"-ling" meaning in All languages combined

See -ling on Wiktionary

Suffix [Dutch]

Etymology: From a rebracketing of nouns with an -ing suffix. See above (English). Head templates: {{head|nl|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|g=m}} -ling m
  1. a suffix that describes a person (or other creature) in terms of a place of origin or a quality, as defined by the root to which it is added Tags: masculine, morpheme Derived forms: -lings [adverb], -linge [feminine]
    Sense id: en--ling-nl-suffix-azIjFnLC Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages using catfix, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 12 1 3 9 9 5 4 6 6 8 5 10 6 6 8 1 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 38 1 0 12 5 4 2 3 3 6 3 9 4 3 6 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 24 1 0 6 5 4 2 12 2 6 4 23 4 2 6 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 1 0 7 5 4 1 11 2 8 5 20 5 2 8 0

Suffix [English]

Etymology: From Middle English -ling, from Old English -ling, from Proto-West Germanic *-ling, from Proto-Germanic *-lingaz, a nominal suffix, probably composed of Proto-Germanic *-ilaz (agent/instrumental/diminutive suffix) + Proto-Germanic *-ingaz (patronymic suffix). Akin to Dutch -ling, German -ling, Icelandic -lingur, Gothic -𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃 (-liggs). More at -le, -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-ling}} Middle English -ling, {{inh|en|ang|-ling}} Old English -ling, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*-ling}} Proto-West Germanic *-ling, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*-lingaz}} Proto-Germanic *-lingaz, {{der|en|gem-pro|*-ilaz}} Proto-Germanic *-ilaz, {{der|en|gem-pro|*-ingaz}} Proto-Germanic *-ingaz, {{cog|de|-ling}} German -ling, {{cog|is|-lingur}} Icelandic -lingur, {{cog|got|-𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃}} Gothic -𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃 (-liggs) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|cat3=diminutive suffixes|head=|id=}} -ling, {{en-suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|cat3=diminutive suffixes}} -ling
  1. small, immature, miniature Tags: morpheme Translations (Diminutive): -ig [feminine] (Breton), (xiǎo-) (Chinese Mandarin), (-zǎi) (Chinese Mandarin), -子 (-zi) (Chinese Mandarin), -je (Dutch), -pje (Dutch), -tje (Dutch), -ling (Dutch), -kene [singular] (Estonian), -lane [singular] (Estonian), -nen (Finnish), -lainen (Finnish), -et [masculine] (French), -ette [feminine] (French), -in [masculine] (French), -ine [feminine] (French), -iño [masculine] (Galician), iña [feminine] (Galician), -chen (German), -lein (German), -erl (english: south German) (German), -etto [masculine, neuter] (Interlingua), -etta [feminine, neuter] (Interlingua), -án [masculine] (Irish), -ín [masculine] (Irish), -óg [feminine] (Irish), -ino [masculine] (Italian), -ina [feminine] (Italian), -etto [masculine] (Italian), -etta [feminine] (Italian), -ello [masculine] (Italian), -ella [feminine] (Italian), (ko-) (alt: ) (Japanese), -ling (Middle English), -ing (Middle English), -ik (Northern Kurdish), -k (Northern Kurdish), -ok (Northern Kurdish), [neuter] (Polish), -inho (Portuguese), -el (Romanian), -șor (Romanian), -uț (Romanian), -uș (Romanian), -aș (Romanian), -ёнок (-jónok) [masculine] (Russian), -о́нок (-ónok) [masculine] (Russian), -ок (-ok) (Russian), -ёк (-jók) (Russian), -an [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), -ag [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), -eḍḍu [masculine] (Sicilian), -eḍḍa [feminine] (Sicilian), -uzzu [masculine] (Sicilian), -uzza [feminine] (Sicilian), -icchiu [masculine] (Sicilian), -icchia [feminine] (Sicilian), -ittu [masculine] (Sicilian), -itta (-etta) (alt: (italianized) also as -ettu m) [feminine] (Sicilian), -inu [masculine] (Sicilian), -ina [feminine] (Sicilian), -ito [masculine] (Spanish), -ita [feminine] (Spanish), -illo [masculine] (Spanish), -illa [feminine] (Spanish), -is (Swedish), -еня́ (-enjá) (Ukrainian), -о́чок (-óčok) (Ukrainian), -е́нько (-énʹko) (Ukrainian), -ig [feminine, masculine] (Welsh), -cyn [masculine] (Welsh), -os [feminine, masculine, plural] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en--ling-en-suffix-en:diminutive Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of 'Diminutive': 74 26
  2. follower or resident Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ling-en-suffix-en:follower_or_resident Categories (other): Terms with Breton translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Breton translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -lyng [obsolete]

