hing

See also: Hing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪŋ/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Etymology 1

Verb

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

From Hindi हींग (hīṅg).

Noun

hing (uncountable)

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

See also

• li hing mui (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

• Nigh, inHg, nigh

Apatani

Numeral

hing

1. three

References

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Verb

hing

1. singular past indicative of hangen

Estonian

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

Declension of hing (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	hing	hinged
accusative	hinge	hinged
genitive	hinge	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
Notes	1) The long illative singular form with -sse is rarely used for this declension type.

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German henge.

Noun

hing (genitive hinge, partitive hinge)

1. hinge

Declension

Declension of hing (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	hing	hinged
accusative	hinge	hinged
genitive	hinge	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
Notes	1) The long illative singular form with -sse is rarely used for this declension type.

German

Alternative forms

• hieng (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪŋ/, (archaic) /hiːŋ/

• Audio

  (file)

Verb

hing

1. first/third-person singular preterite of hängen

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪŋ/

Etymology 1

Noun

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)

Derived terms

• anyhing
• everyhing
• hingmy
• nuhing
• sumhing

Etymology 2

Verb

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

1. to hang

Zhuang

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /hiŋ˨˦/
• Tone numbers: hing¹
• Hyphenation: hing

Noun

hing (Sawndip form 䒡, 1957–1982 spelling hiŋ)

1. ginger

   Synonym: (dialectal) gieng