Inherited fromProto-Slavic*teta.
teta f
teta(Piemontais)
FromOld Galician-Portugueseteta (13th century,Cantigas de Santa Maria), from a WestGermanic *titta (Englishtit,Dutchtiet,GermanZitze) or either an expressive formation identical to it.
ComparePortugueseteta,Spanishteta,Frenchtette.[1] Cf. also Late Latintitta.
teta m orf (invariable)
teta (infinitivegũteta)
Imitative of children's first syllables, similar totė̃tis(“daddy”) andtė́vas(“father”).[1]
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tetà f (pluraltẽtos) stress pattern 4[2]
| singular(vienaskaita) | plural(daugiskaita) | |
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| nominative(vardininkas) | tetà | tẽtos |
| genitive(kilmininkas) | tetõs | tetų̃ |
| dative(naudininkas) | tẽtai | tetóms |
| accusative(galininkas) | tẽtą | tetàs |
| instrumental(įnagininkas) | tetà | tetomi̇̀s |
| locative(vietininkas) | tetojè | tetosè |
| vocative(šauksmininkas) | tẽta | tẽtos |
Borrowed fromEnglishtheta, fromAncient Greekθῆτα(thêta).
teta (Jawi spellingتيتا,pluralteta-teta)
FromLatinthēta, in turn borrowed fromAncient Greekθῆτα(thêta,“theta”).
FromOld Galician-Portugueseteta, possibly fromFrankish*titta, fromProto-Germanic*titt-(“teat; nipple; breast”), fromProto-Indo-European*tata-(“father; parent; nipple”), or less likelyAncient Greekτίτθη(títthē). Alternatively, an expressive formation.
CompareSpanishteta,Frenchtette,Late Latintitta,Italiantetta.
Borrowed fromGreekθήτα(thíta).
teta m (uncountable)
| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | teta | tetaul |
| genitive-dative | teta | tetaului |
| vocative | tetaule | |
Inherited fromProto-Slavic*teta.
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tȅta f (Cyrillic spellingте̏та)
| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | teta | tete |
| genitive | tete | teta |
| dative | teti | tetama |
| accusative | tetu | tete |
| vocative | teto | tete |
| locative | teti | tetama |
| instrumental | tetom | tetama |
Inherited fromProto-Slavic*teta.
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teta f
Inherited fromProto-Slavic*teta.
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téta f
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| Feminine, a-stem | |||
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| nom. sing. | têta | ||
| gen. sing. | tête | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) | têta | têti | tête |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) | tête | têt | têt |
| dative (dajȃlnik) | têti | têtama | têtam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) | têto | têti | tête |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) | têti | têtah | têtah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) | têto | têtama | têtami |
Borrowed fromOld Frenchtete(“nipple”), perhaps an expressive formation or fromFrankish*titta, fromProto-Germanic*titt-(“teat; nipple; breast”), fromProto-Indo-European*tata-(“father; parent; nipple”).
CompareAncient Greekτίτθη(títthē),Portugueseteta,Frenchtette,Late Latintitta,Italiantetta, etc. Similar words are found in many European languages, and there may not be a deeper connection between them.
teta f
-teta (infinitivekuteta)
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FromLate Latintitta,titia; compareItaliantetta.
teta
| Inflection ofteta (inflection type 9/kogota) | |||
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| 1st infinitive | teta | ||
| present indic. | tedab | ||
| past indic. | tezi | ||
| present indicative | past indicative | imperative | |
| 1st singular | tedan | tezin | — |
| 2nd singular | tedad | tezid | teda |
| 3rd singular | tedab | tezi | tekaha |
| 1st plural | tedam | tezim | tekam |
| 2nd plural | tedat | tezit | tekat |
| 3rd plural | tetas tedaba | teziba | tekaha |
| sing. conneg.1 | teda | tedand | teda |
| plur. conneg. | tekoi | tenugoi | tekoi |
| present conditional | past conditional | potential | |
| 1st singular | tedaižin | tenuižin | tedanen |
| 2nd singular | tedaižid | tenuižid | tedaned |
| 3rd singular | tedaiži | tenuiži | tedaneb |
| 1st plural | tedaižim | tenuižim | tedanem |
| 2nd plural | tedaižit | tenuižit | tedanet |
| 3rd plural | tedaižiba | tenuižiba | tedaneba |
| connegative | tedaiži | tenuiži | tedane |
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| 1st infinitive | teta | ||
| 2nd infinitive | 3rd infinitive | ||
| inessive | tetes | inessive | tedamas |
| instructive | teten | illative | tedamaha |
| participles | elative | tedamaspäi | |
| present active | tedai | adessive | tedamal |
| past active | tenu | abessive | tedamat |
| past passive | tetud | ||
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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
teta
