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 (UK)

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Noun

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

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Anagrams

• GTE, Get, TGE, get

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Cornish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Numeral

teg

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

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

teg

1. pretty, attractive

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Faroese

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

teg sg

1. accusative singular of tú (“you”)

Declension

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

• tjeg (dialectal)

Derived terms

• eg elski teg (“I love you”)

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Hupdë

Noun

teg

1. tree

References

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

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Livonian

Pronoun

teg

1. nominative plural of sinā

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

tèg

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

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲeɣ/

Noun

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

1. Alternative form of tech

Mutation

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.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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	tegu	tegovi
locative	tegu	tegovima
instrumental	tegom	tegovima

Synonyms

• (Croatia) úteg

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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).

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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
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	teg	tegen	tegar	tegarna
Genitive	tegs	tegens	tegars	tegarnas

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

teg

1. past tense of tiga.

Anagrams

• get

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Welsh

Etymology

Cognate with Cornish teg; further etymology unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teːɡ/
• Rhymes: -eːɡ

Adjective

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

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

   Antonym: annheg

Derived terms

• chwarae teg

Mutation

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.