tesen

See also: tešen and тесен

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɛ.zən]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈte.zen]

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

• tesen benn-bloodh (“birthday cake”)
• tesen dhehen (“cream cake”)
• tesen gales (“biscuit”)
• tesen geus (“cheesecake”)
• tesen safran (“saffron cake”)
• tesen vrew (“shortbread”)
• troghell desen (“cake server”)

 

Mutation

Mutation of tesen

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• taise, teise, tese, tesien

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

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

Related terms

• tasel
• tosen

Descendants

• English: tease
• Scots: tease, taise
• Yola: tyshe

References

• “tēsen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Slovene

Alternative forms

• tesán

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *těsnъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛ̀ːsən/

Adjective

tésən (comparative tesnȇjši, superlative nȁjtesnȇjši)

1. narrow

Inflection

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 genitiveanim	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), 2014–2024

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