teg
See also: tēg
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
First used to contemptuously refer to a woman, then later applied to a ewe in her second year. Possibly borrowed from Swedish tacka (“ewe”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
teg (plural tegs)
- (Britain, dialect, dated) a sheep (originally a ewe) that is one to two years old
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
- (Britain, dialect, dated) a doe in its second year
Further readingEdit
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
AnagramsEdit
CornishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
See the etymology of the main entry.
NumeralEdit
teg
Etymology 2Edit
From the same source as Welsh teg (“fair, pretty”)
AdjectiveEdit
teg
FaroeseEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
teg sg
- accusative singular of tú (“you”)
DeclensionEdit
Faroese personal pronouns
| Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn) | |||||
| Singular (eintal) | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person masc. | 3rd person fem. | 3rd person neut. |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | eg, jeg | tú | hann | hon | tað |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | meg, mjeg | teg, tjeg | hana | ||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | mær | tær | honum | henni | tí |
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | mín | tín | hansara, hans† | hennara, hennar† | tess |
| Plural (fleirtal) | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person masc. | 3rd person fem. | 3rd person neut. |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | vit | tit | teir | tær | tey |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | okkum | tykkum | |||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | teimum, teim† | ||||
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | okkara | tykkara | teirra | ||
SynonymsEdit
- tjeg (dialectal)
Derived termsEdit
- eg elski teg (“I love you”)
HupdëEdit
NounEdit
teg
ReferencesEdit
- 1979, Barbara J. Moore, Gail L. Franklin, Mary L. Daniel (translator), Breves notícias da língua maku-hupda, Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 11.
LivonianEdit
PronounEdit
teg
- nominative plural of sinā
Norwegian NynorskEdit
VerbEdit
tèg
- (non-standard since 1938) imperative of tegja
Old IrishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
teg n (genitive tige or taige, nominative plural tige)
- Alternative form of tech
MutationEdit
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| teg | theg | teg pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *tęgъ.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tȇg m (Cyrillic spelling те̑г)
- weight (weightlifting)
- weight (block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of teg
SynonymsEdit
SlavomolisanoEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
teg m
- 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.
- 2010, Rino John Gliosca, “Bonifacio en Amérique”:
DeclensionEdit
declension of teg (inan series-1a masc cons-stem)
ReferencesEdit
- 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).
SwedishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Swedish tegher, from Old Norse teigr.
NounEdit
teg c
- a small farm field, a part of a larger field
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of teg | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | teg | tegen | tegar | tegarna |
| Genitive | tegs | tegens | tegars | tegarnas |
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the main entry.
VerbEdit
teg
- past tense of tiga.
AnagramsEdit
WelshEdit
EtymologyEdit
Cognate with Cornish teg; further etymology unknown.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
teg (feminine singular teg, plural teg, equative teced, comparative tecach, superlative tecaf)
Derived termsEdit
MutationEdit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| teg | deg | nheg | theg |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||