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 (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Noun

teg (plural tegs)

1. (UK, dialectal, dated) A sheep (originally 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.

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

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

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”)

Green Hmong

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te˧˩̤/

Noun

teg

1. hand; paw

Hupdë

Noun

teg

1. tree

References

• 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

Pronoun

teg

1. nominative plural of sinā

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

tèg

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

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.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited 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	teže	tegovi
locative	tegu	tegovima
instrumental	tegom	tegovima

Synonyms

• (Croatia) úteg

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).

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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	teg	tegs
	definite	tegen	tegens
plural	indefinite	tegar	tegars
	definite	tegarna	tegarnas

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

teg

1. past indicative of tiga

Anagrams

• get

Welsh

Etymology

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”). Cognate with Cornish teg and Breton tek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teːɡ/
• Rhymes: -eːɡ

Adjective

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

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

Antonyms

• annheg
• tueddol

Derived terms

• chwarae teg (“fair play”)
• gwynt teg ar ei ôl (“good riddance”)
• tegeirian (“orchid”)

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.

Further reading

• 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