slite

English

Alternative forms

• sleight, slight
• slyte (Scotland)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English 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 North Frisian slitten (“to clear, make void”), Dutch slijten (“to wear, waste, ravel out”), German schleißen (“to trim”), Swedish slita (“to rip, tear”).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /slaɪt/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -aɪt

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

Noun

slite (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

• IELTS
• islet
• liest
• stile
• tiles

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Irish

Alternative forms

• slighte (obsolete)

Noun

slite

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse slíta

Verb

slite (imperative slit, present tense sliter, passive slites, simple past slet or sleit, past participle slitt, present participle slitende)

1. to wear (ut / out)

Derived terms

• utslitt

References

• “slite” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

slite (present tense slit, past tense sleit, past participle slite, present participle slitande, imperative slit)

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative form of slita