ling

See also -ling, līng, líng, lǐng, and lìng

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Noun

ling (plural lings)

1. Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva resembling the cod.
2. Short for common ling, Molva molva.
3. Any of various varieties of heather or broom.

Derived terms

• blue ling Molva dypterygia
• common ling (Molva molva)

Translations

Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva

• Czech: mník (cs) m
• Finnish: molva (fi)
• French: lotte (fr) f

• Icelandic: langa (is) f
• Jèrriais: lîn m

Molva molva — see common ling

Any of various varieties of heather or broom

• Catalan: bruguerola (ca) f
• Czech: vřes (cs) m
• Finnish: kanerva (fi) (heather)

• Italian: brugo (it) m
• Scottish Gaelic: fraoch (gd) m
• Swedish: ljung (sv) c

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Irish

Verb

ling (present analytic lingeann, future analytic lingfidh, verbal noun lingeadh, past participle lingthe)

1. (literary) to leap, spring
2. to jump at, attack
3. to start back, shrink away from (with ó (“from”))

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	lingim	lingeann tú; lingir†	lingeann sé, sí	lingimid	lingeann sibh	lingeann siad; lingid†	lingtear
	past	ling mé; lingeas†	ling tú; lingis†	ling sé, sí	lingeamar	ling sibh; lingeabhair†	ling siad; lingeadar†	lingeadh
	future	lingfidh mé; lingfead†	lingfidh tú; lingfir†	lingfidh sé, sí	lingfimid; lingfeam†	lingfidh sibh	lingfidh siad; lingfid†	lingfear
	past habitual	linginn	lingteá	lingeadh sé, sí	lingimis	lingeadh sibh	lingidís	lingtí
imperative		lingim	ling	lingeadh sé, sí	lingimis	lingigí	lingidís	lingtear
conditional		lingfinn	lingfeá	lingfeadh sé, sí	lingfimis	lingfeadh sibh	lingfidís	lingfí
subjunctive	present	linge mé; lingead†	linge tú; lingir†	linge sé, sí	lingimid	linge sibh	linge siad; lingid†	lingtear
	past	linginn	lingteá	lingeadh sé, sí	lingimis	lingeadh sibh	lingidís	lingtí
verbal noun		lingeadh
past participle		lingthe

† Dialect form

Derived terms

• lingchlár
• lingeach
• lingeacht
• lingeadh
• lingeán
• lingmheatán

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Kurdish

Noun

ling m

1. leg, foot

See also

• pî

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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

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [liŋɡ]

Verb

ling

1. first-person singular present tense form of linge.
2. first-person singular subjunctive form of linge.
3. third-person plural present tense form of linge.