fing
English
Noun
fing (plural fings)
- Pronunciation spelling of thing.
- 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
- “Those rats deserve to die, disgustin’ little fings!”
Chinese
Etymology
Romanisation of 揈 (fing6, “to sway; to swing; to shake; etc.”).
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fing6
- Yale: fihng
- Cantonese Pinyin: fing6
- Guangdong Romanization: fing6
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɪŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
fing
- (Cantonese) nonstandard form of 揈 (fing6, “to sway; to swing; to shake; etc.”)
- 1989, 葛民輝, 馬氏家族血淚史:
- 阿扁俾咗一支紅色一支黃色嘅旗仔俾老媽子,跟住就講嘞!:「我同佢你揀邊一個,如果你鐘意我嘅!你就對住我Fing呢枝紅色嘅旗仔,如果你揀佢呢!你就Fing黃色嘅旗仔啦!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
German
Alternative forms
- fieng (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɪŋ/, (archaic) /fiːŋ/
Audio: (file)
Verb
fing
- first/third-person singular preterite of fangen
Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Uralic *pᴕnɜ (“fart; let out a fart”) + -g.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfiŋɡ]
- Rhymes: -iŋɡ
Noun
fing
- (slang, vulgar) fart
- Synonyms: bélszél, fingás, szellentés
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fing | fingok |
| accusative | fingot | fingokat |
| dative | fingnak | fingoknak |
| instrumental | finggal | fingokkal |
| causal-final | fingért | fingokért |
| translative | finggá | fingokká |
| terminative | fingig | fingokig |
| essive-formal | fingként | fingokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | fingban | fingokban |
| superessive | fingon | fingokon |
| adessive | fingnál | fingoknál |
| illative | fingba | fingokba |
| sublative | fingra | fingokra |
| allative | finghoz | fingokhoz |
| elative | fingból | fingokból |
| delative | fingról | fingokról |
| ablative | fingtól | fingoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
fingé | fingoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
fingéi | fingokéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | fingom | fingjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | fingod | fingjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | fingja | fingjai |
| 1st person plural | fingunk | fingjaink |
| 2nd person plural | fingotok | fingjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | fingjuk | fingjaik |
Derived terms
References
- ^ Entry #835 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- ^ fing in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- fing 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.
- fing in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
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Etymology
Noun
fing
Lombard
Etymology
Akin to Italian fingere, from Latin.
Verb
fing
- to feign
Mizo
Adjective
fing