smitta

• smittet

smitta

1. inflection of smitte:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

smitta (present tense smittar, past tense smitta, past participle smitta, passive infinitive smittast, present participle smittande, imperative smitta/smitt)

1. a-infinitive form of smitte

smitta f

1. definite singular of smitte

• smytta

From Proto-West Germanic *smittō, *smittā (“fleck, spot, smudge, stain”), from Proto-West Germanic *smittōn (“to smear”), from Proto-Germanic *smittōną, from Proto-Indo-European *smeyd- (“to smear, streak, whisk, rub”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmit.tɑ/

smitta m

1. a smear, blot, mark, or spot
2. that which mars, pollutes, or defiles; pollution, defilement

• smitte
• smittian
• smītan

• Middle English: smitte, smite, smit
  • English: smit, smitt, smite, smitch
    • ⇒ English: *smitching, smidgen
      • ⇒ English: smidge
  • Scots: smit, smyt, smite, smyte, smot, smitch
    • Scots: smittock

From Proto-Germanic *smitjaną, *smitōną, *smittōną (“to stain; tarnish”), secondary forms of Proto-Germanic *smītaną (“to throw; hurl; splatter”), from Proto-Indo-European *smeyd- (“to smear”). Cognate with Old English smittian (“to smear; pollute; defile”), dialectal Norwegian smita (“to smear thinly; creep away”). More at smut, smite.

smitta

1. to stain

• bismīta
• bismitt
• ūtsmīta

Borrowed from Middle Low German smitte (“stain”), derived from the verb smitte, from Old Saxon smītan (“to smite”, originally "to smear, coat").

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smitta c

1. a communicable disease
2. (uncountable) infection (with a communicable disease)

   ett område med mycket smitta

   an area with a lot of infections

• smittkoppa
• smittorisk
• smittskydd
• smittspridning
• smittspårning

smitta (present smittar, preterite smittade, supine smittat, imperative smitta)

1. to infect

• besmitta
• smitta ned
• smittsam

• smitta in Svensk ordbok.
• smitta in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)

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