tey

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English

Etymology

Derived from Middle English teies, teyse, taken as a plural, from Anglo-Norman teice, from Old French teise, toise.

Noun

tey (plural teys)

  1. (historical) An English measure of length for rope, perhaps equivalent to the fathom.
    • 1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 171:
      The tey or toise, the modern fathom, is employed as a measure of rope.

Anagrams

Faroese

Pronunciation

Pronoun

tey n pl

  1. they

Declension

Demonstrative pronoun - ávísingarfornavn
Singular (eintal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) tann (sá)† tann (sú)† tað
Accusative (hvønnfall) tann ta (tí) (tá)†
Dative (hvørjumfall) tí (tann) (teim)† teirri / tí tí
Genitive (hvørsfall) tess teirrar tess
Plural (fleirtal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) teir tær tey
Accusative (hvønnfall) teir (tá)†
Dative (hvørjumfall) teimum (teim)†
Genitive (hvørsfall) teirra
Faroese personal pronouns
Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn)
Singular (eintal) 1st person 2nd person 3rd person masc. 3rd person fem. 3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall) eg, jeg tú hann hon tað
Accusative (hvønnfall) meg, mjeg teg, tjeg hana
Dative (hvørjumfall) mær tær honum henni tí
Genitive (hvørsfall) mín tín hansara, hans† hennara, hennar† tess
Plural (fleirtal) 1st person 2nd person 3rd person masc. 3rd person fem. 3rd person neut.
Nominative (hvørfall) vit tit teir tær tey
Accusative (hvønnfall) okkum tykkum
Dative (hvørjumfall) teimum, teim†
Genitive (hvørsfall) okkara tykkara teirra

Kayapó

Pronunciation

IPA(key):

Noun

tey

  1. stinger
  2. bird tail

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

tey

  1. Alternative form of teye (“cord, chain”)

Etymology 2

Verb

tey

  1. Alternative form of teyen

Yurok

Pronunciation

Noun

tey

  1. brother-in-law

Zaghawa

Pronunciation

Noun

tey

  1. One without a mother and father; an orphan or a bastard (illegitimate child)
  2. (archaic) life

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