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teg

See also: TEG, Teg, and tēg

English edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

  • IPA(key): /tɛɡ/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Noun edit

teg (plural tegs)

  1. (UK, dialect, dated) a sheep (originally a ewe) that is one to two years old
    • 1573, Priory of Hexham:
      One Stringor, that brought a tegg from Wresill.
  2. (UK, dialect, dated) a doe in its second year

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

Cornish edit

Etymology 1 edit

See the etymology of the main entry.

Numeral edit

teg

  1. Hard mutation of deg.
  2. Mixed mutation of deg.

Etymology 2 edit

From the same source as Welsh teg (“fair, pretty”).

Adjective edit

teg

  1. pretty, attractive

Faroese edit

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

teg sg

  1. accusative singular of tú (“you”)

Declension edit

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

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Green Hmong edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

teg

  1. hand; paw

Hupdë edit

Noun edit

teg

  1. tree

References edit

  • 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 edit

Pronoun edit

teg

  1. nominative plural of sinā

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Verb edit

tèg

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

Old Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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

  1. Alternative form of tech

Mutation edit

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-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tęgъ.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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 edit

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 edit

Slavomolisano edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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 edit

    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 edit

  • 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 edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Swedish tegher, from Old Norse teigr.

Noun edit

teg c

  1. a small farm field, a part of a larger field
Declension edit
Declension of teg 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative teg tegen tegar tegarna
Genitive tegs tegens tegars tegarnas

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

teg

  1. past indicative of tiga

Anagrams edit

Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *tecu (“beautiful”); cognate with Cornish teg and Breton tek.

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Is there a citation for this reconstruction? GPC doesn't give an etymology for this word - maybe it's a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to receive, take by the hand”)?”

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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

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

Antonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

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.

Further reading edit

  • 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
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