ital

See also: Ital, ital., Ital., i tal, and I-tal

English

Etymology 1

Blend of I + vital

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈaɪtəl/
  • Rhymes: -aɪtəl

Noun

ital (countable and uncountable, plural itals)

  1. (Jamaica, Iyaric) Pure, natural food suiting a Rastafari lifestyle.
    • 2009 November 11, Baz Dreisingere, “Kingston: Trading Beach Chairs for Bar Stools”, in The New York Times:
      On the other side of the spectrum are the many ital restaurants that adhere to the Rastafarian dietary laws (no meat, fish or salt).
    • 2016, Gabriel J. Christian, Aboard the Commandante Pineres: Dominica, The 11th World Festival of Youth & Students, Cuba July 1978, & the Caribbean Struggle for National Liberation:
      The minister declined the offer of a parley and "itals"―the term for vegetarian dishes that the Dreads favored.

Adjective

ital (not comparable)

  1. (proofreading) Abbreviation of italic.

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

iszik + -tal

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈitɒl]
  • Hyphenation: ital
  • Rhymes: -ɒl

Noun

ital (plural italok)

  1. drink
    Synonym: innivaló
    Coordinate term: étel

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Possessive forms of ital
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. italom italaim
2nd person sing. italod italaid
3rd person sing. itala italai
1st person plural italunk italaink
2nd person plural italotok italaitok
3rd person plural italuk italaik

Derived terms

Compound words
Expressions

See also

The seven sz-v stem verbs
  • eszik (“to eat”)
  • iszik (“to drink”)
  • hisz (“to believe, think”)
  • visz (“to take, carry”)
  • lesz (“to become; will be”)

  • tesz (“to do; to put”)
  • vesz (“to take, get, grab, buy”)
Indicative
1st-p. sg.
eszemiszom,
hiszekviszek, leszekteszekveszek
Infinitive enni, inni, hinni, vinni, lenni, tenni, venni Pres. part. evő, ivó, hí, vivő, lé/levő, tevő, vevő
Past
1st p. sg.
ettem, ittam, hittem, vittem,
lettem, tettem, vettem
Verbal
nouns
evésivás(hivés,) vivés,
levéstevésvevés
Imperative
1st-p. sg.
egyekigyakhiggyekvigyek, legyektegyekvegyek Past 3rd sg. evett, ivott, hitt, vitt, lett, tett, vett Other
nouns
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (lét,) tételvétel
(obs./archaic  őn, —, hűn, vín, lőn, tőn, vőn) lénytényvény

Further reading

  • ital in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

Etymology

Blend of I + vital

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɪˈtal/
  • Hyphenation: i‧tal

Adjective

ital

  1. healthy (conducive to good health)
    Rastafari dun tell dem about Ital livity.
    Rastafarianism has already shown them how to lead a healthy lifestyle.
  2. natural, organic (grown without chemicals)
  3. saltless, unsalted (without added salt)
    A ital food me cook enuh, without salt, but a that the guests them like.
    I only cook without salt, you know? That's what the guests like.
  4. vegetarian, vegan (without meat)
    Mi no eat meat, so my soup ital, but the people dem love it.
    I don't eat meat, so my soup's always vegetarian. But the people love it.

Further reading

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *īdal-. Akin to Old English īdel.

Adjective

ītal

  1. empty
  2. useless
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