yt

See also: YT, yT, .yt, -yt, yt., Y.T., Y. T., and yͭ

English

Etymology 1

From the pronunciation of y /waɪ/ + t for /t/ respective /tiː/.

Adjective

yt

1. (slang, African-American Vernacular, sometimes derogatory) Alternative spelling of white (“Caucasian”)
   • 2017 Spring, Tess Griffin, When life gives you lemons, bleach your skin, in Growl (Hofstra English Society & Campus Feminist Collective), issue 1:

     People of color aspire to be light skinned and yt people aspire to be tan. It is only aesthetically pleasing for yt people to be brown.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:yt.

Noun

yt

1. (uncommon, slang, African-American Vernacular, derogatory, offensive) Alternative spelling of whitey

See also

• wypipo

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of þat (“that”), the letter y takes the place of the old letter thorn (þ), as in ye for þe (“the”).

Alternative forms

• y^t, yͭ, yt.

Conjunction

yt

1. (obsolete) Abbreviation of that.
   • 1791, George IV, “Carlton House, 24 July 1791”, in A. Aspinall, editor, The Correspondence of George, Prince of Wales, 1770–1812, volume II: 1789–1794, London: Cassell, published 1964, page 177:

     The King appear'd to be much hurt at this, told me he did not credit what he told him, as he knew yt. you & I had never had any dispute together, & yt. William & you had had some misunderstanding in Germany […]

Anagrams

• -ty, Ty, ty

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈəi̯t/

Preposition

yt

1. (Cape Afrikaans) Alternative form of uit.

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yt/

Adjective

yt m (feminine jote, m plural e tu, f plural e tua)

1. your (singular)

Declension

declension of yt

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
nominative	yt	jote	e tu	e tua
accusative	tënd	tënde	e tu	e tua
genitive/dative/ablative	tënd	sate	të tu	të tua

There are also alternative forms which can be used before the noun (which will be in the indefinite state, while the forms used after the noun require the noun to be definite). These forms are restricted to personal relationships like family members, for example:

• yt vëlla (“your brother”), jot motër (“your sister”)

These forms are limited to singulars.

pre-noun forms of im

		masculine	feminine
nominative		yt	jot
accusative		tët	tët
dative		tyt	sat

See also

Albanian possessive adjectives and pronouns

		adjectives			pronouns
		singular	plural		singular	plural
1st person		im	ynë		imi	yni
2nd person		yt	juaj		yti	juaji
3rd person	m	i tij	i tyre		i tiji	i tyri
	f	i saj			i saji
3rd person reflexive		i vet			i veti

Danish

Etymology

From Swedish ut (“out”). Compare Swedish ute (“outdoors, uncool”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yt/, [yd̥]

Adjective

yt (neuter yt, plural and definite singular attributive yt)

1. out (out of fashion, not popular) [from 1982]

Synonyms

• out

Antonyms

• in

Finnish

Noun

yt

1. Abbreviation of yhteistoiminta.

Anagrams

• -ty

Middle English

Pronoun

yt

1. Alternative form of hit (“it”)

Determiner

yt

1. Alternative form of hit (“it”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

yt

1. imperative of yte

Yola

Pronoun

yt

1. Alternative form of it
   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, line 9:

     Yn ercha an aul o' while yt beeth wi gleezom o' core

     In each and every condition it is with joy of heart

References

• Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 114