sitja

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.d͡ʒə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.d͡ʒa/

Noun

sitja f (plural sitges)

1. silo (grain storage)

Further reading

• “sitja” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology

From Old Norse sitja, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːt͡ʃa/
  • Rhymes: -iːt͡ʃa

Verb

sitja (third person singular past indicative sat, third person plural past indicative sótu, supine sitið)

1. (intransitive, archaic) to sit

Etymology

From Old Norse sitja, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪːtja/
  • Rhymes: -ɪːtja

Verb

sitja (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative sat, third-person plural past indicative sátu, supine setið)

1. (intransitive) to sit
   • Hávamál (English source, Icelandic source)

     Gefendur heilir!

     Gestur er inn kominn!

     hvar skal sitja sjá?

     Mjög er bráður

     sá er á bröndum skal

     síns um freista frama.

     Hail to the giver! | a guest has come;

     Where shall the stranger sit?

     Swift shall he be who, | with swords shall try

     The proof of his might to make.

2. (intransitive) to ride
   • Revelation 6-11 (English and Icelandic)

     Og ég sá, og sjá: Bleikur hestur, og sá er á honum sat, hann hét Dauði, og Hel var í för með honum. Þeim var gefið vald yfir fjórða hluta jarðarinnar, til þess að deyða með sverði, með hungri og drepsótt og láta menn farast fyrir villidýrum jarðarinnar.

     I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

Alternative forms

• sitje
• sitta, sitte

Etymology

From Old Norse sitja, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”). Akin to English sit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²sɪçːɑ/, /²sɪtjɑ/ (examples of pronunciation)

Verb

sitja (present tense sit, past tense sat, past participle sete, passive infinitive sitjast, present participle sitjande, imperative sit)

1. sit

   Sit du godt?

   Are you sitting comfortably?

References

• “sitja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, akin to Old English sittan, Old Saxon sittian, Old Frisian sitta, Old High German sizzen, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (sitan). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”).

Verb

sitja (singular past indicative sat, plural past indicative sátu, past participle setinn)

1. to sit

References

• sitja in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press