ters

Middle English

Alternative forms

• tars, tarse, tearse, terce

Etymology

From Old English teors, from Proto-West Germanic *ters (“nail; penis”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛrs/

Noun

ters (plural tersis)

1. (vulgar) penis

Derived terms

• yekesters

Descendants

• English: tarse
• Scots: tars, ters

References

• “ters, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-21.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Terz, from Latin tertia, tertius.

Noun

ters m (definite singular tersen, indefinite plural terser, definite plural tersene)

1. (music) a third

References

• “ters” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “ters_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German Terz, from Latin tertia, tertius.

Noun

ters m (definite singular tersen, indefinite plural tersar, definite plural tersane)

1. (music) a third

References

• “ters” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

ters c

1. (music) third

Declension

Declension of ters

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	ters	ters
	definite	tersen	tersens
plural	indefinite	terser	tersers
	definite	terserna	tersernas

Anagrams

• rest

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ترس (ters), from Old Turkic [script needed] (ters). Further etymology disputed, compare also Mongolian тэрс (ters). Cognate with Kazakh теріс (terıs), Azerbaijani tərs (see it for more).

Noun

ters (definite accusative tersi, plural tersler)

1. reverse

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	ters
Definite accusative	tersi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ters	tersler
Definite accusative	tersi	tersleri
Dative	terse	terslere
Locative	terste	terslerde
Ablative	tersten	terslerden
Genitive	tersin	terslerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular tersim terslerim 2nd singular tersin terslerin 3rd singular tersi tersleri 1st plural tersimiz terslerimiz 2nd plural tersiniz tersleriniz 3rd plural tersleri tersleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular tersimi terslerimi 2nd singular tersini terslerini 3rd singular tersini terslerini 1st plural tersimizi terslerimizi 2nd plural tersinizi terslerinizi 3rd plural terslerini terslerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular tersime terslerime 2nd singular tersine terslerine 3rd singular tersine terslerine 1st plural tersimize terslerimize 2nd plural tersinize terslerinize 3rd plural terslerine terslerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular tersimde terslerimde 2nd singular tersinde terslerinde 3rd singular tersinde terslerinde 1st plural tersimizde terslerimizde 2nd plural tersinizde terslerinizde 3rd plural terslerinde terslerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular tersimden terslerimden 2nd singular tersinden terslerinden 3rd singular tersinden terslerinden 1st plural tersimizden terslerimizden 2nd plural tersinizden terslerinizden 3rd plural terslerinden terslerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular tersimin terslerimin 2nd singular tersinin terslerinin 3rd singular tersinin terslerinin 1st plural tersimizin terslerimizin 2nd plural tersinizin terslerinizin 3rd plural terslerinin terslerinin
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular tersim terslerim 2nd singular terssin terslersin 3rd singular ters terstir tersler terslerdir 1st plural tersiz tersleriz 2nd plural terssiniz terslersiniz 3rd plural tersler terslerdir

Adjective

ters

1. reverse, contrary, opposite

Further reading

• “ters”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu