tess

See also: Tess and TESS

Faroese

Pronoun

tess n

1. its, genitive singular of tað (3rd person neuter, "it", "that")

Declension

Faroese personal pronouns

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person		eg, jeg	meg, mjeg	mær	mín
	2nd person		tú	teg, tjeg	tær	tín
	3rd person	m	hann		honum	hansara, hans†
		f	hon	hana	henni	hennara, hennar†
		n	tað		tí	tess
plural	1st person		vit	okkum		okkara
	2nd person		tit	tykkum		tykkara
	3rd person	m	teir		teimum, teim†	teirra
		f	tær
		n	tey

Derived terms

• tess vegna, til tess (“therefore, hence”)
• tess...tess (“the...the”)
• tessámillum (“while”)
• tesslíka (“likewise”)
• tessvegna (“therefore”)
• til tess at (“in order to”)

Hungarian

Etymology

tetszik +‎ -j (personal suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛʃː]
• Hyphenation: tess
• Rhymes: -ɛʃː

Verb

tess

1. alternative form of tetsszél, second-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of tetszik

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse (til) þess. Doublet of dess.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛsː/

Adjective

tess

1. (predicative) helpful, useful, worthwhile

   er han noko tess

   is it any useful

References

• “tess” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• tes

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *texstus. Cognate with Welsh tes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̠ʲes/

Noun

tess m

1. heat

Declension

Masculine u-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	tess	—	—
vocative	tess	—	—
accusative	tessN	—	—
genitive	tessoH, tessaH	—	—
dative	tessL	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Related terms

• té

Descendants

• Middle Irish: tes, tess
  • Irish: teas
  • Manx: çhiass
  • Scottish Gaelic: teas
• ⇒ Middle Irish: tesbach
  • Irish: teaspach

Mutation

Mutation of tess

radical	lenition	nasalization
tess	thess	tess pronounced with /d̪̠ʲ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 tess”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language