wt

See also: WT, wt., -wt, and wͭ

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• wͭ

Preposition

w^t

1. (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...

Synonyms

• w^th, w/, w

Etymology 2

Pronoun

wt

1. (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 1054-4836, 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

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Egyptian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

 2-lit.

1. (transitive) to bandage, to bind up
2. (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
perfect	wt.n	wtw, wt	consecutive	wt.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	wtt
perfective3	wt	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	wt.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	wt, j.wt1	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	wt	wtt	potentialis1	wt.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	wt, j.wt1	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	wt.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	wt	active + .tj1, .tw2	wt	wtt, wttj6, wt2, wtw2 5, wty2 5
imperfective	j.wt1, wt, wty, wtw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	j.wt1, j.wtw1 5, wt, wtj6, wty6	wt, wtw5
prospective	wt, wttj7	—	wttj4, wtt4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. 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. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wt  

wt

[Pyramid Texts]

Noun

 m

1. bandage
2. mummy-wrapping

Inflection

Declension of wt (masculine)

singular	wt
dual	wtwj
plural	wtw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wt  

wt

Noun

 m

1. embalmer

Inflection

Declension of wt (masculine)

singular	wt
dual	wtwj
plural	wtw

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of wt  

wt

[Old Kingdom]

Noun

 m

1. 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, page 378.7–379.13
• Faulkner, Raymond (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, 378 page 12, 378.

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Swedish

Noun

wt ?

1. Alternative letter-case form of WT (“redneck, white trash”)

Adjective

wt (comparative mer wt, superlative mest wt)

1. Alternative letter-case form of WT (“rednecky, white trashy”)