teg

First used to contemptuously refer to a woman, then later applied to a ewe in her second year. Possibly borrowed from Swedish tacka (“ewe”).

• IPA^(key): /tɛɡ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡ

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.

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Teg”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

• GTE, Get, TGE, get

See the etymology of the main entry.

teg

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

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

teg

1. pretty, attractive

• IPA^(key): /tʰeː/
• Rhymes: -eː
• Homophone: te

teg sg

1. accusative singular of tú (“you”)

• tjeg (dialectal)

• eg elski teg (“I love you”)

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

• IPA^(key): /te˧˩̤/

teg

1. hand; paw

teg

1. tree

• 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

teg

1. nominative plural of sinā

tèg

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

• IPA^(key): /tʲeɣ/

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

1. Alternative form of tech

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tęgъ.

• IPA^(key): /têːɡ/

tȇg m (Cyrillic spelling те̑г)

1. weight (weightlifting)
2. weight (block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object)

• (Croatia) úteg

• IPA^(key): /têːɡ/

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.

• 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).

• IPA^(key): /teːɡ/
• Rhymes: -eːɡ

From Old Swedish tegher, from Old Norse teigr.

teg c

1. a small farm field, a part of a larger field

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

teg

1. past indicative of tiga

• get

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.

• IPA^(key): /teːɡ/
• Rhymes: -eːɡ

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

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

• annheg
• tueddol

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

• 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