# sitja
## Catalan
### Etymology

Unknown, perhaps pre-Roman.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈsi.d͡ʒə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈsi.d͡ʒa]

### Noun

sitja f (plural sitges)
* (archaic) deep hole in the ground
* (archaic) dungeon
    Synonym: masmorra
* (historical) underground silo, particularly one used for storing grain
* (by extension, agriculture) silo (vertical building for storing grain)
* charcoal pile (pile of wood burned to make charcoal)
    Synonyms: carbonera, pila de carbó

#### Derived terms

* ensitjar

### Further reading

* “sitja” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “sitja”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “sitja” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “sitja” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse sitja, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsiːt͡ʃa/
** Rhymes: -iːt͡ʃa

### Verb

sitja (third person singular past indicative sat, third person plural past indicative sótu, supine sitið)
* (intransitive, archaic) to sit

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse sitja, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɪːtja/
** Rhymes: -ɪːtja

### Verb

sitja (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative sat, third-person plural past indicative sátu, supine setið)
* (intransitive) to sit
* (intransitive) to ride
** Revelation 6-11 (English and Icelandic)
    Og ég sá, og sjá: Bleikur hestur, og sá er á honum sat, hann hét Dauði, og Hel var í för með honum. Þeim var gefið vald yfir fjórða hluta jarðarinnar, til þess að deyða með sverði, með hungri og drepsótt og láta menn farast fyrir villidýrum jarðarinnar.I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

#### Derived terms

* sitja á sér (synonym halda aftur af sér)
* sitja eftir (“to have detention”)
* sitja eftir með sárt ennið
* sitja heima
* sitja hjá
* sitja inni
* sitja undir einhverju
* sitja uppi með
* sitja við
* sitja yfir
* sitjandi
* sveltur sitjandi kráka en fljúgandi fær

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* sitje, sitta, sitte

### Etymology

From Old Norse sitja, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”). Akin to English sit.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²sɪːça/, /²sɪçːa/, /²sɪːtja/

### Verb

sitja (present tense sit, past tense sat, past participle sete, passive infinitive sitjast, present participle sitjande, imperative sit)
* sit
    Sit du godt?Are you sitting comfortably?

### References

* “sitja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, akin to Old English sittan, Old Saxon sittian, Old Frisian sitta, Old High German sizzen, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (sitan). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”).

### Verb

sitja (singular past indicative sat, plural past indicative sátu, past participle setinn)
* (intransitive) to sit
* (intransitive) to stay, remain

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: sitja
* Faroese: sita
* Norwegian Nynorsk: sidda, sidde, sidja, sikia, sikje, sitja, sitje, sitta, sitte
* Jamtish: siti
* Elfdalian: sittja, sitta
* Old Swedish: sitia
** Swedish: sitta
* Old Danish: sitiæ, sitæ, sittæ
** Danish: sidde
*** Norwegian Bokmål: sitte
** Scanian: seda
* Old Gutnish: sitia
** Gutnish: sitä, site, sitte

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sitja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Swazi
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mbɪ̀gá, with an unexpected tone change and moved to class 7.

### Noun

sítja class 7 (plural títja class 8)
* dish

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.