eita

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse heita, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną. Compare with English hight.

Verb

eita (third person singular past indicative æt, third person plural past indicative itu, supine itið)
eita (third person singular past indicative hæt, third person plural past indicative hitu, supine hitið) (Suðuroy)

to be called
to be said
to mean

Conjugation

Conjugation of eita

number	singular			plural
v

infinitive	eita
present participle	eitandi
past participle	(h)itin
supine	(h)itið
person	first	second	third	all
indicative	eg	tú	hann/hon/tað	vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present	eiti	eitur	eitur	eita
past	(h)æt	(h)æt/(h)ætst	(h)æt	(h)itu
imperative	–	tú	–	tit
present	—	eit!	—	eitið!

Derived terms

name

hvussu eitur tú? - what's your name?
eg eiti Jógvan - my name is Jógvan (John)

it's said ... (medio-passive)

hann skal eitast at ... - it's said about him, that ...
okkara tíð eitist at vísa stóran framburð - it's said about our time, to show great progress

mean

ikki tað, sum eitur - purely nothing (nothing, that means something)
tað eitur einki, sum hon etur - it means nothing, what she eats (she eats almost nothing)
tað eitur fyri tað, at ... - this means, that ...

References

Jóhan Hendrik W. Poulsen, et al.: Føroysk orðabók. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag 1998. (examples taken from the entry eita)

Portuguese

Interjection

eita

(Brazil) Alternative form of eta

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