Suffix [English]

Etymology: From Middle English -ling, from Old English -ling, -linga, -lunga (adverbial suffix). Compare -long. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-ling}} Middle English -ling, {{inh|en|ang|-ling}} Old English -ling Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=adverb-forming suffixes|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ling, {{en-suffix|cat2=adverb-forming suffixes}} -ling
  1. (non-productive) An adverbial suffix denoting manner, direction or position. Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -lin [dialectal], -lings Derived forms: darkling, flatling, headling, sideling, sunderling Related terms: -en, -le, -ock
    Sense id: en--ling-en-suffix-rvYf9z7K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 22 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix [German]

IPA: [lɪŋ] Audio: LL-Q188 (deu)-Frank C. Müller--ling.wav Forms: -linges [genitive], -lings [genitive], -linge [plural]
Etymology: From Middle High German -linc, from Old High German -ling, from Proto-West Germanic *-ling. Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|de|gmh|-linc}} Middle High German -linc, {{inh|de|goh|-ling}} Old High German -ling, {{der|de|gmw-pro|*-ling}} Proto-West Germanic *-ling Head templates: {{head|de|suffix|genitive|-linges|or|-lings|plural|-linge|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|g=m}} -ling m (genitive -linges or -lings, plural -linge)
  1. Indicates possession of or connection with a quality or property, such as Schwächling (“weakling”) from schwach (“weak”) or Frühling (“the season Spring [which comes early]”) from früh (“early”). Tags: masculine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ling-de-suffix-rsE5vuJ2 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 48 36 16
  2. A modifier of nouns, meaning a follower or resident of what is denoted by the stem form, such as Häftling from Haft. Tags: masculine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ling-de-suffix-odhG614q
  3. Suffix forming the names of many mushrooms. Tags: masculine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ling-de-suffix-xqGeutyI

Suffix [Icelandic]

Head templates: {{head|is|suffix form}} -ling
  1. indefinite accusative singular of -lingur Tags: accusative, form-of, indefinite, morpheme, singular Form of: -lingur
    Sense id: en--ling-is-suffix-o0-oBKek Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 24 1 0 6 5 4 2 12 2 6 4 23 4 2 6 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 1 0 7 5 4 1 11 2 8 5 20 5 2 8 0

Suffix [Middle English]

IPA: /-linɡ/
Etymology: From Old English -ling (nominal suffix), from Proto-West Germanic *-ling, from Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz; equivalent to -el + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|-ling|id=nominal|pos=nominal suffix}} Old English -ling (nominal suffix), {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*-ling}} Proto-West Germanic *-ling, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*-ilingaz}} Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz, {{af|enm|-el|-ing|id1=agentive|id2=diminutive suffix}} -el + -ing Head templates: {{head|enm|suffix}} -ling
  1. suffix used in forming personal nouns Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -linge, -lingge, -lyng, -lynge
    Sense id: en--ling-enm-suffix-enm:diminutive Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -el (agentive), Middle English terms suffixed with -ing (diminutive suffix) Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -el (agentive): 47 53 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ing (diminutive suffix): 49 51
  2. suffix forming diminutives Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ling-enm-suffix-UG-Vi9H1 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -el (agentive), Middle English terms suffixed with -ing (diminutive suffix) Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 23 49 28 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -el (agentive): 47 53 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ing (diminutive suffix): 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix [Middle English]

