leng

See also: Appendix:Variations of "leng"

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛŋ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋ

Adjective

leng (comparative lenger, superlative lengest)

  1. Alternative form of peng (“attractive, excellent”).
    • 2022, Candice Carty-Williams, People Person, Trapeze, page 26:
      Sometimes she got comments on her selfies calling her ‘leng’, and that went some way to making her happy.
    • 2023, “Outside”, performed by Br3nya:
      I'm rolling with my G's and my gang gang / Every time I walk by, they say "leng leng"

Derived terms

  • lengity

Noun

leng (countable and uncountable, plural lengs)

  1. Alternative form of peng (“attractive woman”).
    • 2017 December 1, Faultsz, “Raw to the Core”, in Raw to the Core‎[1], 2:31–2:37:
      Hot gyal there, she look peng-peng-peng
      Wanna, come to my yard like when-when-when?
      I don't wanna hear no one chatting about leng
      Ten toes in your block manna get qweng

Anagrams

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German legen, from Old High German legen, from Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną (“to lay”). Cognate with German legen, English lay.

Verb

leng (auxiliary håm)

  1. (Luserna) to lay

References

Dutch

Etymology

Related to English ling, Old Norse langa. Likely derives from the same root as lang (“long”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛŋ/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

leng m (plural lengen, diminutive lengetje n)

  1. common ling (Molva molva)

Further reading

Hungarian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛŋɡ]
  • Hyphenation: leng
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋɡ

Verb

leng

  1. (intransitive) to swing, oscillate, sway, rock

Conjugation

Conjugation of leng
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive indica­tive pre­sent indef. lengek lengsz leng lengünk lengtek lengnek
def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd obj
past indef. lengtem lengtél lengett lengtünk lengtetek lengtek
def. ―
2nd obj
future
Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. lengni fog.
archaic
preterite 		indef. lengék lengél lenge lengénk lengétek lengének
def. ―
2nd obj
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. leng vala, lengett vala/volt.
archaic future indef. lengendek lengendesz lengend lengendünk lengendetek lengendenek
def. ―
2nd obj
condi­tional pre­sent indef. lengnék lengnél lengne lengnénk lengnétek lengnének
def. ―
2nd obj
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. lengett volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. lengjek lengj or
lengjél 		lengjen lengjünk lengjetek lengjenek
def. ―
2nd obj
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. lengett légyen
infinitive lengni lengnem lengned lengnie lengnünk lengnetek lengniük
other
forms 		verbal noun present part. past part. future part. adverbial participle causative
lengés lengő lengett ― lengve (lengvén)
Potential conjugation of leng
Click for archaic forms 1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal 		3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal 		1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal 		3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive indica­tive pre­sent indef. lenghetek lenghetsz lenghet lenghetünk lenghettek lenghetnek
def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd obj
past indef. lenghettem lenghettél lenghetett lenghettünk lenghettetek lenghettek
def. ―
2nd obj
archaic
preterite 		indef. lengheték lenghetél lenghete lengheténk lenghetétek lenghetének
def. ―
2nd obj
archaic past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. lenghet vala, lenghetett vala/volt.
archaic future indef. lenghetendek
or lengandhatok 		lenghetendesz
or lengandhatsz 		lenghetend
or lengandhat 		lenghetendünk
or lengandhatunk 		lenghetendetek
or lengandhattok 		lenghetendenek
or lengandhatnak
def. ―
2nd obj
condi­tional pre­sent indef. lenghetnék lenghetnél lenghetne lenghetnénk lenghetnétek lenghetnének
def. ―
2nd obj
past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. lenghetett volna
sub­junc­tive sub­junc­tive pre­sent indef. lenghessek lenghess or
lenghessél 		lenghessen lenghessünk lenghessetek lenghessenek
def. ―
2nd obj
(archaic) past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. lenghetett légyen
infinitive (lenghetni) (lenghetnem) (lenghetned) (lenghetnie) (lenghetnünk) (lenghetnetek) (lenghetniük)
other
forms 		positive adjective negative adjective adverbial participle
― ― (lenghetve / lenghetvén)

Derived terms

  • felleng (archaic) → fellengő(s), fellengző(s)
  • lenge
  • lengedez(ik)
  • lenget

(With verbal prefixes):

  • átleng
  • beleng
  • elleng
  • kileng
  • körülleng
Compound words
  • teng-leng

References

  1. ^ leng in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

  • leng in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Makasar

Etymology

From Dutch lijm (“glue”). Compare Indonesian lem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleŋ/, [ˈlẽŋ]
  • Hyphenation: leng

Noun

leng (Lontara spelling ᨒᨙ)

  1. glue
    Synonym: parakkaʼ

Compounds

  • leng sapeda

Further reading

  • Cense, A. A. (1979) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek, 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leŋ/
  • Rhymes: -eŋ

Noun

leng (Jawi spelling ليݞ)

  1. (units of measure) A traditional Malay unit of volume, equivalent to an imperial pint.

Further reading

Mandarin

Romanization

leng

  1. nonstandard spelling of lēng
  2. nonstandard spelling of léng
  3. nonstandard spelling of lěng
  4. nonstandard spelling of lèng

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Mochica

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /leŋ/

Noun

leng

  1. water

Synonyms

References

  • José Antonio Salas, Diccionario mochica-castellano, castellano-mochica (2002)

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *langa-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *langa- (“lame”). Confer Persian لنگ (leng, “lame; leg”), Central Kurdish لەنگ (leng), Sanskrit लङ्ग (laṅga, “lame”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛŋɡ/

Adjective

leng (Arabic spelling لەنگ)

  1. lame, limping
    Synonym: topal
  2. (literal and figurative) awkward

Noun

leng m (Arabic spelling لەنگ)

  1. alternative form of ling (“leg; foot”)

Declension

Declension of leng
definite masculine gender
case singular plural
nominative leng leng
construct lengê lengên
oblique lengî lengan
demonstrative oblique wî lengî wan lengan
vocative lengo lengino
indefinite masculine gender
case singular plural
nominative lengek lengin
construct lengekî lengine
oblique lengekî lenginan

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “leng I”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 441
  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “leng II”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 441

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *langi, from Proto-Germanic *langiz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lenj/, [lend͡ʒ]

Adverb

lenġ

  1. longer (comparative degree of lange)
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Ash-Wednesday"
      Þā cwæð eall sēo meniu þe ðǣr mid stōd ofwundrod þæt sē cwellere ne sceolde swencan hī nā leng...
      Then said all the multitude who stood there astonished,that the executioner should vex her no longer,...
    • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 6:66
      Siþþan maniġe his leornungcneohta ċierdon onbæc and lenġ ne ēodon mid him.
      After that, many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him.

Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Persian لنگ (lang).

Adjective

leng

  1. lame
  2. limping

Zou

Noun

leng

  1. pigeon

References

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 45
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