: Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details), archived from the original on 12 November 2024