tesu

See also: tesů, and tešu

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛsu]

Noun

tesu m inan

1. genitive/dative/locative singular of tes

Old English

Alternative forms

• teosu, teso, *teisu, tæso
• teissum — dative plural (< *teiswum)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *taswī. Further etymology unknown. Perhaps related to Old English tǣsan (“to tear up, pull apart, tease”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.su/, [ˈte.zu]

Noun

tesu m or n

1. hurt, injury, damage
2. wrong, wrongdoing, fraud

Usage notes

• The exact gender is unknown. Based on the inflection, it is either masculine, neuter, or either.

Inflection

Inflection 1 (masculine):

Declension of tesu (strong wa-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	tesu	teswas
accusative	tesu	teswas
genitive	teswes	teswa
dative	teswe	teswum

Inflection 2 (neuter):

Declension of tesu (strong wa-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	tesu	tesu
accusative	tesu	tesu
genitive	teswes	teswa
dative	teswe	teswum

Related terms

• tǣsan
• teswian

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀢𑁂𑀲𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• तेसु (Devanagari script)
• তেসু (Bengali script)
• තෙසු (Sinhalese script)
• တေသု (Burmese script)
• เตสุ (Thai script)
• ᨲᩮᩈᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຕສຸ (Lao script)
• តេសុ (Khmer script)
• 𑄖𑄬𑄥𑄪 (Chakma script)

Adjective

tesu

1. (demonstrative) locative plural masculine/neuter of ta (“that”)

Pronoun

tesu

1. locative plural of ta (“he; it”)