# skita
## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈscɪːta/
    Rhymes: -ɪːta

### Noun

skita f (genitive singular skitu, nominative plural skitur)
* (informal, vulgar) diarrhea

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “skita” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* skite (verb with e or split infinitive)

### Etymology

From Old Norse skíta, from Proto-Germanic *skītaną. Akin to English shit.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²ʃiːtɑ/

### Verb

skita (present tense skit, past tense skeit, supine skite, past participle skiten, present participle skitande, imperative skit)
* to defecate, shit

#### Synonyms

* drita

#### Related terms

* skit

### Adverb

skita
* (colloquial, vulgar) Used as an intensifier for drunkenness

### References

* “skita” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* stika

## Old Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse skíta, from Proto-Germanic *skītaną.

### Verb

skīta
* to defecate, shit

#### Descendants

* Swedish: skita

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish skīta, from Old Norse skíta, from Proto-Germanic *skītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd, *sḱeyd- (“to part with, separate, cut off”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²ɧiːˌta/
* Rhymes: -²iːta

### Verb

skita (present skiter or skitar, preterite sket or skitade, supine skitit or skitat, imperative skit or skita)
* (strong conjugation, vulgar) to shit
    Synonyms: bajsa, kacka
    Bovar och banditer, ni som sitter här och skiter: Om ni något hjärta har, lämna lite papper kvar.Crooks and bandits, you who [that] sit here and shit: If you have a heart, leave some paper [left]. [common outhouse and toilet poetry]
* (strong conjugation, vulgar, when clear from context) to fart
    Synonyms: fisa, fjärta, lägga av en brakare, lägga av en rökare, möka, prutta, släppa sig, släppa väder
    Sket du?Did you fart?
* (skita i, strong conjugation, colloquial, somewhat vulgar) to not give a shit about, to ignore, to skip
    Synonyms: strunta i, ge fan i
    dom säger att jag skiter i allt, men det skiter jag ithey say that I don't give a shit about anything, but I don't give a shit about that
    sköt dig själv och skit i andramind your own business and don't care about others
* (skita ner, transitive, intransitive, weak conjugation, colloquial) to make (something) dirty (usually with implied disapproval)
    Synonyms: smutsa ner, förorena
    De har skitat ner något förskräckligtThey've made a terrible mess [They have shit down something awful]
* (reflexive, colloquial, somewhat vulgar) to fail (of some pursuit); to not work out, to go pear-shaped, etc.
    Vi tänkte gå på picknick, men det ser ut att börja regna, så det skiter sig nogWe were going to have a picnic, but it looks like it's starting to rain, so we'll probably have to cancel it [it (impersonal) will probably shit itself]
    Det sket sig med den där tjejenThings didn't work out [it shit itself] with that girl
    Det höll på att skita sig, men vi räddade upp detThings were [it was] about to go pear-shaped [shit itself], but we salvaged it

#### Derived terms

* skit-
* skita i
* skita ner
* skita på sig
* nerskitad

#### Related terms

* skit
* skithus
* skitig
* skitsak

### Noun

skita c
* (vulgar, slang, chiefly in the definite) an anus
    Synonyms: rövhål, dajmkryss, brunöga, tvåan

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | skita | skitas |
| singular | definite | skitan | skitans |
| plural | indefinite | skitor | skitors |
| plural | definite | skitorna | skitornas |

### References

* skita in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* skita sig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* skita in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* skita in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* Fula Ordboken

### Anagrams

* kisat, kista, sikta