t-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "t"

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of tert-. (tertiary)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiː/

Prefix

t-

1. (organic chemistry) tertiary form

Synonyms

• tert-

Coordinate terms

• n- (normal form)
• s- (secondary form)

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Emilian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t/

Pronoun

t- (personal, nominative case)

1. (before a vowel) Alternative form of et

Related terms

Emilian personal pronouns (weak forms)

Number	Person	Gender	Proclitic				Enclitic				Aphetic
			N	A	D	R	N	A	D	R	N	A	D	R
Singular	First	—	aj-	m’			-ja	-em			-ja	-m
	Second	—	t-	t’			-et				-t
	Third	Masculine	l-		g’	s’	-el		-eg	-es	-l		-g	-s
		Feminine	l’				-la				-la
Plural	First	—	aj-	s’			-ja	-es			-ja	-s
	Second	—	aj-	v’			-ev				-v
	Third	Masculine	j-		g’	s’	-i		-eg	-es	-j		-g	-s
		Feminine	elj-				-li				-li

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ˠ/ (before a, á, o, ó, u, ú and where it replaces /sˠ/)
• IPA^(key): /tʲ/ (before e, é, i, í and where it replaces /ʃ/)

Prefix

t-

1. Marker of t-prothesis

   an t-athair ― the father

   an tAthair ― the Father

2. Marker of lenition of s after the definite article

   an tseachtain ― the week

   an tSín ― China

Usage notes

Written with a hyphen before lowercase vowel letters, without a hyphen before uppercase vowel letters and s.

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Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t/

Article

t-

1. Alternative form of il-

Usage notes

• Used after a vowel and before the letter t. For details on usage, see the main lemma.

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Maquiritari

Prefix

t-

1. Marks the third person reflexive
2. Marks an unspecified person when used with the adverbalizers -e, -emje, and -ke
3. Marks a third person object for a small group of transitive verbs

References

• Cáceres, Natalia. Grammaire Fonctionelle-Typologique du Ye'kwana.

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Old Irish

Prefix

t- (class A infixed pronoun, triggers lenition)

1. you (singular object pronoun)

   ‎do·goa (“s/he chooses”) + ‎t- → ‎dot·goa (“s/he chooses you”)

   ‎ní·ben (“s/he does not strike”) + ‎t- → ‎nít·ben (“s/he does not strike you”)

Derived terms

Old Irish terms prefixed with t-

See also

Old Irish affixed pronouns

See Appendix:Old Irish affixed pronouns for details on how these forms are used.
Note that the so-called “infixed” pronouns are technically prefixes, but they are never the first prefix in a verbal complex.

Person	Infixed			Suffixed
	Class A	Class B	Class C
1 sing.	m-L	dom-L, dam-L		-um
2 sing.	t-L	dot-L, dat-L, dut-L, dit-L		-ut
3 sing. m.	a-N, e-N	d-N	id-N, did-N, d-N	-i, -it
3 sing. f.	s-(N)	da-		-us
3 sing. n.	a-L, e-L	d-L	id-L, did-L, d-L	-i, -it
1 pl.	n-	don-, dun-, dan-		-unn
2 pl.	b-	dob-, dub-, dab-		-uib
3 pl.	s-(N)	da-		-us
L means this form triggers lenition. N means this form triggers nasalization (eclipsis) (N) means this form triggers nasalization in some texts but not in others.