st

See also: Appendix:Variations of "st"

English

Etymology 1

Imitative. Compare hist.

Interjection

st

1. Expressing a sudden desire for silence.

Translations

expressing a sudden desire for silence

• Greek: σουτ (el) (sout), σσστ (ssst)
• Hungarian: pszt, csitt (hu)
• Latin: st
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian: hysj
• Swedish: sch (sv), hyss (sv)

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 […]

Derived terms

• st st

Translations

street

• Catalan: c. (ca)
• Czech: ul. f
• Georgian: ქ. (k.)
• German: Str. (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: οδ. (od.) (abbrev. for οδός; placed before the name of the street)
• Hungarian: u. (utca)
• Polish: ul. (pl)
• Spanish: c/

saint

• Georgian: წმ. (ka) (c̣m.)
• German: St. (de)
• Greek: Αγ. (Ag.), Άη (Ái), Άϊ (Áï)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: Szt.
• Polish: św. (pl)
• Portuguese: St. (pt)

state

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

store

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Anagrams

• T's, TS, Ts, t's, ts

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Egyptian

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛt/
  • Conventional anglicization: set

Etymology 1

Pronoun

 c pl f sg 3. enclitic (‘dependent’) pronoun

1. she, her, it, they, them; by Middle Egyptian often, but not exclusively, used for inanimate objects (see usage notes)

Usage notes

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 subject or 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

Old Egyptian personal pronouns

	number	first person	second person		third person
			masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
suffix pronouns	singular	∅, .j	.k, .kj1	.ṯ, .ṯn	.f, .fj1	.s, .sj1
	dual	.nj	.ṯnj		.snj
	plural	.n	.ṯn		.sn
enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns	singular	w, wj, wy	kw, k, ṯw, ṯ	ṯm, ṯn	sw, s	s
	dual	—	ṯnj		snj
	plural	n	ṯn		sn
stressed (‘independent’) pronouns	singular	jnk	ṯwt	ṯmt	swt	stt
	dual	—	—		ntsnj
	plural	—	ntṯn		ntsn, jntsn
stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings	singular	.kj, .k	.tj, .t		∅, .j	.tj, .t
	dual	—	.tjwn		.wy, .wj	.ty
	plural	.wn, .nw			∅, .w, .y, .wy	.tj, .t
Only when attached to a dual noun or prospective participle.

Middle Egyptian personal pronouns

	number	first person	second person		third person
			masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
suffix pronouns	singular	∅, .j	.k, .kj1	.ṯ, .t	.f, .fj1	.s, .sj1
	dual2	.nj	.ṯnj, .tnj		.snj
	plural	.n	.ṯn, .tn		.sn, .w3
enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns	singular	wj, w	ṯw, tw	ṯn, tn	sw, st	sj, s, st
	plural	n	ṯn, tn		sn, st
stressed (‘independent’) pronouns	singular	jnk	ntk, ṯwt2	ntṯ, ntt, ṯwt2	ntf, swt2	nts, swt2
	plural	jnn3	ntṯn, nttn		ntsn
stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings	singular	.kw	.tj, .t, .tw3		∅, .w	.tj, .t, .tw3
	plural	.wn, .wjn	.tjwn, .tjwnj		∅, .w, .y
proclitic (‘subject form’) pronouns3	singular	tw.j	tw.k	tw.t	sw	sj, st
	plural	tw.n	tw.tn		st
Only when attached to a dual noun or prospective participle. Only in formal texts, especially religious texts. Only in postclassical (Neo-Middle Egyptian) texts.

Late Egyptian personal pronouns

	number	first person	second person		third person
			masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
suffix pronouns	singular	∅, .j	.k, .kw	.t	.f, .fj	.s, .st, .sw
	plural	.n	.tn, .twn		.w, .sn1
enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns1	singular	wj	tw, tj		sw, st
	plural	n, wn	twn		sn, st
stressed (‘independent’) pronouns	singular	jnk	mntk, mtwk	mntt, mtwy	mntf	mntst, mntjst
	plural	jnn	mnttn		mntw
stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings1	singular	.kw, .k	.tj, .tw		∅, .w, .y	.tj, .tw
	plural	.nw	.tn		∅, .w, .y
	unmarked (later)	∅, .tw
proclitic (‘subject form’) pronouns	singular	tw.j	tw.k	tw.t	sw	st, sw
	plural	tw.n	tw.tn		st, sw, swt
Only in formal texts, especially religious texts.

