krita

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German krite, from Latin creta. The credit sense is from marking credit with a piece of chalk.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²kriːta/
Rhymes: -iːta

Noun

krita c

(uncountable) chalk; white powdery limestone
(countable) a piece of chalk, used for drawing on a blackboard
(countable, by extension) any crayon, regardless of color and material
(geology, indeclinable) Cretaceous; a geologic period
(uncountable, colloquial) credit, tick; a privilege of delayed payment

Declension

Declension of krita
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	krita	kritan	kritor	kritorna
Genitive	kritas	kritans	kritors	kritornas

Verb

krita (present kritar, preterite kritade, supine kritat, imperative krita)

(transitive) to apply chalk

Conjugation

Conjugation of krita (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	krita	kritas
Present tense	kritar	kritas
Past tense	kritade	kritades
Supine	kritat	kritats
Imperative	krita	—
Present participle	kritande
Past participle	kritad

References

krita in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Anagrams

arkit., rikta, tikar

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