ital

See also: Ital

English

Etymology

From vital, by replacement of initial syllable by i-

Noun

ital (plural itals)

  1. (Jamaica, Iyaric) Vegetarian food, as developed and eaten by Rastafarians.
    • 2009 November 11, Baz Dreisingere, “Kingston: Trading Beach Chairs for Bar Stools”, in The New York Times‎:
      On the other side of the spectrum are the many ital restaurants that adhere to the Rastafarian dietary laws (no meat, fish or salt).
    • 2016, Gabriel J. Christian, Aboard the Commandante Pineres: Dominica, The 11th World Festival of Youth & Students, Cuba July 1978, & the Caribbean Struggle for National Liberation:
      The minister declined the offer of a parley and "itals"―the term for vegetarian dishes that the Dreads favored.

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Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

iszik +‎ -tal

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈitɒl]
  • Hyphenation: ital

Noun

ital (plural italok)

  1. drink

Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative ital italok
accusative italt italokat
dative italnak italoknak
instrumental itallal italokkal
causal-final italért italokért
translative itallá italokká
terminative italig italokig
essive-formal italként italokként
essive-modal — —
inessive italban italokban
superessive italon italokon
adessive italnál italoknál
illative italba italokba
sublative italra italokra
allative italhoz italokhoz
elative italból italokból
delative italról italokról
ablative italtól italoktól
Possessive forms of ital
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. italom italaim
2nd person sing. italod italaid
3rd person sing. itala italai
1st person plural italunk italaink
2nd person plural italotok italaitok
3rd person plural italuk italaik

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Derived terms

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *īdal-. Akin to Old English īdel.

Adjective

ītal

  1. empty
  2. useless
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