Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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rising

/ˈɹaɪzɪŋ/ noun, adjective, preposition, proper noun

Also a form of rise

Forms risings

  1. noun Rebellion.
  2. noun The act of something that rises. “the risings and fallings of a thermometer”
  3. noun (US, dated) A dough and yeast mixture which is allowed to ferment. “salt rising”
  4. adjective Going up, physically or in quantity, rate, etc.
  5. adjective Planned or destined to advance to an academic grade in the near future, after having completed the previous grade; soon-to-be.
  6. adjective (heraldry, of a bird) Having its wings raised (either addorsed or sometimes displayed), standing on the tips of its feet as if about to take flight, typically depicted in profile.
  7. preposition (US, slang, dated) More than; exceeding; upwards of.
  8. proper noun A surname.
  9. proper noun An unincorporated community in Champaign County, Illinois, United States.

Synonyms

rousant surgerant rise ascent ascension rebellion insurrection revolt uprising acclivitous uphill emerging

Antonyms

falling

Etymology

By surface analysis, rise + -ing.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Attaining a higher place; taking, or moving in, an upward direction; appearing above the horizon; ascending; as, the rising moon.
  2. adjective Increasing in wealth, power, or distinction; as, a rising state; a rising character.
  3. preposition More than; exceeding; upwards of; as, a horse rising six years of age. [Colloq. & Low, U.S.]
  4. noun The act of one who, or that which, rises (in any sense).

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “rising”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “rising” (best matches first).

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