teg

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See also: TEG, Teg, and tēg

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)

  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[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Cornish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

See the etymology of the main entry.

Numeral[edit]

teg

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

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

teg

  1. pretty, attractive

Faroese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

teg sg

  1. accusative singular of tú (“you”)

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Green Hmong[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

teg

  1. hand; paw

Hupdë[edit]

Noun[edit]

teg

  1. tree

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

  1. nominative plural of sinā

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Verb[edit]

tèg

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

Old Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. Alternative form of tech

Mutation[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tęgъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Slavomolisano[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

    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[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

  1. a small farm field, a part of a larger field
Declension[edit]
Declension of teg 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative teg tegen tegar tegarna
Genitive tegs tegens tegars tegarnas

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

teg

  1. past indicative of tiga

Anagrams[edit]

Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *tecu (“beautiful”); cognate with Cornish teg and Breton tek.

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Is there a citation for this reconstruction? GPC doesn't give an etymology for this word - maybe it's a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to receive, take by the hand”)?”

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

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

Antonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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[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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