tess

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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 teg, tjeg tær tín
3rd person m hann honum hansara, hans
f hon hana henni hennara, hennar
n tað 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

Hungarian

Etymology

tetszik +‎ -j (personal suffix)

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

tess

  1. (predicative) helpful, useful, worthwhile
    er han noko tess
    is it any useful

References

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: tes, tess
  • Middle Irish: tesbach

Mutation

Mutation of tess
radical lenition nasalization
tess thess tess
pronounced with /dʲ-/

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

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