ling
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: lĭng; IPA(key): /lɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) enPR: lēng; IPA(key): /li(ː)ŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɪŋ, -iŋ
Etymology 1
From Middle English lenge, lienge, from Middle French leynge (compare French lingue), from Middle Dutch *lenge. Cognate with Old Norse langa. Probably related to long.
Noun
ling (countable and uncountable, plural lings or ling)
- Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva, resembling the cod.
- A common ling (Molva molva).
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Etymology 2
From Middle English lyng, from Old Norse lyng.
Noun
ling (countable and uncountable, plural lings or ling)
- Any of various varieties of heather or broom.
- Common heather (Calluna vulgaris)
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 28:
- I was sitting by a path on a tussock between some bushes, whence I could overlook the path and a little valley to which it led down, and where nothing but ling and heather grew.
- 1931, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Five Red Herrings:
- Partridges, enjoying their last weeks of security, rose whirring and clattering from among the ling.
- Common heather (Calluna vulgaris)
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Etymology 3
Noun
ling (uncountable)
- (informal) Clipping of linguistics.
Anagrams
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *linga, from Proto-Indo-European *leig-. Compare English lark (“to frolic”), Lithuanian láigyti (“to run around wildly”), Ancient Greek ἐλελίζω (elelízō, “to whirl around”).
Noun
ling m (definite lingu)
Irish
Etymology
Verb
ling (present analytic lingeann, future analytic lingfidh, verbal noun lingeadh, past participle lingthe) (transitive, intransitive)
Conjugation
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Derived terms
- lingchlár (“springboard; spring balance”)
- lingeach (“springy”, adjective)
- lingeacht (“springiness”)
- lingeán (“spring”, noun)
- lingmheatán (“spring balance”)
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ling”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lingid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ling”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
Mandarin
Romanization
ling
- Nonstandard spelling of līng.
- Nonstandard spelling of líng.
- Nonstandard spelling of lǐng.
- Nonstandard spelling of lìng.
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Northern Kurdish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *langa-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *langa- (“lame”). Confer Persian لنگ (leng, “lame; leg”), Central Kurdish لەنگ (leng), Sanskrit लङ्ग (laṅga, “lame”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ling m (Arabic spelling لنگ)
Declension
Definite masculine gender | ||||
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Case | Singular | Plural | ||
Nominative | ling | ling | ||
Construct | lingê | lingên | ||
Oblique | lingî | lingan | ||
Demonstrative oblique | wî lingî | wan lingan | ||
Vocative | lingo | lingino | ||
Indefinite masculine gender | ||||
Case | Singular | Plural | ||
Nominative | lingek | lingin | ||
Construct | lingekî | lingine | ||
Oblique | lingekî | linginan |
Related terms
References
- Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “ling”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 450
Romanian
Pronunciation
Verb
ling
- inflection of linge:
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English lyng, from Old Norse lyng.
Pronunciation
Noun
ling
- ling (Calluna vulgaris)
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 108:
- Zing ug a mor fane a zour a ling.
- [Sing for the moor iris, the sorrel and the ling.]
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 108
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