tesen

See also: tešen and тесен

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

tesen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of tesar

Cornish

Etymology

Cognate with Welsh teisen.

Noun

tesen f (plural tesennow)

  1. cake
    Synonyms: kaken, gwastel

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of tesen
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
tesen desen thesen unchanged unchanged unchanged

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English tǣsan, from Proto-West Germanic *taisijan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛːzən/

Verb

tesen (third-person singular simple present teseth, present participle tesende, tesynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tesed)

  1. To card (straighten the fibres of) wool.
    Synonyms: carden, tosen
  2. (cooking) To chop or slice up meat.
  3. (hunting, rare) To harass a quarry.

Conjugation

Conjugation of tesen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) tesen, tese
present tense past tense
1st-person singular tese tesed
2nd-person singular tesest tesedest
3rd-person singular teseth tesed
subjunctive singular tese
imperative singular
plural1 tesen, tese teseden, tesede
imperative plural teseth, tese
participles tesynge, tesende tesed, ytesed

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: tease
  • Scots: tease, taise

References

Slovene

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *těsnъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛ̀ːsən/

Adjective

tésən (comparative tesnȇjši, superlative nȁjtesnȇjši)

  1. narrow

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Hard
masculine feminine neuter
nom. sing. têsen têsna têsno
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative têsen ind
têsni def
têsna têsno
genitive têsnega têsne têsnega
dative têsnemu têsni têsnemu
accusative nominativeinan or
genitive
anim
têsno têsno
locative têsnem têsni têsnem
instrumental têsnim têsno têsnim
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative têsna têsni têsni
genitive têsnih têsnih têsnih
dative têsnima têsnima têsnima
accusative têsna têsni têsni
locative têsnih têsnih têsnih
instrumental têsnima têsnima têsnima
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative têsni têsne têsna
genitive têsnih têsnih têsnih
dative têsnim têsnim têsnim
accusative têsne têsne têsna
locative têsnih têsnih têsnih
instrumental têsnimi têsnimi têsnimi

Further reading

  • tesen”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Spanish

Verb

tesen

  1. inflection of tesar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Swedish

Noun

tesen

  1. definite singular of tes