IPA: /-linɡ/
Etymology: From Old English -ling (adverbial suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|-ling|id=adverbial|pos=adverbial suffix}} Old English -ling (adverbial suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|suffix}} -ling
  1. An adverbial suffix denoting direction, state or position. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ling-enm-suffix-enm:adverbial
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix [Norwegian Bokmål]

Etymology: From German -ling. Etymology templates: {{der|nb|de|-ling}} German -ling Head templates: {{head|nb|suffix}} -ling
  1. denoting diminutive Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ling-nb-suffix-AXDLVpJy Categories (other): Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 12 1 3 9 9 5 4 6 6 8 5 10 6 6 8 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 24 1 0 6 5 4 2 12 2 6 4 23 4 2 6 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 1 0 7 5 4 1 11 2 8 5 20 5 2 8 0

Suffix [Old English]

IPA: /linɡ/, [liŋɡ]
Etymology: From alteration of suffixal use of Old English lang (“long”). Etymology templates: {{cog|ang|long|lang|long}} Old English lang (“long”) Head templates: {{head|ang|suffix|head=-ling}} -ling
  1. adverbial suffix denoting direction, state or position Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ling-ang-suffix-ang:adverbial
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix [Old English]

IPA: /linɡ/, [liŋɡ]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *-ling, from Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*-ling}} Proto-West Germanic *-ling, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*-ilingaz}} Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz Head templates: {{head|ang|suffix|g=m|head=-ling}} -ling m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|-ling}}, {{ang-decl-noun|-ling|-lingas|-ling|-lingas|-linges|-linga|-linge|-lingum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], -ling [nominative, singular], -lingas [nominative, plural], -ling [accusative, singular], -lingas [accusative, plural], -linges [genitive, singular], -linga [genitive, plural], -linge [dative, singular], -lingum [dative, plural]
  1. suffix used in forming personal nouns Tags: masculine, morpheme Synonyms: -linc
    Sense id: en--ling-ang-suffix-ang:nominal
  2. suffix forming diminutives Tags: masculine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ling-ang-suffix-UG-Vi9H1
  3. dynasty, lineage Tags: masculine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ling-ang-suffix-A1uikNPg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix [Proto-West Germanic]

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *-lingaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro|*-lingaz}} Proto-Germanic *-lingaz Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|g=m}} *-ling m Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-noun-a|g=m}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], -ling [nominative, singular], -lingō [nominative, plural], -lingōs [nominative, plural], -ling [accusative, singular], -lingā [accusative, plural], -lingas [genitive, singular], -lingō [genitive, plural], -lingē [dative, singular], -lingum [dative, plural], -lingu [instrumental, singular], -lingum [instrumental, plural]
  1. Forms noun-derivatives with sense of 'belonging to, coming from, descending from', often with a diminutive force. Tags: masculine, morpheme, reconstruction

