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 (lyrics and music), “Raw to the Core”, in Raw to the Core‎, 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

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
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. lengek lengsz leng lengünk lengtek lengnek
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. lengtem lengtél lengett lengtünk lengtetek lengtek
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
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
Preterit		 Indef. lengék lengél lenge lengénk lengétek lengének
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
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-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. lengnék lengnél lengne lengnénk lengnétek lengnének
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. lengett volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. lengjek lengj or
lengjél		 lengjen lengjünk lengjetek lengjenek
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
(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
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. lenghetek lenghetsz lenghet lenghetünk lenghettek lenghetnek
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. lenghettem lenghettél lenghetett lenghettünk lenghettetek lenghettek
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Archaic
Preterit		 Indef. lengheték lenghetél lenghete lengheténk lenghetétek lenghetének
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, 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-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. lenghetnék lenghetnél lenghetne lenghetnénk lenghetnétek lenghetnének
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. lenghetett volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. lenghessek lenghess or
lenghessél		 lenghessen lenghessünk lenghessetek lenghessenek
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. lenghetett légyen
Inf. (lenghetni) (lenghetnem) (lenghetned) (lenghetnie) (lenghetnünk) (lenghetnetek) (lenghetniük)
Positive adjective ― Neg. adj. ― Adv. part. (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 Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations

Further reading
  • leng in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Malay

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /leŋ/
  • Rhymes: -eŋ

Noun

leng (Jawi spelling ليݞ, informal 1st possessive lengku, 2nd possessive lengmu, 3rd possessive lengnya)

  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
Leng.

Noun

leng

  1. pigeon

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