smite

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From Middle English smiten, from Old English smītan (“to daub, smear, smudge; soil, defile, pollute”), from Proto-West Germanic *smītan, from Proto-Germanic *smītaną (“to sling; throw; smear”), from Proto-Indo-European *smeyd- (“to smear, whisk, strike, rub”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian smiete (“to throw, toss”), West Frisian smite (“to throw”), Dutch smijten (“to fling, hurl, throw”), German Low German smieten (“to throw, chuck, toss”), German schmeißen (“to fling, throw”), Danish smide (“to throw”), Swedish smita (“to run off (to)”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌼𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (bismeitan, “to besmear, anoint”).

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: ضَرَبَ (ḍaraba) — to hit
• Bulgarian: удрям (udrjam) — to hit
• Bulgarian: блъскам (blǎskam) — to hit
• Czech: uhodit — to hit
• Czech: udeřit — to hit
• Czech: zasáhnout — to hit
• Czech: omráčit — to hit
• Finnish: iskeä — to hit
• Finnish: lyödä — to hit
• French: frapper — to hit
• Galician: bater — to hit
• Galician: bourar — to hit
• Galician: golpear — to hit
• Galician: mallar — to hit
• Galician: pegar — to hit
• Galician: percutir — to hit
• Galician: petar — to hit
• Galician: sacudir — to hit
• Galician: zoscar — to hit
• German: schlagen — to hit
• Ancient Greek: πλήσσω (plḗssō) — to hit
• Hungarian: sújt — to hit
• Italian: colpire — to hit
• Occitan: tustar — to hit
• Occitan: picar — to hit
• Polish: mach — to hit
• Polish: raz — to hit
• Portuguese: golpear — to hit
• Portuguese: bater — to hit
• Russian: карать (karatʹ) — to hit
• Scottish Gaelic: buail — to hit
• Slovak: udrieť — to hit
• Slovak: zasiahnuť — to hit
• Slovak: trafiť — to hit
• Spanish: golpear — to hit
• Spanish: cascar — to hit
• Turkish: vurmak — to hit
• Turkish: çarpmak — to hit
• Bulgarian: поразявам (porazjavam) — to strike down or kill with godly force
• Czech: srazit — to strike down or kill with godly force
• Czech: ztrestat — to strike down or kill with godly force
• Dutch: doden — to strike down or kill with godly force
• French: frapper — to strike down or kill with godly force
• German: schlagen — to strike down or kill with godly force
• Italian: fulminare — to strike down or kill with godly force
• Italian: annientare — to strike down or kill with godly force
• Italian: annichilire — to strike down or kill with godly force
• Portuguese: fulminar — to strike down or kill with godly force
• Romanian: trăzni — to strike down or kill with godly force
• Romanian: nimici — to strike down or kill with godly force
• Slovak: zraziť — to strike down or kill with godly force
• Slovak: rozdrviť — to strike down or kill with godly force
• Turkish: öldürmek — to strike down or kill with godly force
• Turkish: mahvetmek — to strike down or kill with godly force
• Bulgarian: разбивам (razbivam) — to put to rout in battle
• Czech: rozprášit — to put to rout in battle
• Bulgarian: поразявам (porazjavam) — to strike with love or infatuation
• Italian: impressionare — to strike with love or infatuation
• Slovak: uchvátiť — to strike with love or infatuation
• Slovak: urobiť silný dojem — to strike with love or infatuation
• Slovak: počariť — to strike with love or infatuation