nit
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɪt/
- Rhymes: -ɪt
- Homophone: knit
Etymology 1
From Middle English nite, from Old English hnitu, from Proto-Germanic *hnits (compare Dutch neet, German Nisse, Norwegian nit), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱ(o)nid- (compare Scottish Gaelic sneadh, Lithuanian glìnda, Polish gnida, Albanian thëri, Ancient Greek κονίς (konís))
Noun
nit (plural nits)
Synonyms
- dickies (Geordie)
Derived terms
Verb
nit (third-person singular simple present nits, present participle nitting, simple past and past participle nitted)
- (MLE) To have the modus vivendi of a drug addict, to live the life of a nitty.
- 2018, HL8 and SimpzBeatz (music), “Rolling Round”, performed by Sparko of OMH:
- Can’t miss no dots
Every shot let caused I’m hittin
Used to bag it up in the toilet
My mumsie thought I was shittin
Ever seen a junky fittin?
Ever stepped in a room full of needles?
No I ain’t doin no nittin
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Translations
egg of a louse
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young louse
Noun
nit (plural nits)
- A candela per square meter.
- This brightness of this LCD screen is between 900 and 1000 nits.
Etymology 3
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Catalan nuit, from Old Occitan (compare Occitan nuèit), from Latin noctem, accusative of nox (compare French nuit, Portuguese noite, Spanish noche, Italian notte), from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (compare English night).
Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *nitь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɲɪt/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɪt
Derived terms
- nitka f
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse gnit, from Proto-Germanic *hnits.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɲit/
Declension
Swedish
Noun
nit c
Declension
Declension of nit | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | nit | niten | nitar | nitarna |
Genitive | nits | nitens | nitars | nitarnas |
Synonyms
- (braking): tvärnit
- (lottery ticket): nitlott
Volapük
Zipser German
Alternative forms
- nëch (Slovakia)
References
- Claus Stephani, Zipser Mära und Kasska (1989)
- Anton-Joseph Ilk, Zipser Volksgut aus dem Wassertal (1990)
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