seita

See also: seitä

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowing from Sami, compare Northern Sami sieidi, from Proto-Samic *siejtē.

Noun

seita

  1. A Sami sacred place.

Declension
Inflection of seita (Kotus type 9/kala, t-d gradation)
nominative seita seidat
genitive seidan seitojen
partitive seitaa seitoja
illative seitaan seitoihin
singular plural
nominative seita seidat
accusative nom. seita seidat
gen. seidan
genitive seidan seitojen
seitainrare
partitive seitaa seitoja
inessive seidassa seidoissa
elative seidasta seidoista
illative seitaan seitoihin
adessive seidalla seidoilla
ablative seidalta seidoilta
allative seidalle seidoille
essive seitana seitoina
translative seidaksi seidoiksi
instructive — seidoin
abessive seidatta seidoitta
comitative — seitoineen

Galician

Etymology 1

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese seita, from Latin secta (“sect”), probably from sectus (“cut off”), perfect passive participle of secō (“I cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”), or alternatively from sequor.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsejta̝/

Noun

seita f (plural seitas)

  1. (religion) sect (an offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing particular (often unorthodox) religious beliefs)
    Synonym: culto

Etymology 2

From Latin secta (“cut off”), perfect passive participle of secō (“I cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsejta̝/

Noun

seita f (plural seitas)

  1. share (of the plough)
  2. furrow
  3. row of mown grass left back by a reaper

References
  • “seita” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “seita” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “seita” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “seita” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “seita” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

    Portuguese

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Old Portuguese seita, from Latin secta (“sect”), probably from sectus (“cut off”), perfect passive participle of secō (“I cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”), or alternatively from sequor.

    Pronunciation
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsej.ta/, /ˈsej.tɐ/
    • Hyphenation: sei‧ta

    Noun

    seita f (plural seitas)

    1. (religion) sect (religious movement)

    Synonyms
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