ling

See also: Ling, líng, lìng, līng, lǐng, and -ling

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɪŋ/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English lenge, lienge. Probably related to long.

Noun

ling (countable and uncountable, plural lings or ling)

  1. Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva, resembling the cod.
  2. A common ling (Molva molva).
Derived terms
Translations
Molva molva — see common ling

Etymology 2

From Middle English lyng, from Old Norse lyng.

Noun

ling (countable and uncountable, plural lings or ling)

  1. Any of various varieties of heather or broom.
    1. Common heather (Calluna vulgaris)
      • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., 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.
Translations

Noun

ling (uncountable)

  1. (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 singular lingu)

  1. quick gait, trot
  2. hurry, haste, rush

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lingid.

Verb

ling (present analytic lingeann, future analytic lingfidh, verbal noun lingeadh, past participle lingthe) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. (literary) leap, spring
  2. jump at, attack
  3. start back, shrink away from (with ó (“from”))

Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present lingim lingeann tú;
lingir†		 lingeann sé, sí lingimid lingeann sibh lingeann siad;
lingid†		 a lingeann; a lingeas lingtear
past ling mé; lingeas ling tú; lingis ling sé, sí lingeamar; ling muid ling sibh; lingeabhair ling siad; lingeadar a ling /
ar ling*		 lingeadh
past habitual linginn lingteá lingeadh sé, sí lingimis; lingeadh muid lingeadh sibh lingidís; lingeadh siad a lingeadh /
a lingeadh*		 lingtí
future lingfidh mé;
lingfead		 lingfidh tú;
lingfir†		 lingfidh sé, sí lingfimid;
lingfidh muid		 lingfidh sibh lingfidh siad;
lingfid†		 a lingfidh; a lingfeas lingfear
conditional lingfinn lingfeá lingfeadh sé, sí lingfimis; lingfeadh muid lingfeadh sibh lingfidís; lingfeadh siad a lingfeadh /
a lingfeadh*		 lingfí
subjunctive present go linge mé;
go lingead†		 go linge tú;
go lingir†		 go linge sé, sí go lingimid;
go linge muid		 go linge sibh go linge siad;
go lingid†		 — go lingtear
past dá linginn dá lingteá dá lingeadh sé, sí dá lingimis;
dá lingeadh muid		 dá lingeadh sibh dá lingidís;
dá lingeadh siad		 — dá lingtí
imperative lingim ling lingeadh sé, sí lingimis lingigí;
lingidh†		 lingidís — lingtear
verbal noun lingeadh
past participle lingthe

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form

Derived terms
  • lingchlár (“springboard; spring balance”)
  • lingeach (“springy”, adjective)
  • lingeacht (“springiness”)
  • lingeán (“spring”, noun)
  • lingmheatán (“spring balance”)

References

Mandarin

Romanization

ling

  1. Nonstandard spelling of līng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of líng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of lǐng.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of lìng.

Usage notes
  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate 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
  • IPA(key): /lɪŋɡ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋɡ

Noun

ling m (Arabic spelling لنگ‎)

  1. leg
    Synonyms: pê, qor
  2. foot
    Synonym: pê

Declension
Declension of ling
Definite masculine gender
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

References
  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “ling”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 450

Romanian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [liŋɡ]

Verb

ling

  1. inflection of linge:
    1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. third-person plural present indicative
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