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From Middle English-te(preterite ending), -t(past participle ending), from Old English-te, -de(first and third person preterite ending), -t, -ed, -od(past participle ending), from Proto-Germanic*-id-(preterite stem ending of class 1 weak verbs) and *-idaz(past participle ending of class 1 weak verbs).
In some verbs, like lose/lost, the -t-/-t was merely an alteration of earlier -d-/-d during the Middle English period. See -ed.
Suffix
-t
Forms the past tense and/or past participle of some verbs (leapt, kept, dreamt, blest, etc.)
Usage notes
Some verbs have both an -ed and a -t form. The -t form has become obsolete for many verbs, e.g. toucht.
As with -st, in many cases when there is a shorter synonymous word (as in among/amongst), the form with -t is considered more formal, old-fashioned, affected, and British.
Verbs formed from nouns or adjectives (compare English -ate, -ize), frequently having a causative force, or modified from an existing verb into a frequentative verb (no longer productive)
2018 May 29, @chave1y, Twitter, archived from the original on 19 January 2024:
I'm at a very weird stage in my life where i feel worthless and like I'm ruining out of time but I'm also really young bUT I'm not doing anything I love or that makes me happy so I'm SADT
2021 November 24, @NalediMOfficial, Twitter, archived from the original on 19 January 2024:
Day two of Lemon flavoured coffee 🥲💔 oh my godt
2023 April 23, @mingiiki, Twitter, archived from the original on 19 January 2024:
(Old Egyptian, c. 2500 BCE)IPA(key): /at/(consonantal and a-stem nouns); IPA(key): /it/(i-stem nouns); IPA(key): /ut/(u-stem nouns); debatably also /wVːt/(u-stem nouns when a suffix pronoun is attached), where Vː represents an unknown long vowel[1]
(Middle Egyptian, c. 1700 BCE)IPA(key): /aʔ/(consonantal and a-stem nouns); IPA(key): /iʔ/(i-stem nouns); IPA(key): /uʔ/(u-stem nouns); debatably also /wVːt/(u-stem nouns when a suffix pronoun is attached), where Vː represents an unknown long vowel
(Amarna-period Late Egyptian, c. 1350 BCE)IPA(key): /a/(unstressed); IPA(key): /aʔ/(stressed, in consonantal and a-stem nouns); IPA(key): /eʔ/(stressed, in i-stem nouns); IPA(key): /uʔ/(stressed, in u-stem nouns); debatably also /wVːt/(u-stem nouns when a suffix pronoun is attached), where Vː represents an unknown long vowel
(latest Late Egyptian, c. 800 BCE)IPA(key): /ə/(unstressed); IPA(key): /aʔ/(stressed, in consonantal and a-stem nouns); IPA(key): /eʔ/(stressed, in i-stem nouns); IPA(key): /øʔ/(stressed, in u-stem nouns); debatably also /wVːt/(u-stem nouns when a suffix pronoun is attached), where Vː represents an unknown long vowel
(Old Egyptian,Middle Egyptian)Forms the infinitive of anomalous verbs, weak verbs (except for fourth weak verbs with a geminated stem), and causative biliteral verbs.
(Late Egyptian)Forms the pronominal state of the infinitive of transitive third-weak verbs, and occasionally also biliteral and triliteral verbs, used when a suffix pronoun is attached to the infinitive.
Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
James P Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 314–315, etc..
Junge, Friedrich (2005) Late Egyptian Grammar: An Introduction, second English edition, Oxford: Griffith Institute, pages 65, 81
^ Loprieno, Antonio (1995) Ancient Egyptian: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 57–58
By analogy with the nominative plural forms (note that the accusative plural is identical to the nominative plural for most nominals) of plural pronouns, from which applied to the other personal pronouns as well, first in the eastern dialects. The regular accusative forms like minun (identical to the genitive forms) are used in dialects and in older language.
Suffix
-t
(case suffix)Forms the accusative forms of the personal pronouns and the interrogative pronoun ken.
The suffix becomes -et after d, t: er wartet. However, in strong verbs with a vowel change it is deleted instead: er rät. (Note er lädt with a silent -t.) It is also not used in the seven preterite-presents: er darf, kann, mag, muss, soll, weiß, will.
The suffix becomes -et after d, t: ihr wartet. There are no exceptions.
The form ihr seid is exceptionally spelt with a -d (by analogy with sind and in order to distinguish from seit).
Suffix
-t
Verb suffix for the past participle of weak verbs, together with the prefix ge- if the first syllable of the verb stem is stressed. See ge- -t for more.
*: Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise. – Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All »
First attested in the end of 12th century. Of debated origin. According to the most accepted theory, it is from a possessive suffix that originated either from a *t-initial demonstrative pronoun or from the Proto-Uralic*tᴕ̈(“you”) personal pronoun.[1]
Forms the accusative case for nouns, adjectives, pronouns and numerals.
külföldi(“foreigner”) → Sok külföldit láttam a városban. ― I saw many foreigners in the city.
óra(“clock, watch, hour”) → Vettem egy órát. ― I bought a watch.
ember(“human”) → Sok embert láttunk. ― We saw many people.
kettő(“two”) → Hány könyvet vettél? ― Kettőt. ― How many books did you buy? ― Two.
Usage notes
(accusative case suffix): It can be added to nouns, adjectives, numerals and pronouns. Whether a suffix-initial vowel (linking vowel) will be used is hard to predict and thus needs to be learned with each word. A rule of thumb, however, is that older and shorter words tend to incorporate a vowel, rather than simply use -t. Variants:
-t is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-. Final -o in foreign words changes to -ó-.
-ot is added to most back-vowel words ending in a consonant
-et is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant
-öt is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant
-∅ (zero form), optionally, after possessive suffixes, especially in the singular but sometimes also in the plural (and not infrequently after multiple-possession forms as well), except for the third-person singular (“his/her/its”, -ja/-je) as its omission would not reduce the number of syllables.
Elviszem a kabátom(at/∅), kabátod(at/∅); kabátunk(at/∅), kabátotok(at/∅), kabátjuk(at/∅); kabátjaim(at/∅) etc.
I’ll take my coat, your coat; our coat, your coat, their coat; my coats etc.
It is also omitted usually from the accusative forms of first- and second-person singular personal pronouns (engem, téged(“me, you”)).
(past-participle suffix) This form is the only option attributively. Predicatively, however, a construction of the existential verb van (or its negative form nincs) and the adverbial participle (with -va/-ve) is preferable, especially when speaking of the result achieved, although the suffix -t/-ott/-ett/-ött occurs predicatively as well, disputed as it may be.
(locative suffix) It is used only in a few city/town names along with the inessive case or superessive case. It can also be observed in a few local adverbs and postpositions. It is no longer productive. Variants:
plural suffix in the absolutive case. Numbers vary between singular -q and plural -t depending on whether they modify a noun or are being used for counting
Irish
Suffix
-tf
suffix forming a verbal noun, typically from verbs ending in -(a)il, -(a)in, or -(a)ir
used to form the first-person singular, third-person singular, and second-person plural past tense and past subjunctive of some irregular verbs
mussen(“must, to have to”) + -t → echmusst(“I had to”)
mussen(“must, to have to”) + -t → echmisst(“I would have to”)
Usage notes
With verb stems in -d, this letter becomes -t unless followed by a vowel and the ending is thus omitted, as it is with stems that end in -t to begin with.
This suffix triggers the weak grade on a preceding stressed syllable.
When affixed to stems ending in -i and -u, there are two possible alternative forms. In the first, the suffix added with no change, while in the second, the final vowel lowered to e and o respectively and diphthong simplification is performed on the preceding syllable.
Suffix used on the positive form of adjectives to denote that the corresponding noun is of neuter gender, indefinite form: en gul bil(“a yellow car”) → ett gult hus(“a yellow house”), the latter being neuter. However, the -a suffix is used for definite form independent of gender: den gula bilen(“the yellow car”) → det gula huset(“the yellow house”).
Suffix to form the past participle of weakly inflected verbs, to be used when the corresponding participle belongs with a neuter noun in indefinite singular form.
Suffix for forming supine of verbs of the first (ar-verbs) and second (weak er-verbs) conjugations; see also -it and -tt