SZUJSKI, shwYs'kr. J6zEF (1835-83). A Po lish historian and dramatist, born at Tarnov, Galicia. He studied in Cracow and Vienna, be came with Tarnovski in the estab lishment and redaction of the Przeglad Polski in 1867 and was appointed professor of Polish his tory at the University of Cracow in 1869, sub sequently also secretary-general of the Academy of Sciences. In 1881 he was called to a seat in the Austrian House of Lords. Ile published many medireval documents and chronicles bearing upon Polish history and in his excellent Thicjc Polski (1862-06; new ed. 1896) presented a his tory of Poland based upon the most recent re searches. In Oerman he wrote Die Polcn und Ruthcnun in (inlizit (1882). Desides poems and tales he produced a number of historical dramas, remarkable for spirited characterization, such as //a/stka 0stroga (1838); Jerzy Lu bow irski (1863) ; a nisr,chocna (1876) ; Jadciga, Ropernikus, and others.
twentieth letter of the English alphabet. Its Semitic original tau, the last letter of the Phcenician alphabet, meant cross, and was so called on account of the early shape of the character. The various forms which it has assumed are as follows: Xi f Early Greek Later GreekPhoenician. and Latin. and Latin.
As a phonetic character t is the voiceless alveo lar explosive. To form this sound the tongue
tip is brought into contact with the sockets of the upper front teeth, and the breath is made to escape explosively.
English t represents in general an original Indo-Germanic d, as Sanskrit dam, 'to tame,' Greek Saida, Latin domare, English tame. It may also represent an original Indo-Germanic t, as in Sanskrit stigh, 'to step,' Greek cl-eixa, Anglo-Saxon Sagan, English stile. An excrescent t occurs especially between s and r, as a glide sound between the median and lateral positions of the tongue, as in English stream, compared with Sanskrit sraras. An inorganic t has also been developed iu some modern English words after a final s, as amidst from am hides, from amongcs, whilst from whiles, and in the dialectic (meet, ttricet.
The digraph tit represents both the voiced and the voiceless spirant, as then, thorough. It may be pronounced t, as Thames, thyme, as may also the -ed of the preterite and perfect par ticiple, as dressed. In several words t is silent, as in chasten., moisten, christen, castle, gristle, hustle. In action, nation, portion, ti has the sound of -sit.
As a medixval numeral T = 160; 'T = 160,000. In music t = tenor, tempo.