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "47 53",
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      "_dis1": "47 53",
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      "_dis1": "47 53",
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      "_dis1": "47 53",
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    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
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    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
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      "_dis1": "47 53",
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    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
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      "_dis1": "47 53",
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      "_dis1": "47 53",
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      "_dis1": "47 53",
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      "_dis1": "47 53",
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      "_dis1": "47 53",
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      "_dis1": "47 53",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "-zi",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
          "word": "-子"
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          "_dis1": "74 26",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
          "word": "-je"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
          "word": "-pje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
          "word": "-tje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
          "word": "-ling"
        },
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          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
          "tags": [
            "singular"
          ],
          "word": "-kene"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
          "tags": [
            "singular"
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          "word": "-lane"
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
          "word": "-nen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
          "word": "-lainen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-et"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "-ette"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "-in"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "-ine"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "-iño"
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "iña"
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
          "word": "-chen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "south German",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
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          "_dis1": "74 26",
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            "feminine",
            "neuter"
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "74 26",
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            "masculine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "74 26",
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          "sense": "Diminutive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-etto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "-etta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "-ello"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "-ella"
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          "_dis1": "74 26",
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          "word": "-ik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
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          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
          "word": "-k"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
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          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
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          "sense": "Diminutive",
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
          "word": "-inho"
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
          "word": "-el"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
          "word": "-șor"
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
          "word": "-uț"
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "Diminutive",
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          "_dis1": "74 26",
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          "sense": "Diminutive",
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            "masculine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "74 26",
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            "masculine"
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            "feminine"
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            "masculine"
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          "_dis1": "74 26",
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 26",
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          "_dis1": "74 26",
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          "_dis1": "74 26",
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        "genitive"
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    {
      "ipa": "[lɪŋ]"
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      "audio": "LL-Q188 (deu)-Frank C. Müller--ling.wav",
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          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: -linc, -link",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: -linc, -link"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds-de",
            "2": "-ling"
          },
          "expansion": "German Low German: -ling",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German Low German: -ling"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "-ling"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: -ling",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: -ling"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "-ling"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: -ling",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: -ling"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "-ling"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: -ling",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: -ling"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "-ling"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: -ling",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: -ling"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "-linc"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: -linc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: -linc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "-ling"
          },
          "expansion": "German: -ling",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: -ling"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la-vul",
            "2": "*-lingus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vulgar Latin: *-lingus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Vulgar Latin: *-lingus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "-lein",
            "3": "-lain",
            "4": "-llan",
            "5": "-layn",
            "6": "-lenc",
            "7": "-leyn"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: -lein, -lain, -llan, -layn, -lenc, -leyn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: -lein, -lain, -llan, -layn, -lenc, -leyn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "-llan"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle French: -llan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: -llan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "-llan"
          },
          "expansion": "French: -llan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: -llan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "-llano",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: -llano",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: -llano"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "-lán",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: -lán",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: -lán"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "-lain",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: -lain",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: -lain"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-oit",
            "2": "-lingo"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Italian: -lingo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Italian: -lingo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "-lengo"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: -lengo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: -lengo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "-leng"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: -leng",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: -leng"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "-lenc"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: -lenc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: -lenc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "-lengo"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: -lengo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: -lengo"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*-lingaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *-lingaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *-lingaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-noun-a",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine a-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ling",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lingō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lingōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ling",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lingā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lingas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lingō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lingē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lingum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lingu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lingum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "noun-forming suffixes",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "*-ling m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "gmw-infl-noun-a"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-ling",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms noun-derivatives with sense of 'belonging to, coming from, descending from', often with a diminutive force."
      ],
      "id": "en--ling-gmw-pro-suffix-oLTwje2l",
      "links": [
        [
          "belong",
          "belong#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ling"
}
{
  "categories": [
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    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English masculine a-stem nouns",
    "Old English masculine suffixes",
    "Old English suffixes",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Pages using catfix",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ],
      "word": "-lings"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-linge"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a rebracketing of nouns with an -ing suffix. See above (English).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "noun-forming suffixes",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "-ling m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
        "Dutch lemmas",
        "Dutch masculine suffixes",
        "Dutch noun-forming suffixes",
        "Dutch suffixes",
        "Dutch terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 7 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a suffix that describes a person (or other creature) in terms of a place of origin or a quality, as defined by the root to which it is added"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ling"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adverb-forming suffixes",
    "English diminutive suffixes",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English noun-forming suffixes",
    "English suffixes",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Old English diminutive suffixes",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English masculine a-stem nouns",
    "Old English masculine suffixes",
    "Old English suffixes",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Pages using catfix",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Breton translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Interlingua translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Middle English translations",
    "Terms with Northern Kurdish translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
    "Terms with Sicilian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Welsh translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "buckling"
    },
    {
      "word": "castling"
    },
    {
      "word": "darling"
    },
    {
      "word": "daughterling"
    },
    {
      "word": "doeling"
    },
    {
      "word": "duckling"
    },
    {
      "word": "earthling"
    },
    {
      "word": "fatling"
    },
    {
      "word": "fingerling"
    },
    {
      "word": "fledgling"
    },
    {
      "word": "fondling"
    },
    {
      "word": "goatling"
    },
    {
      "word": "godling"
    },
    {
      "word": "gosling"
    },
    {
      "word": "lambling"
    },
    {
      "word": "lordling"
    },
    {
      "word": "pigling"
    },
    {
      "word": "princeling"
    },
    {
      "word": "puffling"
    },
    {
      "word": "spiderling"
    },
    {
      "word": "sportling"
    },
    {
      "word": "swanling"
    },
    {
      "word": "vetchling"
    },
    {
      "word": "cageling"
    },
    {
      "word": "changeling"
    },
    {
      "word": "darkling"
    },
    {
      "word": "endling"
    },
    {
      "word": "firstling"
    },
    {
      "word": "foundling"
    },
    {
      "word": "hatchling"
    },
    {
      "word": "hireling"
    },
    {
      "word": "kindling"
    },
    {
      "word": "nestling"
    },
    {
      "word": "overling"
    },
    {
      "word": "ridgeling"
    },
    {
      "word": "sapling"
    },
    {
      "word": "seedling"
    },
    {
      "word": "shaveling"
    },
    {
      "word": "starveling"
    },
    {
      "word": "stripling"
    },
    {
      "word": "suckling"
    },
    {
      "word": "underling"
    },
    {
      "word": "weakling"
    },
    {
      "word": "wildling"
    },
    {
      "word": "witling"
    },
    {
      "word": "wordling"
    },
    {
      "word": "worldling"
    },
    {
      "word": "yearling"
    },
    {
      "word": "youngling"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "-ling"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English -ling",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "-ling"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English -ling",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*-ling"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *-ling",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*-lingaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *-lingaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*-ilaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *-ilaz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*-ingaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *-ingaz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-ling"
      },
      "expansion": "German -ling",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "-lingur"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic -lingur",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "-𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic -𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃 (-liggs)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English -ling, from Old English -ling, from Proto-West Germanic *-ling, from Proto-Germanic *-lingaz, a nominal suffix, probably composed of Proto-Germanic *-ilaz (agent/instrumental/diminutive suffix) + Proto-Germanic *-ingaz (patronymic suffix).\nAkin to Dutch -ling, German -ling, Icelandic -lingur, Gothic -𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃 (-liggs). More at -le, -ing.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "noun-forming suffixes",
        "cat3": "diminutive suffixes",
        "head": "",
        "id": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-ling",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "cat2": "noun-forming suffixes",
        "cat3": "diminutive suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-ling",
      "name": "en-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "small, immature, miniature"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "immature",
          "immature"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:diminutive"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "follower or resident"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "follower",
          "follower"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:follower or resident"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "-lyng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "-lin"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ig"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiǎo-",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "word": "小"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "-zǎi",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "word": "崽"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "-zi",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "word": "-子"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "word": "-je"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "word": "-pje"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "word": "-tje"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "word": "-ling"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "-kene"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "-lane"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "word": "-nen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "word": "-lainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-et"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ette"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-in"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ine"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-iño"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "iña"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "word": "-chen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "word": "-lein"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "south German",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "word": "-erl"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
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      "word": "-etto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "neuter"
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      "word": "-etta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-án"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "-ín"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-óg"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ino"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ina"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-etto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-etta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ello"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ella"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ko-",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "word": "子"
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    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "word": "-ik"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "word": "-k"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "word": "-ok"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "word": "-ling"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "word": "-ing"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "-ę"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "word": "-inho"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "word": "-el"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "word": "-șor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "word": "-uț"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "word": "-uș"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "word": "-aș"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-jónok",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-ёнок"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "-ónok",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "Diminutive",
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "-an"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "-ag"
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      "code": "scn",
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      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "-eḍḍu"
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      "word": "-eḍḍa"
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      "code": "scn",
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      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "-uzzu"
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      "code": "scn",
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      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "-uzza"
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      "code": "scn",
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      "code": "scn",
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      "sense": "Diminutive",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "-icchia"
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      "code": "scn",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "scn",
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    {
      "code": "scn",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "-ina"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "-ito"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "code": "es",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "-illo"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "-illa"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "word": "-is"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "-enjá",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "word": "-еня́"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "-óčok",
      "sense": "Diminutive",
      "word": "-о́чок"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "code": "cy",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "-ig"
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "Diminutive",
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    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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          "name": "desc"
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    }
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "An adverbial suffix denoting direction, state or position."
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        "enm:adverbial"
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/-linɡ/"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "Old English masculine suffixes",
    "Old English suffixes",
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    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
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      "name": "der"
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  "etymology_text": "From German -ling.",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
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        "Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Norwegian Bokmål suffixes",
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from German",
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          "diminutive",
          "diminutive#English"
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        "morpheme"
      ]
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}

