teg

See also: TEG, Teg, and tēg

English

Etymology

First used to contemptuously refer to a woman, then later applied to a ewe in her second year. Possibly borrowed from Swedish tacka (“ewe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛɡ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Noun

teg (plural tegs)

1. (UK, dialectal, dated) A sheep (originally a ewe) in its second year, or from the time it is weaned until it is first shorn.

   Synonym: (UK, regional, archaic) pug

   • 1573, Priory of Hexham:

     One Stringor, that brought a tegg from Wresill.

2. (UK, dialect, dated) A doe in its second year.

Further reading

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Teg”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• GTE, Get, TGE, get

Cornish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛːɡ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Cornish tek, from Old Cornish teg, from Proto-Brythonic *teg, from Proto-Celtic *tekos. Cognate with Welsh teg.

Adjective

teg (comparative tekka, superlative an tekka)

1. beautiful, pretty, lovely, fair
2. attractive

   Synonym: tennvosek

3. elegant, fine

   Synonyms: afinys, fethus, fin

4. handsome

   Synonym: semli

Derived terms

• skesya teg (“figure skating”)
• teg awel (“calm”)
• teg dres eghen (“exquisite”)
• tegen (“jewel, ornament, toy”)
• tegennek (“jewelled, ornate”)
• tegennel (“ornamental”)
• tegyn (“toy”)
• tykki (“pretty thing”)
• yn teg (“beautifully”)

Adverb

teg

1. quite

   Synonyms: glan, lowr, nebes, poran, pur, yn perfydh

Mutation

Mutation of teg

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
teg	deg	theg	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Numeral

teg

1. Hard mutation of deg (“ten”).
2. Mixed mutation of deg.

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰeː/
• Rhymes: -eː
• Homophone: te

Pronoun

teg sg

1. accusative singular of tú (“you”)

Declension

Faroese personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person		eg, jeg	meg, mjeg	mær	mín
	2nd person		tú	teg, tjeg	tær	tín
	3rd person	m	hann		honum	hansara, hans†
		f	hon	hana	henni	hennara, hennar†
		n	tað		tí	tess
plural	1st person		vit	okkum		okkara
	2nd person		tit	tykkum		tykkara
	3rd person	m	teir		teimum, teim†	teirra
		f	tær
		n	tey

Synonyms

• tjeg (dialectal)

Derived terms

• eg elski teg (“I love you”)

Green Hmong

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese tay ("hand" or "arm").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te˧˩̤/

Noun

teg

1. hand; paw

Hupdë

Noun

teg

1. tree

References

• Barbara J. Moore, Gail L. Franklin (1979) Mary L. Daniel, transl., Breves notícias da língua maku-hupda (in Hupdë), Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 11

Livonian

Pronoun

teg

1. nominative plural of sinā

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

tèg

1. (non-standard since 1938) imperative of tegja

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲeɣ/

Noun

teg n (genitive tige or taige, nominative plural tige)

1. Alternative form of tech

Mutation

Mutation of teg

radical	lenition	nasalization
teg	theg	teg pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tęgъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /têːɡ/

Noun

tȇg m (Cyrillic spelling те̑г)

1. weight (weightlifting)
2. weight (block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object)

Declension

Declension of teg

	singular	plural
nominative	tȇg	tégovi
genitive	tega	tegova
dative	tegu	tegovima
accusative	teg	tegove
vocative	teže	tegovi
locative	tegu	tegovima
instrumental	tegom	tegovima

Synonyms

• (Croatia) úteg

Slavomolisano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /têːɡ/

Noun

teg m

1. work, employment
   • 2010, Rino John Gliosca, Bonifacio en Amérique:

     Kada biša mblad, je vaza put e si ga poša Lamèrika. Aje-ka maša po jiška teg, ka teg vude ga ne biša ga.

     When he was young, he set out and went to America. Because he had to look for work, as there was no work here.

Declension

Declension of teg (inan series-1a masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	teg	tega
genitive	tega	tegi
dative	tegu	tegi
accusative	teg	tega
locative	tegu	tega
instrumental	tegom, tegam	tegi

References

• Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013. Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010: Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teːɡ/
• Rhymes: -eːɡ

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish tegher, from Old Norse teigr.

Noun

teg c

1. a small farm field, a part of a larger field

Declension

Declension of teg

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	teg	tegs
	definite	tegen	tegens
plural	indefinite	tegar	tegars
	definite	tegarna	tegarnas

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

teg

1. past indicative of tiga

Anagrams

• get

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh teg, from Proto-Brythonic *teg; GPC does not reconstruct a proto-form, but it would be Proto-Celtic *tekos, which McManus identifies as also found in Old Irish étig (“ugly”). Cognate with Cornish teg and Breton tek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teːɡ/
• Rhymes: -eːɡ

Adjective

teg (feminine singular teg, plural teg, equative teced, comparative tecach, superlative tecaf)

1. (archaic) fair, pretty
2. fair, just
3. impartial, unbiased

Antonyms

• annheg
• tueddol

Derived terms

• chwarae teg (“fair play”)
• gwynt teg ar ei ôl (“good riddance”)
• tegeirian (“orchid”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of teg

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
teg	deg	nheg	theg

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “teg”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies