Meaning of -lingur | Babel Free
liŋkʏrDefinitions
-let productive noun-forming suffix, forms diminutives, sometimes with semantic shift from the original noun.
masculine, morpheme
Examples
“bók f (“book”) + -lingur → bæklingur (“booklet, pamphlet”)”
“jeppi m (“SUV, jeep”) + -lingur → jepplingur (“smaller SUV, jeep”)”
“kráka f (“crow”) + -lingur → kræklingur (“blue mussel”)”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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