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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{etyl|enm|en}} {{term|sliten|lang=enm}}, from {{etyl|ang|en}} {{m|ang|slītan||to slit, tear, rend, shiver, split, rend to pieces, cleave, divide}}, from {{etyl|gem-pro|en}} {{m|gem-pro|*slītaną||to tear}}, from {{etyl|ine-pro|en}} {{m|ine-pro|*skleid-}}, {{m|ine-pro|*(s)kel-||to cut, trim}}. Cognate with {{etyl|frr|-}} {{term|slitten||to clear, make void|lang=frr}}, {{etyl|nl|-}} {{term|slijten||to wear, waste, ravel out|lang=nl}}, {{etyl|de|-}} {{term|schleißen||to trim|lang=de}}, {{etyl|sv|-}} {{term|slita||to rip, tear|lang=sv}}.
From {{etyl|enm|en}} {{term|sliten|lang=enm}}, from {{etyl|ang|en}} {{m|ang|slītan||to slit, tear, rend, shiver, split, rend to pieces, cleave, divide}}, from {{etyl|gem-pro|en}} {{m|gem-pro|*slītaną||to tear}}, from {{etyl|ine-pro|en}} {{m|ine-pro|*skleyd-}}, {{m|ine-pro|*(s)kelH-||to cut, trim}}. Cognate with {{etyl|frr|-}} {{term|slitten||to clear, make void|lang=frr}}, {{etyl|nl|-}} {{term|slijten||to wear, waste, ravel out|lang=nl}}, {{etyl|de|-}} {{term|schleißen||to trim|lang=de}}, {{etyl|sv|-}} {{term|slita||to rip, tear|lang=sv}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===

Revision as of 14:14, 5 August 2015

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) sliten, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English slītan (to slit, tear, rend, shiver, split, rend to pieces, cleave, divide), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *slītaną (to tear), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *skleyd-, *(s)kelH- (to cut, trim). Cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] North Frisian (deprecated template usage) slitten, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch (deprecated template usage) slijten, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German (deprecated template usage) schleißen, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Swedish (deprecated template usage) slita.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

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

Noun

slite (uncountable)

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

Anagrams


Irish

Alternative forms

Noun

slite

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) plural of slí

Mutation

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