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 Translation for 'Whit' from English to Icelandic
NOUN   a whit | whits
SYNO iota | scintilla | shred | ...
trúarbr.
annar {k} í hvítasunnu
Whit Monday
trúarbr.
hvítasunnudagur {k}
Whit Sunday
ekki agnarögnnot a whit
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Translation for 'Whit' from English to Icelandic

Whit Monday
annar {k} í hvítasunnutrúarbr.
Whit Sunday
hvítasunnudagur {k}trúarbr.

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not a whit
ekki agnarögn
Usage Examples English
  • The display call of the gibberbird is a sharp "whit-whit-whit" or a clear "tswee-tswee-tswee" performed during the ascending part of the display flight.
  • Backup VHF system whit 13 repeaters around the island.
  • takes place in Tamworth as 19-year-old Whit Livingston and his new wife, 16-year-old Melissa Butler, become the first white pioneer family to settle the area.
  • In the northwest of England, church and chapel parades called Whit Walks take place at Whitsun (sometimes on Whit Friday, the Friday after Whitsun).
  • The three hundred remains were reburied by the Lower Elwha. The state government turned over ownership of the area of Tse-whit-zen to the Lower Elwha Klallam.

  • Whit Monday gets its English name from "Whitsunday", an English name for Pentecost, one of the three baptismal seasons.
  • The male sings a three-part song. A common call is a dry "whit", similar to that of other "Empidonax" flycatchers. A less common call that is possibly only given by male is a sad "dew-hic".
  • This bird's song is a sneezed "fitz-bew". The call is a dry "whit".
  • The song is a squeaky chatter, sometimes compared to a squeaky toy. The call is a sharp loud "whit". It occasionally sings before sunrise.
  • Recently uncovered archeological evidence indicates that a community, known today as Tse-whit-zen, was occupied for generations by the Klallam Native American people.

  • Their voice is deep and mellow but slightly metallic "chwok, chwok", "chwok-whit" and "kwitchu, kwitchu"; very sharply scratchy, metallic "chwik!".
  • The song is a duet between pairs, with a "see" note, followed by a "whit" and a northern cardinal-like whistle. The call is a metallic [...].
  • <blockquote>Father's attitude towards communism never changed one whit, nor about religion.
  • "Operation Amsterdam" is a 1959 black and white British action film, directed by Michael McCarthy, and featuring Peter Finch, Eva Bartok and Tony Britton.
  • Their throat is white and the back of their neck is a dull shade of gold.

  • Old English [...] became [...] for a number of speakers, though [...] is widespread (e.g. OE "hwæt", 'what', became "whit").
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