loita

Galician

Galician traditional loita.

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese luita (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin lucta, from Latin luctārī. Cognate with Portuguese luta and Spanish lucha.

Alternative forms

• aloita, luita, luta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlojta̝/

Noun

loita f (plural loitas)

1. fight, struggle
2. wrestling

Related terms

• loitador
• loitar

References

• “luita” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “luita” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “loita” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “loita” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “loita” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

loita

1. inflection of loitar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Verb

loita

1. to pray

Inflection

Inflection of loita (inflection type 26/valita)
1st infinitive	loita
present indic.	loičeb
past indic.	loiči
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	loičen	loičin	—
2nd singular	loičed	loičid	loiče
3rd singular	loičeb	loiči	loičkaha
1st plural	loičem	loičim	loikam
2nd plural	loičet	loičit	loikat
3rd plural	loitas loičeba	loičiba	loičkaha
sing. conneg.1	loiče	loičend	loiče
plur. conneg.	loikoi	loinugoi	loikoi
	present conditional	past conditional	potential
1st singular	loičižin	loinuižin	loičenen
2nd singular	loičižid	loinuižid	loičened
3rd singular	loičiži	loinuiži	loičeneb
1st plural	loičižim	loinuižim	loičenem
2nd plural	loičižit	loinuižit	loičenet
3rd plural	loičižiba	loinuižiba	loičeneba
connegative	loičiži	loinuiži	loičene
non-finite forms
1st infinitive	loita
2nd infinitive		3rd infinitive
inessive	loites	inessive	loičemas
instructive	loiten	illative	loičemaha
participles		elative	loičemaspäi
present active	loičii	adessive	loičemal
past active	loinu	abessive	loičemat
past passive	loitud
1 In imperative: used only in the second-person singular. The plural form is used with other persons.

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “молиться”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika