Old English · noun

smitta

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: weak
IPA: /ˈsmit.tɑ/
Syllables: ˈsmit · tɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English: *smitching smidge smidgen smitch smitt defiles mars pollutes

Meaning

a smear, blot, mark, or spot
that which mars, pollutes, or defiles; pollution, defilement

Declension

Declension of smitta
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	smitta	smittan
Accusative	smittan	smittan
Genitive	smittan	smittena
Dative	smittan	smittum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *smittō, *smittā (“fleck, spot, smudge, stain”), from Proto-West Germanic *smittōn (“to smear”), from Proto-Germanic *smittōną, from Proto-Indo-European *smeyd- (“to smear, streak, whisk, rub”).

Descendants

*smitching, smidge, smidgen, smit, smitch, smite, smitt

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