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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cling

/ˈklɪŋ/ noun, verb, interjection

Forms clings clinging clung clinged clong

  1. noun Fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit.
  2. noun Adherence; attachment; devotion.
  3. noun An ornament that clings to a window so as to be seen from outside.
  4. verb To hold very tightly, as to not fall off. “Seaweed clung to the anchor.”
  5. verb To adhere to an object, without being affixed, in such a way as to follow its contours. Used especially of fabrics and films.
  6. verb (transitive) To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing.
  7. verb (transitive) To cause to dry up or wither.
  8. verb (intransitive) To dry up or wither. “Wood clings.”
  9. verb (figurative, with preposition to) To be fond of, to feel strongly about and dependent on.
  10. verb To produce a high-pitched ringing sound, like a small bell.
  11. interjection Imitative of a high-pitched ringing sound.

Synonyms

cling-on clinch grip beclasp begrasp begrip belock clasp clench clutch enclasp fang fondle glaum grab grabble grasp hang on hold on hold tight clingstone cleave adhere stick cohere hang

Etymology

From Middle English clingen, from Old English clingan (“to adhere”), from Proto-West Germanic *klingan, from Proto-Germanic *klinganą. Cognate with Danish klynge (“to cluster, to crowd”). Compare clump.

Imitative; compare clink, clang.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; --usually followed by to or together.
  2. verb To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embraching.
  3. verb To make to dry up or wither. [Obs.]
  4. noun Adherence; attachment; devotion. [R.]

Etymology [AS. clingan to adhere, to wither; akin to Dan. klynge to cluster, crowd. Cf. Clump.]

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

Sanskrit

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