FromProto-Finnic*sitta, fromProto-Uralic*sitta. False cognate toLow GermanSchiet andEnglishshit.
sitt (genitivesita,partitivesitta)
| Declension ofsitt (ÕS type22e/riik,t-ø gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sitt | sitad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | sita | ||
| genitive | sittade | ||
| partitive | sitta | sitte sittasid | |
| illative | sitta sitasse | sittadesse sitesse | |
| inessive | sitas | sittades sites | |
| elative | sitast | sittadest sitest | |
| allative | sitale | sittadele sitele | |
| adessive | sital | sittadel sitel | |
| ablative | sitalt | sittadelt sitelt | |
| translative | sitaks | sittadeks siteks | |
| terminative | sitani | sittadeni | |
| essive | sitana | sittadena | |
| abessive | sitata | sittadeta | |
| comitative | sitaga | sittadega | |
Neologism coined in 1999 in analogy tosatt(“not hungry anymore”) as part of a collaborative contest betweenDuden andLipton. Out of the 45000 suggestions,sitt has been suggested 40 times.[1][2] It has however never seen widespread use.
sitt (strong nominative masculine singularsitter,comparativesitter,superlativeamsittesten)
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | eristsitt | sieistsitt | esistsitt | siesindsitt | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | sitter | sitte | sittes | sitte |
| genitive | sitten | sitter | sitten | sitter | |
| dative | sittem | sitter | sittem | sitten | |
| accusative | sitten | sitte | sittes | sitte | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | dersitte | diesitte | dassitte | diesitten |
| genitive | dessitten | dersitten | dessitten | dersitten | |
| dative | demsitten | dersitten | demsitten | densitten | |
| accusative | densitten | diesitte | dassitte | diesitten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | einsitter | einesitte | einsittes | (keine)sitten |
| genitive | einessitten | einersitten | einessitten | (keiner)sitten | |
| dative | einemsitten | einersitten | einemsitten | (keinen)sitten | |
| accusative | einensitten | einesitte | einsittes | (keine)sitten | |
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | eristsitter | sieistsitter | esistsitter | siesindsitter | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | sitterer | sittere | sitteres | sittere |
| genitive | sitteren | sitterer | sitteren | sitterer | |
| dative | sitterem | sitterer | sitterem | sitteren | |
| accusative | sitteren | sittere | sitteres | sittere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | dersittere | diesittere | dassittere | diesitteren |
| genitive | dessitteren | dersitteren | dessitteren | dersitteren | |
| dative | demsitteren | dersitteren | demsitteren | densitteren | |
| accusative | densitteren | diesittere | dassittere | diesitteren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | einsitterer | einesittere | einsitteres | (keine)sitteren |
| genitive | einessitteren | einersitteren | einessitteren | (keiner)sitteren | |
| dative | einemsitteren | einersitteren | einemsitteren | (keinen)sitteren | |
| accusative | einensitteren | einesittere | einsitteres | (keine)sitteren | |
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | eristamsittesten | sieistamsittesten | esistamsittesten | siesindamsittesten | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | sittester | sitteste | sittestes | sitteste |
| genitive | sittesten | sittester | sittesten | sittester | |
| dative | sittestem | sittester | sittestem | sittesten | |
| accusative | sittesten | sitteste | sittestes | sitteste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | dersitteste | diesitteste | dassitteste | diesittesten |
| genitive | dessittesten | dersittesten | dessittesten | dersittesten | |
| dative | demsittesten | dersittesten | demsittesten | densittesten | |
| accusative | densittesten | diesitteste | dassitteste | diesittesten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | einsittester | einesitteste | einsittestes | (keine)sittesten |
| genitive | einessittesten | einersittesten | einessittesten | (keiner)sittesten | |
| dative | einemsittesten | einersittesten | einemsittesten | (keinen)sittesten | |
| accusative | einensittesten | einesitteste | einsittestes | (keine)sittesten | |
Borrowed fromGerman. CompareMiddle Low Germanschicht,schichte,GermanSchicht(“ordered stack, pile; layer; work shift”).[1][2]
