English

Noun

St

1. Abbreviation of Saint.

Usage notes

• Used especially in various British place names

Translations

English

Interjection

st

1. Expressing a sudden desire for silence.

Translations

Etymology 2

Abbreviations.

Noun

st ‎(plural sts)

1. Abbreviation of street. (Usually as “st.” Also as “st”. Sometimes capitalized.)
2. Abbreviation of Saint. (Always capitalized.)
3. Abbreviation of state.
4. Abbreviation of stone. (Unit of measuring weight, not capitalized.)
5. Abbreviation of store. (As in a shopping center.)
6. (knitting) Abbreviation of stitch.
   • 1998, Kristin Nicholas, Knitting the New Classics (page 63)

     insert right-hand needle bet 2 sts just knitted

   • 2009, Sally Muir, Joanna Osborne, Diana Miller, Pet Projects: The Animal Knits Bible (page 71)

     Knit 1 row. Dec 1 st at each end of next row and at each end of every foll alt row until 2 sts rem.

   • 2011, Barb Brown, Knitting Knee-Highs: Sock Styles from Classic to Contemporary (page 55)

     Change to larger needles and knit 1 rnd in CC, inc 3 (4, 5) sts evenly […]

Translations

Anagrams

• t's, T's, TS

Egyptian

Etymology 1

Pronoun

Dependent pronoun: neuter third person singular & plural

1. it, they, them (see usage notes)

Usage notes

This form of pronoun is an enclitic, which must directly follow the word it modifies. Its meaning depends on its context.

• When it follows a verb, it indicates the object of the verb
• In the second and third person when it follows an adjective, it forms the subject of an adjectival sentence
• When it follows a relative adjective, such as ntj, ntt, and jsṯ, it indicates the subject of the relative clause (Usually only in the first person singular and third person neuter)
• When it follows an imperative, it indicates the object of the verb.
• When it follows a particle like mj.k, it indicates the subject of the clause.
• When attached to a preposition, it indicates the object of the preposition

This pronoun has a variant hieroglyphic writing:

st	st	st
	Optional plural writings

Inflection

Dependent pronouns inflect for gender and number. The "neuter" third person form is used for inanimate objects. See individual pages for variant writings.

Etymology 2

Noun

1. throne of the king or of a god seen as a king [since the Pyramid Texts]
2. seat of the dead in the heavens or in the sun-god’s barque
3. palace of the king
4. residence
5. household
6. administrative office
7. (with a god’s name) temple or home of a god in the sky or duat
8. grave
9. building
10. place, location
11. position or rank

Alternative forms

[Pyramid Texts]	[later]	[Old Kingdom]	[Old Kingdom]	[Old Kingdom]

	Q19
[Old Kingdom]	[Old Kingdom]	[since Middle Kingdom]	[Middle and New Kingdom]	[Middle and New Kingdom]

Descendants

• Coptic: ⲥⲉ- in ⲥⲉⲙⲓⲥⲓ ‎(ⲥⲉⲙⲓⲥⲓ, “birthing stool”)
• Greek: -σης in νεφερσης ‎(nephersēs, “byname of Isis”)

Etymology 3

s +‎ -t.

Noun

1. woman [since the Pyramid Texts]

Alternative forms

[Old Kingdom]	[Late Period]

Etymology 4

Noun

1. a type of disease [Middle Kingdom]

Etymology 5

Noun

1. Variant form of smjt

Etymology 6

From earlier s3t ‎(“type of fowl”), from s3 +‎ -t.

Noun

1. a type of goose or duck, as a living creature or as food for the dead and the gods [since the Pyramid Texts]

Alternative forms

						[New Kingdom]

References

• Allen, Middle Egyptian
• Erman and Grapow, Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache

Ido

Interjection

st

1. hush!, sh!

Latin

Interjection

st

1. shh!, shush!, hush!

References

• st in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• st in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers