víti

See also: viti and Viti

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse víti, from Proto-Germanic *wītiją.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːtɪ/

  Rhymes: -iːtɪ

Noun

víti n (genitive singular vítis, nominative plural víti)

1. hell

   Synonym: helvíti

   Antonym: himnaríki

2. (sports) penalty

Declension

Declension of víti (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	víti	vítið	víti	vítin
accusative	víti	vítið	víti	vítin
dative	víti	vítinu	vítum	vítunum
genitive	vítis	vítisins	víta	vítanna

Derived terms

• helvíti
• vítahringur
• vítaspyrna

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vī́tī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈʋiːci/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈviːci/

Verb

víti impf

1. to weave, to plait, to twist

Conjugation

Conjugation of víti (class I)

infinitive	supine	verbal noun
víti	vit	vitie

	Present			Imperative
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	v́ú	vievě (-va)	viem (-me/-my)	–	vívě (-va)	víme (-my)
2nd person	vieš	vieta	viete	ví	víta	víte
3rd person	vie	vieta	v́ú	ví	víta	víte

	Sigmatic aorist			Imperfect
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	vich	vichově (-va)	vichom (-me/-my)	viech	viechově (-va)	viechom (-me/-my)
2nd person	vi	vista (-šta)	viste (-šte)	vieše	viešta (-sta)	viešte (-ste)
3rd person	vi	vista (-šta)	vichu	vieše	viešta (-sta)	viechu

	L-participle			Passive participle
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Masculine	vil	vila	vili	vit	vita	viti
Feminine	vila	vile	vily	vita	vitě	vity
Neuter	vilo	vile	vila	vito	vitě	vita

	Nt-participle			S-participle
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Masculine	vie	v́úce		viv	vivše
Feminine	v́úci			vivši
Neuter	vie, v́úci			viv, vivši

Note: This table shows the most common forms of víti around the 13th/14th century. See also Appendix:Old Czech verbs and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Derived terms

• naviti
• oviti
• ovíjěti
• poviti
• povíjěti
• svíjěti
• uviti
• vyviti
• vyvíjěti
• zaviti
• zavýjěti

Descendants

• Czech: vít

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “víti”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění