Definitions and meaning of st
st
Etymology 1
Imitative. Compare hist.
Interjection
st
- Expressing a sudden desire for silence.
Translations
Etymology 2
Abbreviations.
Noun
st (plural sts)
- Abbreviation of street. (Usually as “st.” Also as “st”. Sometimes capitalized.)
- Abbreviation of Saint. (Always capitalized.)
- Abbreviation of state.
- Abbreviation of stone. (Unit of measuring weight, not capitalized.)
- Abbreviation of store. (As in a shopping center.)
- (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 […]
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
Egyptian
Pronunciation
- (modern Egyptological) IPA(key): /sɛt/
- Conventional anglicization: set
Etymology 1
Pronoun
c pl or f sg 3. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun
- she, her, it, they, them; by Middle Egyptian often, but not exclusively, used for inanimate objects (see usage notes)
Usage notes
By the time of Late Egyptian, this pronoun in the singular was no longer strictly feminine but common to both genders, as it had entirely merged with the masculine equivalent sw through sound change.
This form of pronoun is an enclitic that 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, or jsṯ, it indicates the subject of the relative clause (usually only in the first person singular and third person common).
- When it follows an imperative, it indicates the object of the verb.
- When it follows a particle like m.k, it indicates the subject of the clause.
- When attached to a preposition, it indicates the object of the preposition.
Inflection
Alternative forms
For variant forms after this pronoun merged with sw, see that entry.
Pronoun
c pl or f sg 3. proclitic (‘subject form’) pronoun
- she, it, they [since the 17th Dynasty]
Usage notes
This form of pronoun is a proclitic that must stand at the beginning of a sentence (generally adverbial) and cannot come after any particles. It always indicates the subject of the sentence.
Inflection
Alternative forms
See under the enclitic pronoun above.
Etymology 2
Noun
f
- throne of the king or of a god seen as a king [since the Pyramid Texts]
- seat of the dead in the heavens or in the sun-god’s barque
- palace of the king
- residence
- household
- administrative office
- (with a god’s name) temple or home of a god in the sky or duat
- grave
- building
- place, location
- position or rank
Inflection
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
- Coptic: ⲥⲉ- in ⲥⲉⲙⲓⲥⲓ (“birthing stool”)
- Greek: -σης in νεφερσης (nephersēs, “byname of Isis”)
Etymology 3
Romanization
st
- Alternative transliteration of zt.
References
- James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, 116 page 51, 116.
- Erman, Adolf; Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
- Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, page 77
Ido
Interjection
st
- hush!, sh!
Latin
Interjection
st
- 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
Source: wiktionary.org- SRADHA, (Sanskrit) an offering to the manes of an ancestor.
(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)