hing

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English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Verb

hing

  1. (dialectal or poetic) alternative form of hang
    • 1600, Torquato Tasso, translated by Edward Fairfax, edited by Henry Morley, Jerusalem Delivered‎, London: George Routledge and Sons, published 1890, page 89:
      The peers of Pluto's realm assembled been
      Amid the palace of their angry King,
      In hideous forms and shapes, tofore unseen,
      That fear, death, terror and amazement bring,
      With ugly paws some trample on the green,
      Some gnaw the snakes that on their shoulders hing.

Etymology 2

From Hindi हींग (hīṅg).

Noun

hing (uncountable)

  1. (India) Asafoetida, especially when used as a seasoning.

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Anagrams

Apatani

Numeral

hing

  1. three

References

  • P. T. Abraham, Apatani-English-Hindi Dictionary (1987)

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

hing

  1. singular past indicative of hangen

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *henki. Cognate with Finnish henki.

Noun

hing (genitive hinge, partitive hinge)

  1. soul
  2. life-force
  3. a living being, usually a human
  4. breath, breathing
    Suits tõmbas hinge kinni.
    The smoke suffocated me. (lit. "The smoke pulled (my) breathing to a close")
Declension
Declension of hing (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative hing hinged
accusative nom.
gen. hinge
genitive hingede
partitive hinge hingi
hingesid
illative hinge
hingesse 		hingedesse
hingisse
inessive hinges hingedes
hingis
elative hingest hingedest
hingist
allative hingele hingedele
hingile
adessive hingel hingedel
hingil
ablative hingelt hingedelt
hingilt
translative hingeks hingedeks
hingiks
terminative hingeni hingedeni
essive hingena hingedena
abessive hingeta hingedeta
comitative hingega hingedega

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German henge.

Noun

hing (genitive hinge, partitive hinge)

  1. hinge
Declension
Declension of hing (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative hing hinged
accusative nom.
gen. hinge
genitive hingede
partitive hinge hingi
hingesid
illative hinge
hingesse 		hingedesse
hingisse
inessive hinges hingedes
hingis
elative hingest hingedest
hingist
allative hingele hingedele
hingile
adessive hingel hingedel
hingil
ablative hingelt hingedelt
hingilt
translative hingeks hingedeks
hingiks
terminative hingeni hingedeni
essive hingena hingedena
abessive hingeta hingedeta
comitative hingega hingedega

German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

hing

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of hängen

Scots

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

hing (plural hings)

  1. thing
    • 2018, Chris McQueer, HWFG, 404Ink, published 2018, page 4:
      ‘Aye, but that's the hing, Dolly. He's…he's different fae other guys.’
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

hing (third-person singular simple present hings, present participle hingin, simple past hung, past participle hung)

  1. to hang

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *χiːŋᴬ (“ginger”). Cognate with Thai ขิง (kǐng), Lao ຂີງ (khīng), Lü ᦃᦲᧂ (ẋiing), Tai Dam ꪄꪲꪉ, Shan ၶိင် (khǐng), Ahom 𑜁𑜢𑜂𑜫 (khiṅ), Bouyei hingl. Compare Middle Chinese 薑 (MC kjang, “ginger”).

Pronunciation

Noun

hing (Sawndip form 䒡, 1957–1982 spelling hiŋ)

  1. ginger
    Synonym: (dialectal) gieng
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