# lit
## Translingual
### Symbol

lit
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Lithuanian.

## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɪt/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪt

### Etymology 1

Alteration of earlier light, from Middle English lighte, from Old English līhtte, first and third person singular preterite of līhtan (“to light”)) by analogy with bit. More at light; compare fit (“fought”).

#### Verb

lit
* simple past and past participle of light (“illuminate; start a fire; etc”)
* simple past and past participle of light (“alight: land, come down on”)
** 1896, Florence Merriam Bailey, A-birding on a Bronco, page 87:[…] but finally [the bird] came to the tree and, after edging along falteringly, lit on a branch above them.

#### Verb

lit (third-person singular simple present lits, present participle litting, simple past and past participle litted)
* (US, dialectal) To run or light (alight).
** 1988 April 8, Grant Pick, “Johnny Washington's Life”, in Chicago Reader‎:With that the kid lits off down the street, and, what do you know!

#### Adjective

lit (comparative more lit, superlative most lit)
* Illuminated.
    Synonyms: lighted, luminous; see also Thesaurus:illuminated, Thesaurus:shining
    He walked down the lit corridor.
* (slang) Drunk, intoxicated; under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
    Synonyms: stoned; see also Thesaurus:stoned, Thesaurus:drunk
** 1932, Hart Crane, letter, 16 February:
    True to my word last night, I got very lit.
* (slang, usually of a female) Sexually aroused, (especially) visibly so.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:randy
* (slang) Exciting, captivating; fun.
** 2017 November, Justin Allec, Adrian Lysenko, Kirsti Salmi, “Sounds of the City: Part VI”, in The Walleye, page 8:DJ sets so lit the dance floor's dripping with sweat?
** 2018 July 4, James Courtney, “Music Picks”, in San Antonio Current, page 39:If indie punk, pop-punk, post-punk, and emo happen to be your bag, this early-week show at Paper Tiger is gonna be lit.
** 2018 December 27, Shan Kekahuna, “Hau'oli Makahiki Hou!”, in MauiTime, page 17:New Year's Eve is once a year and it's gonna be lit.
    This party is gonna be lit.
* (slang) Excellent, fantastic; cool.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:excellent
** 2017 June 8, “Out with the old, in with the new”, in Dundrum Gazette, page 18:[…] will keep your feet looking lit this summer thanks to the Trainer Exchange.
** 2019, "Top 10 Plastic Surgeons in Manhattan", Art Bodega Magazine, December/January 2019:
    At his Upper East Side office, the talented doctor has a very lit and elegant office, where art canvasses the walls.
** 2019 October, Alice Ridley, “Letter from the Editor”, in Connect Magazine, page 4:The fourth article is all about autumnal leaf photography tips to get our Instagram photos looking lit.
    Those jeans are lit.

##### Derived terms

* dim-lit
* fairy-lit
* gaslit, gas-lit
* half lit
* illlit, ill-lit
* litty
* lit up
* moon-lilit
* oil-lit
* strip-lit
* well-lit

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Middle English lit, lut, from Old English lȳt (“little, few”), from Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz (“little, small”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewd- (“to cower, hunch over”). Cognate with Old Saxon lut (“little”), Middle High German lützen (“to make small or low, decrease”). More at little.

#### Adjective

lit (comparative litter or more lit, superlative littest or most lit)
* (obsolete) Little.

#### Noun

lit (uncountable)
* (obsolete) Little.

##### Related terms

* lite

### Etymology 3

From Middle English lit, from Old Norse litr (“colour, dye, complexion, face, countenance”), from Proto-Germanic *wlitiz, *wlitaz (“sight, face”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”). Cognate with Icelandic litur (“colour”), Old English wlite (“brightness, appearance, form, aspect, look, countenance, beauty, splendor, adornment”), Old English wlītan (“to gaze, look, observe”).

#### Noun

lit (uncountable)
* (UK dialectal) Colour; blee; dye; stain.

##### Derived terms

* lithouse, lit-house
* litmus

### Etymology 4

From Middle English litten, liten, from Old Norse lita (“to colour”), from litr (“colour”). See above.

#### Verb

lit (third-person singular simple present lits, present participle litting, simple past and past participle litted)
* (transitive) To colour; dye.

### Etymology 5

Short for literature.

#### Noun

lit (uncountable)
* Clipping of literature.
    Do we have any lit homework tonight?

