From Middle English lengen (“to linger”), from Old English lengan (“to make long, lengthen”), from Proto-Germanic *langijaną (“to make long”). Cognate with Scots ling (“to lengthen, prolong, delay; tarry, continue”). More at linger.
linge (third-person singular simple present linges, present participle linging, simple past and past participle linged)
From a substantivation of Old French linge, from Latin līneus.
linge m (plural linges)
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linge m (plural linges)
Inherited from Latin lingere, present active infinitive of lingō, from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ-.
a linge (third-person singular present linge, past participle lins) 3rd conj.
| infinitive | a linge | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | lingând | ||||||
| past participle | lins | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | ling | lingi | linge | lingem | lingeți | ling | |
| imperfect | lingeam | lingeai | lingea | lingeam | lingeați | lingeau | |
| simple perfect | linsei | linseși | linse | linserăm | linserăți | linseră | |
| pluperfect | linsesem | linseseși | linsese | linseserăm | linseserăți | linseseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să ling | să lingi | să lingă | să lingem | să lingeți | să lingă | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | linge | lingeți | |||||
| negative | nu linge | nu lingeți | |||||