plita

See also: plită and плита

Swedish

Etymology

Likely from a dialectal word originally in the sense "cut to shreds". Noun and verb probably from the same source. Origin otherwise obscure.

Noun

plita c

1. (colloquial) blemish, skin rash, pimple

   Synonyms: blemma, kvissla

Declension

Declension of plita
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	plita	plitan	plitor	plitorna
Genitive	plitas	plitans	plitors	plitornas

Verb

plita (present plitar, preterite plitade, supine plitat, imperative plita)

1. to write something carefully and fastidiously

Conjugation

Conjugation of plita (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	plita		plitas
Supine	plitat		plitats
Imperative	plita		—
Imper. plural1	pliten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	plitar	plitade	plitas	plitades
Ind. plural1	plita	plitade	plitas	plitades
Subjunctive2	plite	plitade	plites	plitades
	Participles
Present participle	plitande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Further reading

• plita in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• plita in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• pilat