##### Derived terms

* alt-lit
* chick lit
* comput lit
* dick lit
* frat lit
* grip-lit
* lab lit
* lad lit
* lit crit
* litfan
* lit flick
* misery lit
* mis lit
* quit lit
* sick lit
* vid lit

### See also

* wagon-lit (etymologically unrelated)

### Anagrams

* 'til, TIL, TLI, til

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlɪt]

### Participle

lit
* masculine singular passive participle of lít

## Faroese
### Etymology

From the verb líta (‘to view’).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [liːt]

### Noun

lit n (genitive singular lits, uncountable)
* short wink, view, look

#### Synonyms

* eygnabrá (wink)

#### Derived terms

* andlit (face)
* álit (trust)
* eftirlit (control)
* fyrilit (caution)
* innlit (insight)
* útlit (outlook)
* yvirlit (overview, summary)

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /li/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: lie, lient, lies, lis, lits

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French lit, from Latin lectus.

#### Noun

lit m (plural lits)
* bed
    Synonym: (colloquial) plumard
    Où est-il? Il dort dans son lit. ― Where is he? He's sleeping in his bed.

##### Derived terms

* aller au lit
* au lit
* cloué au lit
* comme on fait son lit on se couche
* faire le lit
* femme qui rit, à moitié dans son lit
* femme qui rit, à moitié dans ton lit
* lit à baldaquin
* lit de camp
* lit de justice
* lit de mort
* lit de sangle
* lit pliant
* lit superposé
* mouiller son lit
* punaise des lits

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

lit
* third-person singular present indicative of lire
    Jean lit très souvent. ― Jean reads very often.

### Further reading

* “lit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Icelandic
### Noun

lit
* indefinite accusative/dative singular of litur

## Middle English
### Noun

lit
* Alternative form of light

## Norman
### Noun

lit m (plural lits)
* Alternative form of llit (“bed”)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /liːt/

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse hlít.

#### Noun

lit f or m (definite singular)
* trust
    Eg set min lit til Gud.I put my trust in God.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

lit
* present tense of lite
* imperative of lite

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

lìt m (definite singular lìten, indefinite plural lìter or lìtir, definite plural lìterne or lìtine)
* (pre-1917) alternative form of let

### References

* “lit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* ilt, til

## Old French
### Etymology

From Latin lectus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lit/

### Noun

lit oblique singular, m (oblique plural liz or litz, nominative singular liz or litz, nominative plural lit)
* bed

#### Descendants

* Bourguignon: leit
* French: lit
* Norman: liet

## Old Norse
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lit/
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### Noun

lit n
* glance

#### Related terms

* líta (“to see”)
* litr (“complexion, colour; the first dawn; dye”)

### Further reading

* J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary"), on lit.

### Anagrams

* til

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlit/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -it
* Syllabification: lit
* Homophones: lead, -lit

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from New Latin lithium.

#### Noun

lit m inan
* lithium (soft, silvery metal, the simplest alkali metal, the lightest solid element, and the third lightest chemical element (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3)
* (informal, organic chemistry) lithium carbonate (lithium salt of carbonic acid, Li2CO3, used in the manufacture of glass and ceramics, and medically, in the treatment of bipolar disorder)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Lithuanian litas.

#### Noun

lit m animal
* (historical) litas (former unit of currency of Lithuania)

##### Declension
### Further reading

* lit in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* lit in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* lit in PWN's encyclopedia

## Scottish Gaelic
### Noun

lit f
* genitive singular of lite

## Sumbawa
### Noun

lit
* sea

## Swedish
### Noun

lit c
* trust

#### Synonyms

* tillit

#### See also

* lita

## Volapük
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Licht and English light.

### Noun

lit (nominative plural lits)
* light
** 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: V:Binols lit vola. Zif, kel topon löpo su bel, no kanon binön klänedik.You are light for the world. A city built on a hill-top cannot be hidden.
* illumination

#### Declension

$^1$ status as a case is disputed $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only

## Zay
### Noun

lit
* tree-bark

### References

* Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind

## Zhuang
### Etymology

Cognate with Bouyei ridt (“hail”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /lit˥/
* Tone numbers: lit$^7$
* Hyphenation: lit

### Noun

lit (1957–1982 spelling lit)
* (dialectal, weather) hail
    Synonyms: lwgbag, (dialectal) haet, (dialectal) byagcaej