rita

rita (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of rta (“Vedic principle”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːta/
• Rhymes: -iːta
• Homophones: ryta, ritað

From Old Norse rytr.

rita f (genitive singular ritu, plural ritur)

1. kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)

• ryta

From Old Norse ríta, rita, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną (“to carve, write”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey- (“to rip, tear”).

rita (third person singular past indicative ritaði, third person plural past indicative ritað, supine ritað)

1. to write, to inscribe

• skriva

From Proto-Finnic *rita, possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *rita.

• IPA^(key): /ˈritɑ/, [ˈrit̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -itɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ri‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): ri‧ta

rita

1. (hunting) A box trap with three walls with the exit closed once the snare is engaged.

• “rita”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• tari

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rita (transitive)

1. to boil

• Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎^[2], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 370

• IPA^(key): /rɪta/

rita

1. news
2. fame; reputation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɪːta/
• Rhymes: -ɪːta

From Old Norse rytr.

rita f (genitive singular ritu, nominative plural ritur)

1. black-legged kittiwake, kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)

• →? Translingual: Rissa

From Old Norse ríta, rita, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną (“to carve, write”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey- (“to rip, tear”).

rita (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ritaði, supine ritað)

1. to write, to inscribe

   Synonym: skrifa

• rita fullum stöfum (“write unabbreviated”)
• rita orð fullum stöfum (“write a word unabbreviated”)

• rit
• ritari
• ritning

rita

1. indefinite genitive plural of rit

rita m

1. genitive singular of rits

• IPA^(key): [ˈrʲɪt̪ɐ]

ri̇̀ta

1. third-person singular present of risti
2. third-person plural present of risti

• rite (Bokmål also)

From Old Norse ríta, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną (“to carve, write”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey- (“to rip, tear”).

rita (present tense ritar, past tense rita, past participle rita, passive infinitive ritast, present participle ritande, imperative rita/rit)

1. to sketch vaguely, to carve, to write

• “rita” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish hrīta, from Old Norse hríta, from Proto-Germanic *hrītaną (“to draw, to scratch”).

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rita (present ritar, preterite ritade, supine ritat, imperative rita)

1. to draw (usually simpler, more line-based pictures or drawings – compare teckna)

   Barnen gillar att rita

   The children like to draw

2. to design (by making a drawing)

   Huset är ritat av Nisse

   The house is designed ("drawn") by Nisse

• krita
• rista
• skissa
• teckna

• rita in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rita in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rita in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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