smitta
Norwegian Bokmål
    
    Alternative forms
    
Norwegian Nynorsk
    
    
Old English
    
    Alternative forms
    
- smytta
Etymology
    
From Proto-West Germanic *smittō, *smittā (“fleck, spot, smudge, stain”), from Proto-West Germanic *smittōn (“to smear”), from Proto-Germanic *smittōną, from Proto-Indo-European *smeyd- (“to smear, streak, whisk, rub”).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈsmit.tɑ/
Noun
    
smitta m
Declension
    
Old Frisian
    
    Etymology
    
From Proto-Germanic *smitjaną, *smitōną, *smittōną (“to stain; tarnish”), secondary forms of Proto-Germanic *smītaną (“to throw; hurl; splatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *smeyd- (“to smear”). Cognate with Old English smittian (“to smear; pollute; defile”), dialectal Norwegian smita (“to smear thinly; creep away”). More at smut, smite.
Related terms
    
- bismīta
- bismitt
- ūtsmīta
Swedish
    
    Etymology
    
Borrowed from Middle Low German smitte (“stain”), derived from the verb smitte, from Old Saxon smītan (“to smite”, originally "to smear, coat").
Pronunciation
    
- Audio - (file) 
Noun
    
smitta c
- a communicable disease
- (uncountable) infection (with a communicable disease)
- ett område med mycket smitta- an area with a lot of infections
 
 
Declension
    
| Declension of smitta | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | smitta | smittan | smittor | smittorna | 
| Genitive | smittas | smittans | smittors | smittornas | 
Derived terms
    
- smittkoppor
- smittorisk
- smittskydd
- smittspridning
- smittspårning
Conjugation
    
Conjugation of smitta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | smitta | smittas | ||
| Supine | smittat | smittats | ||
| Imperative | smitta | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | smitten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | smittar | smittade | smittas | smittades | 
| Ind. plural1 | smitta | smittade | smittas | smittades | 
| Subjunctive2 | smitte | smittade | smittes | smittades | 
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | smittande | |||
| Past participle | smittad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
    
- besmitta
- smitta ner
- smittsam
References
    
- smitta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- smitta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- smitta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- smitta in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)
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