From Middle English lunge, longe, from Old English lungen, from Proto-Germanic *lunganjō, an enlargement of *lungô (“the light organ, lung”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-, whence ultimately also light. Cognate with West Frisian long, Dutch long, German Lunge, Danish lunge, Norwegian lunge, Swedish lunga, Icelandic lunga, and also Russian лёгкое (ljóxkoje) (lung), Ancient Greek ἐλαφρός (elaphrós, “light in weight”) and perhaps Albanian lungë (“blister, bulge”). Compare Latin levis and Old English lēoht (Modern English light). See also lights (“lungs”). Superseded non-native Middle English pomoun (“lung”), borrowed from Old French poumon, pomon (“lung”).
lung (plural lungs)
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From Latin longus. Compare Romanian lung.
lung m (feminine lunghe, masculine plural lundz, feminine plural lundzi)
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *luŋ.
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Ross Perlin (2019) A Grammar of Trung, Santa Barbara: University of California
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Inherited from Malay , from Hokkien 籠/笼 (láng, lâng, lông, lóng, “bamboo container”).
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From Old Frisian long.
lung (comparative linger or långer, superlative lingst or långst)
masculine | feminine / neuter |
plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | |||
positive | ||||
predicative / adverbial | lung | |||
attributive | lungen | lung | lung | |
independent | lungen | |||
partitive | lungs | — | ||
comparative | ||||
predicative / adverbial | linger | |||
attributive | lingeren | linger | linger | |
independent | lingeren | |||
partitive | lingers | — | ||
superlative | ||||
predicative / adverbial | am lingsten | |||
attributive | — | lingst | lingst | |
independent | lingsten |
masculine | feminine / neuter |
plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | |||
positive | ||||
predicative / adverbial | lung | |||
attributive / independent | lungen | lunge | lung | lunge |
partitive | lungs | — | ||
comparative | ||||
predicative / adverbial | långer | |||
attributive / independent | långeren | långere | långer | långere |
partitive | långers | — | ||
superlative | ||||
predicative / adverbial | am långsten | |||
attributive / independent | — | långste | långst | långste |
lung m (oblique and nominative feminine singular lunge)
Case | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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singular | subject | lungs | lunge | lung |
oblique | lung | |||
plural | subject | lung | lunges | |
oblique | lungs |
From the Latin longus (“long”, adjective), from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós (“long”).
lung m or n (feminine singular lungă, plural lungi)
singular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative |
indefinite | lung | lungă | lungi | lungi | |||
definite | lungul | lunga | lungii | lungile | ||||
genitive- dative |
indefinite | lung | lungi | lungi | lungi | |||
definite | lungului | lungii | lungilor | lungilor |
lung m (feminine singular lunga, masculine plural lungs, feminine plural lungas)
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