sit

(Αγγλικός)

Verb

1. (copulative, intransitive) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
2. (intransitive) To move oneself into such a position.
3. (intransitive) To occupy a given position.
4. (copulative, intransitive) To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
5. To be a member of a deliberative body.
6. Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.
7. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.
8. To be adjusted; to fit.
9. (intransitive) To be accepted or acceptable; to work.
10. (causative, transitive) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
11. (transitive) To accommodate in seats; to seat.
12. (US, ambitransitive) To babysit.
13. (Australia, New-Zealand, UK, transitive) To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
14. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
15. To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.
16. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
17. (obsolete, transitive) To keep one's seat when faced with (a blow, attack); to endure, to put up with.

Noun

1. An act of sitting.
2. Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine.
3. (rare) An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.

Noun

Clipping of situation.

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/sɪt/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: sitten

Κληρονομήθηκε από Παλαιά Αγγλικά: sittan

Συγγενές με Δυτικά Φριζικά: sitte

Συγγενές με Κάτω Γερμανικά: sitten

Συγγενές με Ολλανδικά: zitten

Συγγενές με Γερμανικά: sitzen

Συγγενές με Σουηδικά: sitta

Συγγενές με Νορβηγικά Μποκμάλ: sitte

Συγγενές με Νορβηγικά Νινόρσκ: sitja

Συγγενές με Ιρλανδικά: suigh

Συγγενές με Λατινικά: sedeo

Συγγενές με Ρωσικά: сиде́ть

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sed-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *sédyeti
Proto-Germanic *sitjaną
Proto-West Germanic *sittjan
Old English sittan
Middle English sitten
English sit
From Middle English sitten, from Old English sittan, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”).
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian sitte, Low German sitten, Dutch zitten, German sitzen, Swedish sitta, Norwegian Bokmål sitte, Norwegian Nynorsk sitja; and with Irish suigh, Latin sedeo, Russian сиде́ть (sidétʹ).

Έννοιες

κάθομαι

είμαι

καθίζω

βαρύνω

επικάθημαι

κάθημαι

καβαλικεύω

ποζάρω

συνεδριάζω

’kaθome

καβαλάω

ανήκω

ιππεύω

Συνώνυμα

sit down

stay

be

squat

remain

take a seat

perch

dwell

seat

💺

be sitting

reside

incubate

live

baby-sit

rest

stand

be seated

lie

sit around

seated

ride

pose

place

look after

take one’s seat

posture

located

settle

hatch

meet

fit

exist

brood

cause to sit

act of sitting

sit about

still

be located

work

sitting

situated

be at home

roost

put

model

set

crouch

be situated

convene

construct

Μεταφράσεις

sitzen

🪑

zitten

🪑

sedere

🪑

asseoir

🪑

s’asseoir

être assis

sentarse

sentar

💺

siedzieć

sedersi

sentar

💺

جلس

🪑

estar sentado

sentar-se

seure

🪑