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    "Old English lemmas",
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    "Old English masculine suffixes",
    "Old English suffixes",
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    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
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        "3": "lang",
        "4": "long"
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      "expansion": "Old English lang (“long”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From alteration of suffixal use of Old English lang (“long”).",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "suffix",
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      "name": "head"
    }
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  "pos": "suffix",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "backwards",
          "text": "hinderling",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "adverbial suffix denoting direction, state or position"
      ],
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        "ang:adverbial"
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/linɡ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[liŋɡ]"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English masculine a-stem nouns",
    "Old English masculine suffixes",
    "Old English suffixes",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Pages using catfix",
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
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          "name": "desc"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "inh"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
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        "inflection-template"
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    {
      "form": "-ling",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lingas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ling",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lingas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-linges",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-linga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-linge",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lingum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "suffix",
        "g": "m",
        "head": "-ling"
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ling"
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      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
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      "args": {
        "1": "-ling",
        "2": "-lingas",
        "3": "-ling",
        "4": "-lingas",
        "5": "-linges",
        "6": "-linga",
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        "8": "-lingum",
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        "title": "",
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "suffix",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "favorite, darling",
          "text": "dīerling",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "prisoner",
          "text": "rǣpling",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "suffix used in forming personal nouns"
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        "ang:nominal"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "starling",
          "text": "stærling",
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        }
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        "suffix forming diminutives"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Icling (\"dynasty of Icel\" or \"House of Icel\"); Ætheling (House of Ethel)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dynasty, lineage"
      ],
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        [
          "dynasty",
          "dynasty"
        ],
        [
          "lineage",
          "lineage"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/linɡ/"
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    {
      "ipa": "[liŋɡ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "-linc"
    }
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}

