ling

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

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Noun

ling (plural lings)

Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva, resembling the cod.
The common ling, Molva molva.
Any of various varieties of heather or broom.
1. Common heather (Calluna vulgaris)

Derived terms

Translations

Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva

Czech: mník (cs) m
Dutch: leng (nl) m
Faroese: longa f
Finnish: molva
French: lotte (fr) f

Icelandic: langa (is) f
Maori: hoka, hokarari
Spanish: maruca f
Swedish: långa (sv) c

Molva molva — see common ling

Any of various varieties of heather or broom

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

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

Anagrams

lign-

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *linga, from Proto-Indo-European *leig- (compare English lark ‘to frolic’, Lithuanian láigyti ‘to run around wildly’, Ancient Greek ελελίζω (elelízō) ‘to whirl around’).

Noun

ling m (definite singular lingu)

quick gait, trot
hurry, haste, rush

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lingid.

Verb

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

(literary) leap, spring
jump at, attack
start back, shrink away from (with ó (“from”))

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

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

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form

Derived terms

Terms derived from ling

lingchlár
lingeach

lingeacht
lingeán

lingmheatán

Kurdish

Noun

ling m

leg, foot

Mandarin

Romanization

ling

Nonstandard spelling of līng.
Nonstandard spelling of líng.
Nonstandard spelling of lǐng.
Nonstandard spelling of lìng.

Usage notes

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [liŋɡ]

Verb

ling

first-person singular present indicative of linge.
first-person singular present subjunctive of linge.
third-person plural present indicative of linge.

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