suckling

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English sukling, sukeling, sokeling, equivalent to suck +‎ -ling. Cognate with Middle Dutch sogelinc (“suckling”), Dutch zuigeling (“suckling”), German Säugling (“suckling”).

Noun

suckling (plural sucklings)

1. An infant that is still being breastfed (being suckled) by its mother.
2. A young mammal not yet weaned and still being fed milk by its mother.

Related terms

• -ling
• suck
• sucker
• suckling calf
• suckling clover
• suckling pig
• sucking reflex
• suckle
• suckler (suckler cow)

Translations

infant that is still breastfeeding

• Arabic: رَضِيع m (raḍīʕ)
• Bashkir: имсәк бала (imsək bala)
• Bulgarian: кърмаче (bg) n (kǎrmače)
• Czech: kojenec (cs) m
• Dutch: zuigeling (nl) m
• Finnish: imeväinen (fi)
• French: nourrisson (fr) m
• German: Säugling (de) m
• Ingrian: rintalaps
• Latin: lactens m
• Macedonian: до́енче n (dóenče), цицалче n (cicalče)
• Polish: osesek (pl) m
• Russian: младе́нец (ru) m (mladénec), (грудно́й (grudnój)) ребёнок (ru) m (rebjónok), грудно́й (ru) m (grudnój)
• Slovak: dojča n
• Spanish: lactante (es) m or f
• Swedish: dibarn n
• Volapük: (♂♀) sügäb (vo) (any mammal), (♂) hisügäb, (♀) jisügäb, (♂♀) sugäb
• Yiddish: זויגלינג m or n (zoygling)

young mammal which isn't weaned yet

• Bulgarian: сукалче (bg) n (sukalče)
• French: nourrisson (fr) m
• German: Milchkalb n (calf), Spanferkel (de) n (piglet)
• Macedonian: цицалче n (cicalče)
• Romanian: sugar (ro) m
• Russian: сосуно́к (ru) m (sosunók), сосу́н (ru) m (sosún)
• Spanish: mamantón (es) (adj.)
• Volapük: (♂♀) sügäb (vo) (any mammal), (♂) hisügäb, (♀) jisügäb, (♂♀) sugäb, (calf, ♂♀) sugabubül, (lamb, ♂♀) sugajipül, (piglet, ♂♀) sugasvinül (vo)

Etymology 2

From suckle +‎ -ing.

Verb

suckling

1. present participle and gerund of suckle

Noun

suckling (plural sucklings)

1. The act of suckling.

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• lung sick, sculking