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  "descendants": [
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
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          },
          "expansion": "Old English: -ling",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Old English: -ling"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
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          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: -ling, -linge, -lingge, -lyng, -lynge\nEnglish: -ling\nScots: -ling, -lin"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
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    {
      "depth": 2,
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            "1": "stq",
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Saterland Frisian: -ling"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "-ling"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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          "name": "desc"
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      "depth": 2,
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          "name": "desc"
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      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nds-de",
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          "name": "desc"
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
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          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: -ling"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "-ling"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: -ling",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: -ling"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "-ling"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: -ling",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: -ling"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Old High German: -ling"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
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            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "-linc"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Middle High German: -linc"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "-ling"
          },
          "expansion": "German: -ling",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: -ling"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la-vul",
            "2": "*-lingus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vulgar Latin: *-lingus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Vulgar Latin: *-lingus"
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      "depth": 2,
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            "3": "-lain",
            "4": "-llan",
            "5": "-layn",
            "6": "-lenc",
            "7": "-leyn"
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          "expansion": "Old French: -lein, -lain, -llan, -layn, -lenc, -leyn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: -lein, -lain, -llan, -layn, -lenc, -leyn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
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          "name": "desc"
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    },
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      "depth": 5,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
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            "bor": "1"
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    },
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      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "-lain",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
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            "2": "-leng"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "-lenc"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "-lengo"
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          "name": "desc"
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      "name": "inh"
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      "form": "gmw-infl-noun-a",
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      "tags": [
        "class"
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      "tags": [
        "class"
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      "form": "-ling",
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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      "form": "-lingō",
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-lingōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ling",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lingā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lingas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-lingō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lingē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lingum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lingu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-lingum",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "head"
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    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "gmw-infl-noun-a"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-ling",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-West Germanic masculine a-stem nouns",
        "Proto-West Germanic masculine suffixes",
        "Proto-West Germanic noun-forming suffixes",
        "Proto-West Germanic suffixes",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms noun-derivatives with sense of 'belonging to, coming from, descending from', often with a diminutive force."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "belong",
          "belong#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ling"
}

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