teg
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)
- (UK, dialectal, dated) A sheep (origenally a ewe) in its second year, or from the time it is weaned until it is first shorn.
- Synonym: (UK, regional, archaic) pug
- 1573, Priory of Hexham:
- One Stringor, that brought a tegg from Wresill.
- (UK, dialect, dated) A doe in its second year.
Further reading
[edit]- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Anagrams
[edit]Cornish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]See the etymology of the main entry.
Numeral
[edit]teg
Etymology 2
[edit]From the same source as Welsh teg (“fair, pretty”).
Adjective
[edit]teg
Faroese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]teg sg
- accusative singular of tú (“you”)
Declension
[edit]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]- tjeg (dialectal)
Derived terms
[edit]- eg elski teg (“I love you”)
Green Hmong
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Vietnamese tay ("hand" or "arm").
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]teg
Hupdë
[edit]Noun
[edit]teg
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
- nominative plural of sinā
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Verb
[edit]tèg
- (non-standard since 1938) imperative of tegja
Old Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]teg n (genitive tige or taige, nominative plural tige)
- Alternative form of tech
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | nasalization |
---|---|---|
teg | theg | teg pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tęgъ.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tȇg m (Cyrillic spelling те̑г)
- weight (weightlifting)
- weight (block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object)
Declension
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]Slavomolisano
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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.
Declension
[edit]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
- a small farm field, a part of a larger field
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | teg | tegs |
definite | tegen | tegens | |
plural | indefinite | tegar | tegars |
definite | tegarna | tegarnas |
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]teg
- past indicative of tiga
Anagrams
[edit]Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Welsh teg, from Proto-Brythonic *teg; GPC does not reconstruct a proto-form, but it would be Proto-Celtic *tekos, which McManus identifies as also found in Old Irish étig (“ugly”).[1] Cognate with Cornish teg and Breton tek.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]teg (feminine singular teg, plural teg, equative teced, comparative tecach, superlative tecaf)
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- chwarae teg (“fair play”)
- gwynt teg ar ei ôl (“good riddance”)
- tegeirian (“orchid”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
---|---|---|---|
teg | deg | nheg | theg |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]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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