yt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "yt"

English

Pronunciation

  • (adjective) IPA(key): /waɪt/
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  • (noun) IPA(key): /ˈwaɪ.ti/

Etymology 1

From the pronunciation of y (/waɪ/) + t (/t/ or /tiː/).

Adjective

yt

  1. (African-American Vernacular or Internet slang, often derogatory) Alternative spelling of white (Caucasian).
    • 2017 Spring, Tess Griffin, When life gives you lemons, bleach your skin, in Growl (Hofstra English Society & Campus Feminist Collective), issue 1:
      People of color aspire to be light skinned and yt people aspire to be tan. It is only aesthetically pleasing for yt people to be brown.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:yt.

Noun

yt

  1. (uncommon, African-American Vernacular or Internet slang, often derogatory, offensive) Alternative spelling of whitey (Caucasian person).
    • 2005, “Meganerd”, in Nerdrap Entertainment System[1] (mp3), performed by YTCracker:
      My handle is the ytcracker / The progenitor of all the nerd rap that you're hearing today.

See also

Etymology 2

    Abbreviation of þat (that), the letter y takes the place of the old letter thorn (þ), as in ye for þe (the).

    Alternative forms

    Conjunction

    yt

    1. (obsolete) Abbreviation of that.
      • 1791, George IV, “Carlton House, 24 July 1791”, in A. Aspinall, editor, The Correspondence of George, Prince of Wales, 1770–1812, volumes II: 1789–1794, London: Cassell, published 1964, page 177:
        The King appear'd to be much hurt at this, told me he did not credit what he told him, as he knew yt. you & I had never had any dispute together, & yt. William & you had had some misunderstanding in Germany []

    Anagrams

    Afrikaans

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈəi̯t/

    Preposition

    yt

    1. (Cape Afrikaans) alternative form of uit

    Albanian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /yt/

    Determiner

    yt m (feminine jote, masculine plural e tu, feminine plural e tua)

    1. your (singular)

    Declension

    Declension of yt
    singular plural
    masculine feminine masculine feminine
    nominative yt jote e tu e tua
    accusative tënd tënde e tu e tua
    dative/ablative tënd sate tu tua

    There are also alternative forms which can be used before the noun (which will be in the indefinite state, while the forms used after the noun require the noun to be definite). These forms are restricted to personal relationships like family members, for example:

    • yt vëlla (your brother), jot motër (your sister)

    These forms are limited to singulars.

    Declension of yt
    singular
    masculine feminine
    nominative yt jot
    accusative tët tët
    dative tyt sat

    See also

    Albanian possessive determiners and pronouns
    determiners pronouns
    singular plural singular plural
    1st person im ynë imi yni
    2nd person yt juaj yti juaji
    3rd person m i tij i tyre i tiji i tyri
    f i saj i saji
    3rd person reflexive i vet i veti

    Danish

    Etymology

    From Swedish ut (out). Compare Swedish ute (outdoors, uncool).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /yt/, [yd̥]

    Adjective

    yt (neuter yt, plural and definite singular attributive yt)

    1. out (out of fashion, not popular) [from 1982]

    Synonyms

    Antonyms

    Finnish

    Noun

    yt

    1. abbreviation of yhteistoiminta

    Anagrams

    Middle English

    Pronoun

    yt

    1. alternative form of hit (it)

    Determiner

    yt

    1. alternative form of hit (it)

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Verb

    yt

    1. imperative of yte

    Old English

    Verb

    yt

    1. third-person singular present indicative of etan

    West Frisian

    Verb

    yt

    1. first-person singular present of ite
    2. third-person singular present of ite
    3. imperative of ite

    Yola

    Pronoun

    yt

    1. alternative form of it
      • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 9-11:
        Yn ercha an aul o' while yt beeth wi gleezom o' core th' oure eyen dwytheth apan ye Vigere o'dicke Zouvereine, Wilyame ee Vourthe,
        In each and every condition it is with joy of heart that our eyes rest upon the representative of that Sovereign, William IV.,

    References

    • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 114