sitt (pluralsittek)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sitt | sittek |
| accusative | sittet | sitteket |
| dative | sittnek | sitteknek |
| instrumental | sittel | sittekkel |
| causal-final | sittért | sittekért |
| translative | sitté | sittekké |
| terminative | sittig | sittekig |
| essive-formal | sittként | sittekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | sittben | sittekben |
| superessive | sitten | sitteken |
| adessive | sittnél | sitteknél |
| illative | sittbe | sittekbe |
| sublative | sittre | sittekre |
| allative | sitthez | sittekhez |
| elative | sittből | sittekből |
| delative | sittről | sittekről |
| ablative | sittől | sittektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular | sitté | sitteké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural | sittéi | sittekéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | sittem | sittjeim |
| 2nd person sing. | sitted | sittjeid |
| 3rd person sing. | sittje | sittjei |
| 1st person plural | sittünk | sittjeink |
| 2nd person plural | sittetek | sittjeitek |
| 3rd person plural | sittjük | sittjeik |
Back-formation fromsittel,besittel(“to imprison”), a partialcalque ofGermanverschütten, replacing the verbal prefixver- with Hungarianbe-.[1]
sitt (pluralsittek)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sitt | sittek |
| accusative | sittet | sitteket |
| dative | sittnek | sitteknek |
| instrumental | sittel | sittekkel |
| causal-final | sittért | sittekért |
| translative | sitté | sittekké |
| terminative | sittig | sittekig |
| essive-formal | sittként | sittekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | sittben | sittekben |
| superessive | sitten | sitteken |
| adessive | sittnél | sitteknél |
| illative | sittbe | sittekbe |
| sublative | sittre | sittekre |
| allative | sitthez | sittekhez |
| elative | sittből | sittekből |
| delative | sittről | sittekről |
| ablative | sittől | sittektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular | sitté | sitteké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural | sittéi | sittekéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | sittem | sittjeim |
| 2nd person sing. | sitted | sittjeid |
| 3rd person sing. | sittje | sittjei |
| 1st person plural | sittünk | sittjeink |
| 2nd person plural | sittetek | sittjeitek |
| 3rd person plural | sittjük | sittjeik |
sitt
| [a],[b] ← 5 | 6 | 7 → [a],[b] |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal:sitta Attributive cardinal:sitt Ordinal:sitt Adverbial:sittdarbiet | ||
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| Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| feminine | masculine | neuter | plural | |||||
| Singular | First | – | jeg | meg | mi | min | mitt | mine |
| Second | general | du | deg | di | din | ditt | dine | |
| formal (rare) | De | Dem | Deres | |||||
| Third | feminine (person) | hun | henne | hennes | ||||
| masculine (person) | han | ham /han | hans | |||||
| feminine (noun) | den | dens | ||||||
| masculine (noun) | ||||||||
| neuter (noun) | det | dets | ||||||
| reflexive | – | seg | si | sin | sitt | sine | ||
| Plural | First | – | vi | oss | vår | vårt | våre | |
| Second | general | dere | deres | |||||
| formal (very rare) | De | Dem | Deres | |||||
| Third | general | de | dem | deres | ||||
| reflexive | – | seg | si | sin | sitt | sine | ||
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| Number | Person | nominative | oblique | possessive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| common | neuter | plural | |||||
| singular | first | — | jag | mig,mej3 | min | mitt | mina |
| second | — | du | dig,dej3 | din | ditt | dina | |
| third | masculine (person) | han | honom,han2,en5 | hans | |||
| feminine (person) | hon | henne,na5 | hennes | ||||
| gender-neutral (person)1 | hen | hen,henom7 | hens | ||||
| common (noun) | den | den | dess | ||||
| neuter (noun) | det | det | dess | ||||
| indefinite | manoren4 | en | ens | ||||
| reflexive | — | sig,sej3 | sin | sitt | sina | ||
| plural | first | — | vi | oss | vår,våran2 | vårt,vårat2 | våra |
| second | — | ni | er | er,eran2,ers6 | ert,erat2 | era | |
| archaic | I | eder | eder,eders6 | edert | edra | ||
| third | — | de,dom3 | dem,dom3 | deras | |||
| reflexive | — | sig,sej3 | sin | sitt | sina | ||
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