skíta

See also: skita

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse skíta, from Proto-Germanic *skītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd-, *sḱeyd- (“to cut off”).

Verb

skíta (third person singular past indicative skeit, third person plural past indicative skitu, supine skitið)

1. to shit

Conjugation

Conjugation of skíta (group v-35)

infinitive	skíta
supine	skitið
	present	past
first singular	skíti	skeit
second singular	skítur	skeitst
third singular	skítur	skeit
plural	skíta	skitu
participle (a26)1	skítandi	skitin
	imperative
singular	skít!
plural	skítið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Related terms

• skítur

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse skíta, from Proto-Germanic *skītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd-, *sḱeyd- (“to cut off”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsciːta/
• Rhymes: -iːta

Verb

skíta (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative skeit, third-person plural past indicative skitu, supine skitið)

1. (vulgar) to shit

Conjugation

skíta – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að skíta
supine sagnbót		skitið
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		skítandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	skít	skeit		skíti	skiti
	þú	skítur	skeist		skítir	skitir
	hann, hún, það	skítur	skeit		skíti	skiti
plural	við	skítum	skitum		skítum	skitum
	þið	skítið	skituð		skítið	skituð
	þeir, þær, þau	skíta	skitu		skíti	skitu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	skít (þú), skíttu
plural	þið	skítið (þið), skítiði1

skítast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að skítast
supine sagnbót		skitist
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		skítandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	skíst	skeist		skítist	skitist
	þú	skíst	skeist		skítist	skitist
	hann, hún, það	skíst	skeist		skítist	skitist
plural	við	skítumst	skitumst		skítumst	skitumst
	þið	skítist	skitust		skítist	skitust
	þeir, þær, þau	skítast	skitust		skítist	skitust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	skíst (þú), skístu
plural	þið	skítist (þið), skítisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

skitinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	skitinn	skitin	skitið	skitnir	skitnar	skitin
accusative (þolfall)	skitinn	skitna	skitið	skitna	skitnar	skitin
dative (þágufall)	skitnum	skitinni	skitnu	skitnum	skitnum	skitnum
genitive (eignarfall)	skitins	skitinnar	skitins	skitinna	skitinna	skitinna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	skitni	skitna	skitna	skitnu	skitnu	skitnu
accusative (þolfall)	skitna	skitnu	skitna	skitnu	skitnu	skitnu
dative (þágufall)	skitna	skitnu	skitna	skitnu	skitnu	skitnu
genitive (eignarfall)	skitna	skitnu	skitna	skitnu	skitnu	skitnu

Derived terms

• skíta út (“to make something dirty”)
• skíta upp á bak (“to do horribly”)
• skíta á sig (“to shit one's pants; to make a mistake”)

Related terms

• skítur

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Anagrams

• tíska

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd-, *sḱeyd- (“to cut off”). Compare Old Saxon skītan, Old English sċītan, Old Frisian skīta, Old High German skīzan.

Verb

skíta

1. to shit

Conjugation

Conjugation of skíta — active (strong class 1)

infinitive	skíta
present participle	skítandi
past participle	skitinn
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	skít	skeit		skíta	skita
2nd person singular	skítr	skeizt		skítir	skitir
3rd person singular	skítr	skeit		skíti	skiti
1st person plural	skítum	skitum		skítim	skitim
2nd person plural	skítið	skituð		skítið	skitið
3rd person plural	skíta	skitu		skíti	skiti
imperative	present
2nd person singular	skít
1st person plural	skítum
2nd person plural	skítið

Conjugation of skíta — mediopassive (strong class 1)

infinitive	skítask
present participle	skítandisk
past participle	skitizk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	skítumk	skitumk		skítumk	skitumk
2nd person singular	skízk	skeizk		skítisk	skitisk
3rd person singular	skízk	skeizk		skítisk	skitisk
1st person plural	skítumsk	skitumsk		skítimsk	skitimsk
2nd person plural	skítizk	skituzk		skítizk	skitizk
3rd person plural	skítask	skitusk		skítisk	skitisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	skízk
1st person plural	skítumsk
2nd person plural	skítizk

Related terms

• skítr

Descendants

• Icelandic: skíta
• Faroese: skíta
• Norwegian Bokmål: skite
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skita, skite
• Old Swedish: skīta
  • Swedish: skita
• Danish: skide
• → Middle English: skiten, skyten
  • Scots: skite

Further reading

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)