smite

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (archaic) To hit; to strike.
2. To strike down or kill with godly force.
3. To injure with divine power.
4. To kill violently; to slay.
5. To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
6. To afflict; to chasten; to punish.
7. (figuratively) To strike with love or infatuation.

Noun

A heavy strike with a weapon, tool, or the hand.

Sinonieme

strike

hit

beat

knock

slap

afflict

bang

kill

🔪🩸👤

clobber

thrash

bash

buffet

smack

plague

punch

👊

affect

rap

belt

strike down

destroy

hit against

whack

whip

cuff

swat

throw

drive

slog

clout

punish

whop

clack

circumvent

blight

chop

chime

biff

chastise

catch

carom

flog

cane

beset

bat

🦇

discommode

butt

defeat

gall

get

bump

Vertalings

colpire

frapper

schlagen

golpear

çarpmak

rahatsız etmek

χτυπώ

vergaffen

percuotere

atteindre

slaan

golpear con violencia

κατατροπώνω

αιφνιδιάζω

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/smaɪt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: smiten

Geërf van Old English: smītan

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: smiete

Verwante met Fries: smite

Verwante met Nederduits: smieten

Verwante met Nederlands: smijten

Verwante met Middle Low German: besmitten

Verwante met Duits: schmeißen

Verwante met Deens: smide

Verwante met Goties: 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌼𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽

In summary

From Middle English smiten, from Old English smītan (“to daub, smear, smudge; soil, defile, pollute”), from Proto-West Germanic *smītan, from Proto-Germanic *smītaną (“to sling; throw; smear”), from Proto-Indo-European *smeyd- (“to smear, whisk, strike, rub”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian smiete (“to throw, toss”), West Frisian smite (“to throw”), Dutch smijten (“to fling, hurl, throw”), German Low German smieten (“to throw, chuck, toss”), German schmeißen (“to fling, throw”), Danish smide (“to throw”), Swedish smita (“to run off (to)”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌼𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bismeitan, “to besmear, anoint”).