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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] North Frisian slitten (“to clear, make void”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch slijten (“to wear, waste, ravel out”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German schleißen (“to trim”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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)

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

Noun

slite (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

Irish

Alternative forms

slighte (obsolete)

Noun

slite

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

Mutation

Template:ga mut cons

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)

to wear (ut / out)

Derived terms

utslitt

References

“slite” in The Bokmål Dictionary.