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, 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

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

• 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”)

teg

1. tree

• 1979, Barbara J. Moore, Gail L. Franklin, Mary L. Daniel (translator), Breves notícias da língua maku-hupda, 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

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 tense of tiga.

• get

Cognate with Cornish teg; further etymology unknown.

• IPA^(key): /teːɡ/
• Rhymes: -eːɡ

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

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

   Antonym: annheg

• chwarae teg