wt

See also: WT, wt., -wt, and wͭ

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

wͭ

Preposition

w^t

(obsolete) Abbreviation of with.
- 1513, Robert Fabyan, last will and testament:
  W^t condicion that at the tyme of the Lavatory eueryche of theym turne theym to the people, and exorte theym to pray for ye soules following...
- 1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, Jeremy [Jeremiah] x:[3–4], folio xxviii, verso, column 1:
  They hewe downe a tre in the wod with the hondes of the woꝛke man, and faſhion it with the axe: they couer it ouer with golde oꝛ ſyluer, they faſten it w^t nales and hammers, that it moue not.

Synonyms

w^th, w/, w

Etymology 2

Pronoun

wt

(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of what.
- 2008 January–February, Chris Rodell, “Small talk, big results”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 80:
  Sure, we may use cellphones and e-mail hundreds of times a week, but we say very little. […] Most of our talk, even in privileged IM circles, is no deeper than the words we exchange with the pizza guy. […] U C wt I mn?

Anagrams

TW

Egyptian

Pronunciation

(modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /wɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: wet

Verb

2-lit.

(transitive) to bandage, to bind up
(transitive) to embalm

Inflection

Conjugation of wt (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: wt, geminated stem: wtt

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive¹	singular	plural
wt	wtw, wt	wtt	wt, j.wt	wt, j.wt

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective²		periphrastic prospective²
wt	ḥr wt	m wt	r wt

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
aspect / mood	active	passive	aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	wt.n	wtw, wt	consecutive	wt.jn	active + .tj¹, .tw²
perfect	wt.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²
terminative	wtt
perfective³	wt	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	wt.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
imperfective	wt, j.wt¹	active + .tj¹, .tw²	obligative¹	wt.ḫr	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	wt	wtt	potentialis¹	wt.kꜣ	active + .tj¹, .tw²
prospective³	wt	active + .tj¹, .tw²
subjunctive	wt, j.wt¹	active + .tj¹, .tw²

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
aspect / mood	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	wt.n	active + .tj¹, .tw²	—	—
perfective	wt	active + .tj¹, .tw²	wt	wtt, wttj⁶, wt², wtw^{2 5}, wty^{2 5}
imperfective	j.wt¹, wt, wty, wtw⁵	active + .tj¹, .tw²	j.wt¹, j.wtw^{1 5}, wt, wtj⁶, wty⁶	wt, wtw⁵
prospective	wt, wttj⁷	—	wttj⁴, wtt⁴

¹ Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
² Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
³ Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective.
⁴ Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. ⁵ Only in the masculine singular.
⁶ Only in the masculine.
⁷ Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wt

wt

[Pyramid Texts]

Noun

m

Inflection

Declension of wt (masculine)
singular	wt
dual	wtwj
plural	wtw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wt

wt

Derived terms

jmj-wt

Noun

m

embalmer

Inflection

Declension of wt (masculine)
singular	wt
dual	wtwj
plural	wtw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wt

wt

[Old Kingdom]

Noun

m

bandager

Inflection

Declension of wt (masculine)
singular	wt
dual	wtwj
plural	wtw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wt

wt

References

Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎^[1], volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 378.7–379.13
Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 71
James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 12, 378.

Swedish

Noun

wt ?

alternative letter-case form of WT (“redneck, white trash”)

Adjective

wt (comparative mer wt, superlative mest wt)

alternative letter-case form of WT (“rednecky, white trashy”)