tess

See also: Tess and TESS

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

  • tess vegna, til tess (“therefore, hence”)
  • tess...tess (“the...the”)
  • tessámillum (“while”)
  • tesslíka (“likewise”)
  • tessvegna (“therefore”)
  • til tess at (“in order to”)

Hungarian

Etymology

tetszik +‎ -j (personal suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛʃː]
  • Hyphenation: tess
  • Rhymes: -ɛʃː

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

  • IPA(key): /tɛsː/

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

  • IPA(key): [tʲes]

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
    • Irish: teas
    • Manx: çhiass
    • Scottish Gaelic: teas
  • ⇒ 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.

Further reading

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