teg

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, 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

• 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

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

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

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

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

teg

1. past indicative of tiga

Anagrams

• get

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *tecu (“beautiful”); 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. fair (pretty, attractive)
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

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