tey
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Derived from Middle English teies, teyse, taken as a plural, from Anglo-Norman teice, from Old French teise, toise.
NounEdit
tey (plural teys)
- (historical) An English measure of length for rope, perhaps equivalent to the fathom.
- 1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 171:
- The tey or toise, the modern fathom, is employed as a measure of rope.
AnagramsEdit
FaroeseEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
tey n pl
DeclensionEdit
Demonstrative pronoun - ávísingarfornavn | |||
Singular (eintal) | m | f | n |
Nominative (hvørfall) | tann (sá)† | tann (sú)† | tað |
Accusative (hvønnfall) | tann | ta (tí) (tá)† | |
Dative (hvørjumfall) | tí (tann) (teim)† | teirri / tí | tí |
Genitive (hvørsfall) | tess | teirrar | tess |
Plural (fleirtal) | m | f | n |
Nominative (hvørfall) | teir | tær | tey |
Accusative (hvønnfall) | teir (tá)† | ||
Dative (hvørjumfall) | teimum (teim)† | ||
Genitive (hvørsfall) | teirra |
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 |
KayapóEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tey
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
tey
- Alternative form of teye (“cord, chain”)
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
tey
- Alternative form of teyen
YurokEdit
NounEdit
tey
ZaghawaEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tey
ReferencesEdit
- Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad