hing

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See also: Hing and hing-

English

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Etymology 1

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hing

  1. (dialectal or poetic) alternative form of hang
    • 1600, Torquato Tasso, translated by Edward Fairfax, edited by Henry Morley, Jerusalem Delivered[1], 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

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From Hindi हींग (hīṅg).

Noun

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hing (uncountable)

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

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Anagrams

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Apatani

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Numeral

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hing

  1. three

References

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

Dutch

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hing

  1. singular past indicative of hangen

Estonian

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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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
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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

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From Middle Low German henge.

Noun

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hing (genitive hinge, partitive hinge)

  1. hinge
Declension
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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

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /hɪŋ/, (archaic) /hiːŋ/
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Verb

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hing

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of hängen

Scots

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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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)
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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

  1. to hang

Zhuang

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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hing (Sawndip form , 1957–1982 spelling hiŋ)

  1. ginger
    Synonym: (dialectal) gieng