# loit
## Estonian
### Verb

loit
* flare; flicker

## Finnish
### Verb

loit
* second-person singular past indicative of luoda

### Anagrams

* ilot, lito, olit

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* lot

### Etymology

From Old Irish loittid, from Proto-Celtic *lottô, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁ (“to cut off, separate, free”), see also Latin luō (“expiate, pay”), Sanskrit लून (lūna, “sever, cut forth, destroy, annihilate”), English loose, Old Armenian լուծանեմ (lucanem) and Albanian lirë. Stokes prefers a comparison with Proto-Germanic *lutōną (“to conceal, hide”), *lūtaną (“to bow down”).

### Pronunciation

* (Ulster) IPA: /l̪ˠɔtʲ/

### Verb

loit (present analytic loiteann, future analytic loitfidh, verbal noun lot, past participle loite)
* to wound, hurt, injure, impair
    Synonym: goin
* to destroy, damage, deface, mar, mutilate
    Synonyms: scrios, mill
* to spoil (ruin; pamper)
    Synonym: mill

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | loitim | loiteann tú; loitir$^†$ | loiteann sé, sí | loitimid | loiteann sibh | loiteann siad; loitid$^†$ | a loiteann; a loiteas | loitear |
| indicative | past | loit mé; loiteas | loit tú; loitis | loit sé, sí | loiteamar; loit muid | loit sibh; loiteabhair | loit siad; loiteadar | a loit / ar loit* | loiteadh |
| indicative | past habitual | loitinn | loiteá | loiteadh sé, sí | loitimis; loiteadh muid | loiteadh sibh | loitidís; loiteadh siad | a loiteadh / a loiteadh* | loití |
| future | future | loitfidh mé; loitfead | loitfidh tú; loitfir$^†$ | loitfidh sé, sí | loitfimid; loitfidh muid | loitfidh sibh | loitfidh siad; loitfid$^†$ | a loitfidh; a loitfeas | loitfear |
| conditional | conditional | loitfinn | loitfeá | loitfeadh sé, sí | loitfimis; loitfeadh muid | loitfeadh sibh | loitfidís; loitfeadh siad | a loitfeadh / a loitfeadh* | loitfí |
| subjunctive | present | go loite mé; go loitead$^†$ | go loite tú; go loitir$^†$ | go loite sé, sí | go loitimid; go loite muid | go loite sibh | go loite siad; go loitid$^†$ | — | go loitear |
| subjunctive | past | dá loitinn | dá loiteá | dá loiteadh sé, sí | dá loitimis; dá loiteadh muid | dá loiteadh sibh | dá loitidís; dá loiteadh siad | — | dá loití |
| imperative | imperative | loitim | loit | loiteadh sé, sí | loitimis | loitigí; loitidh$^†$ | loitidís | — | loitear |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | lot | lot | lot | lot | lot | lot | lot | lot |
| past participle | past participle | loite | loite | loite | loite | loite | loite | loite | loite |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form

#### Derived terms

* aghloit

### Noun

loit
* inflection of lot:
** vocative/genitive singular
** nominative/dative plural

### References

* ↑ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “lot”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “loittid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “loitim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 444
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “loit”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 81

## Yami
### Noun

loit
* dirt; filth