eldertongue

Old English · suffix

-ing

Part of speech
suffix, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/inɡ/
[iŋɡ]
Syllables
inɡ (1 syllable)
Modern English
processderivativessenseindicatingactionderivativeformingbelong

-ing1 · suffix · feminine

Senses

  1. Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action, process or material.

Declension · strong ō-stem

Declension of -ing
SingularPlural
Nominative -ing-inga-inge
Accusative -inge-inga-inge
Genitive -inge-inga
Dative -inge-ingum

-ing2 · suffix · masculine

Senses

  1. Forming derivatives of nouns with sense of ‘belonging to, son of’.

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of -ing
SingularPlural
Nominative -ing-ingas
Accusative -ing-ingas
Genitive -inges-inga
Dative -inge-ingum

All forms (6)

Etymology

Variant of -ung.

From Proto-West Germanic *-ing, from Proto-Germanic *-ingaz.

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