tét

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tet"

Hungarian

Etymology

From the te- stem of the verb tesz (“to put; to do”) +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

Noun

tét (plural tétek)

  1. (obsolete) verbal noun of tesz (“to put, place”), synonym of tett and tétel as a verbal noun
  2. stake, bet, wager

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative tét tétek
accusative tétet téteket
dative tétnek téteknek
instrumental téttel tétekkel
causal-final tétért tétekért
translative tétté tétekké
terminative tétig tétekig
essive-formal tétként tétekként
essive-modal — —
inessive tétben tétekben
superessive téten téteken
adessive tétnél téteknél
illative tétbe tétekbe
sublative tétre tétekre
allative téthez tétekhez
elative tétből tétekből
delative tétről tétekről
ablative téttől tétektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		tété téteké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		tétéi tétekéi
Possessive forms of tét
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. tétem tétjeim
2nd person sing. téted tétjeid
3rd person sing. tétje tétjei
1st person plural tétünk tétjeink
2nd person plural tétetek tétjeitek
3rd person plural tétjük tétjeik

Derived terms

Terms mostly deriving from prefix + tesz
Rare, archaic, or obsolete terms

Further reading

  • tét in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *tantus, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”). Cognate with Welsh tant.

Noun

tét m

  1. cord
  2. rope
  3. string
Inflection

The Milan glosses attest a genitive plural tétae, which indicate masculine u-stem inflection.

Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative tét tétL tétaeH
Vocative tét tétL tétu
Accusative tétN tétL tétu
Genitive tétoH, tétaH tétoL, tétaL tétaeN
Dative tétL tétaib tétaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Middle Irish: tét f

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tét

  1. third-person singular imperative of téit

·tét

  1. third-person singular present indicative conjunct of téit

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
tét thét tét
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Adjective

tét

  1. (Southern Vietnam) be torn apart

Derived terms

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