• IPA^(key): [t̚],[ʔ],[ː] prolongation of previous sound, or silent (with pause)

FromMiddle Englishthat, fromOld Englishþæt(“the, that”,neuter definite article and relative pronoun).

t’

1. Northern England form ofthe(most characteristic of Yorkshire, but also found in areas of Lancashire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire)
   1. (Yorkshire)Short forthe (mostly in speech).
      • 1957 May, Neil Caplan, “Railways in English Fiction”, inRailway Magazine, page350:

        Tunnels often feature in fictional journeys, so I will end with quotations from a fairly recent novel, Howard Spring's "Fame is the Spur", published in 1940, in which there is a journey from Manchester to Bradfordvia the Calder Valley route: "Ay, we're going through Todmorden. We'll soon be int' tunnel, and when we get tot' other end we'll be in Yorkshire," and "Ah think this ist' filthiest tunnel int' world."

• Before a vowel,t’ is usually written and pronounced as if appended to the following word.
  • InHe can't make up his mind if he wants one or t’other (= He can't make up his mind if he wants one or the other)t’other is pronounced[ˈtʊðə] as if spelledtother. Sometimes, especially after a consonant, it is pronounced as a glottal stop as below.
• Before a consonant,t’ is pronounced as a glottal stop following the preceding word.
  • InI’m going down t’ road to see me mam ( = I’m going down the road to see my mother),down t’ is pronounced[daʊnʔ] asdown followed by a glottal stop.
• t’ is sometimes not pronounced at all, having no glottal stop, resulting in a slight pause or lengthening of the preceding sound.
  • This still remains distinct from the form without a definite article: comparein t’ woods[ɪnː ˈwʊdz] within woods[ɪn ˈwʊdz].
• Speakers to whom the usage is not native sometimes pronounce it[tʰ] or[tʰə], either deliberately in mockery or unconsciously in ignorance. However,t is said when it is used forto the.

• t'internet

Contraction.

t'

1. Apocopic form ofto.
   • 1690,Thomas d'Urfey, “Canto III”, inCollin's Walk Through London and Westminster: A Poem in Burlesque‎^[1], London: […] Rich. Parker […],page105:

     But more particulary that, / Where Lady was to wear a Hat; / And lay the Enſigns of their pride; / Their Silken Ornaments aſide; / Which would have been a wholſome Act, /T' encourage Woolen Manufact;[…]

   • 2016, Jane Redd, chapter 33, inSolstice,[Lehi, Ut.]: Mirror Press,→ISBN,page257:

     Who wantst’ know?

t'

1. contraction ofet

• t' is the elided (elida) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs beginning with avowel.

  T'estimo. ―I loveyou.

t'

1. apocopic form ofte
2. apocopic form oftè

• IPA^(key): /t‿/

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t'

1. elided form ofte

   Jet’ai vu.

   I sawyou.

2. (colloquial)elided form oftu

   T’as vu mon frère ?

   Haveyou seen my brother?

• “t'”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012

t'

1. contraction ofte

• IPA^(key): (before a word starting witha,o,u,fha,fho, orfhu)/t̪ˠ/,(before a word starting withe,i,fhe, orfhi)/tʲ/

t’

1. (Cois Fharraige)alternative form ofd’(“your (singular)”)

t'

1. (informal)contraction oftá(“is”)
   • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, inIrisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages185–88:

     “T’eagla orm,” dubhairt an rí, “go bhfuil mé caillte, óir budh chóir gur mhac damh atá ’san phlúr seo.”

     “I am afraid I am lost,” said the king, “for it ought to be that this flower is a son of mine.”

t' (apocopated)

1. apocopic form ofti

   T’odio. ―I hateyou.

Commonly elides before a vowel, especiallyi ande.

• IPA^(key): /t‿/

t'

1. prevocalic form ofté(past tense marker)

t'

1. prevocalic form ofto(“you, thou”)

   T'olé ça? ―Doyou want that?

t’

1. apocopic form ofta’

   t’art ―of earth

Its use is optional when followed by a vowel sound, and connects to the next word directly without a space, i.e. botht’art as one word andta’ art as two words are correct.

t'

1. apocopic form ofta

t'

1. apocopic form ofti,used before a vowel

• IPA^(key): /t̪ʰ/(before aback vowel sound)
• IPA^(key): /tʲʰ/(before afront vowel sound)

t’

1. alternative form ofd’(“your”)(second-person singular possessive pronoun)

t'

1. apocopic form ofta
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, inSONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number10, page88:

     T' brek up ee bathès h' had na poustee;

     To break up the goal they had not power;

   • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, inAPPENDIX, page132:

     Tommeen was eepitt' drive in

     [Tommy was putto drive in]

t'

1. apocopic form ofta
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, inSONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 9, page88:

     Na, now or neveare! w' cry'tt' Tommeen,

     Nay, now or never! we cry'dto Tommy,

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, inSONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number10, page88:

     Oore hart cam't' oore mouth, an zo w' all ee green;

     Our hearts cameto our mouth, and so with all in the green;

   • 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, inSONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page100:

     Craneent' thee wee aam, thee luggès shell aake.

     Chokingto thee with them. Thy ears shall ache.

   • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, inAPPENDIX, page131:

     Fad didn'st thou cumt' ouz on zum other dey?

     [Why didn't you cometo us on some other day?]

t'

1. apheretic form ofit; the ball
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, inSONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 7, page86:

     Our eein wode b' misternt' dearnt up ee skee.

     Our eyes would be dazzled (ifit)to look (hided) up to the sky.

2. misspelling of't

• 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, published1867,page86

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