eita

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse heita, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną. Compare with English hight.

Verb

eita (third person singular past indicative æt, third person plural past indicative itu, supine itið)
eita (third person singular past indicative hæt, third person plural past indicative hitu, supine hitið) (Suðuroy)

to be called
to be said
to mean

Conjugation

Conjugation of eita (irregular)
infinitive	eita
supine	(h)itið
participle	eitandi	(h)itin
	present	past
first singular	eiti	(h)æt
second singular	eitur	(h)æt/(h)ætst
third singular	eitur	(h)æt
plural	eita	(h)itu
	imperative
singular	eit!
plural	eitið!

Derived terms

name

hvussu eitur tú? - what's your name?
eg eiti Jógvan - my name is Jógvan (John)

it's said ... (medio-passive)

hann skal eitast at ... - it's said about him, that ...
okkara tíð eitist at vísa stóran framburð - it's said about our time, to show great progress

mean

ikki tað, sum eitur - purely nothing (nothing, that means something)
tað eitur einki, sum hon etur - it means nothing, what she eats (she eats almost nothing)
tað eitur fyri tað, at ... - this means, that ...

References

Jóhan Hendrik W. Poulsen, et al.: Føroysk orðabók. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag 1998. (examples taken from the entry eita)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈej.tɐ/ [ˈeɪ̯.tɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈej.ta/ [ˈeɪ̯.ta]

Interjection

eita

(Brazil) Alternative form of eta

Derived terms