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English

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Pronunciation

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)

  1. Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva, resembling the cod.
    • 1995 December 26, William J. Broad, “Creatures of the Deep Find Their Way to the Table”, in The New York Times‎:
      Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish.
  2. A common ling (Molva molva).
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Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English lyng, from Old Norse lyng.

Noun

ling (countable and uncountable, plural lings or ling)

  2. Any of various varieties of heather or broom.
    1. 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.
Translations

Etymology 3

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 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

conjugation of ling (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

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

  • 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)

  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

Verb

ling

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

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English lyng, from Old Norse lyng.

Pronunciation

Noun

ling

  1. 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.

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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