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of st  

st	st	st
	Optional plural writing	Optional plural writing

Pronoun

 c pl f sg 3. proclitic (‘subject form’) pronoun

1. 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

Old Egyptian personal pronouns

	number	first person	second person		third person
			masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
suffix pronouns	singular	∅, .j	.k, .kj1	.ṯ, .ṯn	.f, .fj1	.s, .sj1
	dual	.nj	.ṯnj		.snj
	plural	.n	.ṯn		.sn
enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns	singular	w, wj, wy	kw, k, ṯw, ṯ	ṯm, ṯn	sw, s	s
	dual	—	ṯnj		snj
	plural	n	ṯn		sn
stressed (‘independent’) pronouns	singular	jnk	ṯwt	ṯmt	swt	stt
	dual	—	—		ntsnj
	plural	—	ntṯn		ntsn, jntsn
stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings	singular	.kj, .k	.tj, .t		∅, .j	.tj, .t
	dual	—	.tjwn		.wy, .wj	.ty
	plural	.wn, .nw			∅, .w, .y, .wy	.tj, .t
Only when attached to a dual noun or prospective participle.

Middle Egyptian personal pronouns

	number	first person	second person		third person
			masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
suffix pronouns	singular	∅, .j	.k, .kj1	.ṯ, .t	.f, .fj1	.s, .sj1
	dual2	.nj	.ṯnj, .tnj		.snj
	plural	.n	.ṯn, .tn		.sn, .w3
enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns	singular	wj, w	ṯw, tw	ṯn, tn	sw, st	sj, s, st
	plural	n	ṯn, tn		sn, st
stressed (‘independent’) pronouns	singular	jnk	ntk, ṯwt2	ntṯ, ntt, ṯwt2	ntf, swt2	nts, swt2
	plural	jnn3	ntṯn, nttn		ntsn
stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings	singular	.kw	.tj, .t, .tw3		∅, .w	.tj, .t, .tw3
	plural	.wn, .wjn	.tjwn, .tjwnj		∅, .w, .y
proclitic (‘subject form’) pronouns3	singular	tw.j	tw.k	tw.t	sw	sj, st
	plural	tw.n	tw.tn		st
Only when attached to a dual noun or prospective participle. Only in formal texts, especially religious texts. Only in postclassical (Neo-Middle Egyptian) texts.

Late Egyptian personal pronouns

	number	first person	second person		third person
			masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
suffix pronouns	singular	∅, .j	.k, .kw	.t	.f, .fj	.s, .st, .sw
	plural	.n	.tn, .twn		.w, .sn1
enclitic (‘dependent’) pronouns1	singular	wj	tw, tj		sw, st
	plural	n, wn	twn		sn, st
stressed (‘independent’) pronouns	singular	jnk	mntk, mtwk	mntt, mtwy	mntf	mntst, mntjst
	plural	jnn	mnttn		mntw
stative (‘pseudoparticiple’) endings1	singular	.kw, .k	.tj, .tw		∅, .w, .y	.tj, .tw
	plural	.nw	.tn		∅, .w, .y
	unmarked (later)	∅, .tw
proclitic (‘subject form’) pronouns	singular	tw.j	tw.k	tw.t	sw	st, sw
	plural	tw.n	tw.tn		st, sw, swt
Only in formal texts, especially religious texts.

Alternative forms

See under the enclitic pronoun above.

Etymology 2

Noun

 f

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

Inflection

Declension of st (feminine)

singular	st
dual	stj
plural	swt

Alternative forms

Alternative hieroglyphic writings of st  

[Pyramid Texts]	[later]	[Old Kingdom]	[Old Kingdom]	[Old Kingdom]	[Old Kingdom]	[Old Kingdom]	[since the Middle Kingdom]	[Middle and New Kingdom]	[Middle and New Kingdom]

Derived terms

• jpt-swt
• ẖr st ḥr
• st-jb
• st-ꜥ

 

Descendants

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

Etymology 3

Romanization

st

1. 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.
• Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926–1961) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

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Ido

Interjection

st

1. hush!, sh!

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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