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.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“divining” is a form of

divine

/dɪˈvaɪn/ adjective, noun, verb, proper noun

Forms divines divining divined

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to a god. “a divine being”
  2. adjective Eternal, holy, or otherwise godlike. “divine power”
  3. adjective Of superhuman or surpassing excellence. “divine skill”
  4. adjective Beautiful, heavenly.
  5. adjective (obsolete) Foreboding; prescient.
  6. adjective (obsolete, of souls) immortal; elect or saved after death
  7. adjective Relating to divinity or theology.
  8. noun One skilled in divinity; a theologian.
  9. noun A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.
  10. noun (often capitalized, with 'the') God or a god, particularly in its aspect as a transcendental concept.
  11. verb (transitive) To foretell (something), especially by the use of divination.
  12. verb (transitive) To guess or discover (something) through intuition or insight.
  13. verb (transitive) To search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod.
  14. verb To render divine; to deify.
  15. proper noun A surname.

Synonyms

deific godlike godly hallowed holy sacred blessed celestial devoutful heavenly sanctimonious supreme ultimate beautiful delightful exquisite lovely wonderful attractive beauteous Godhead Lord Creator Maker God Almighty Almighty Jehovah cleric churchman ecclesiastic

Antonyms

undivine ungodly godless secular humdrum mediocre ordinary horrible horrid nasty unpleasant nondivine

Etymology

From Old French divin, from Latin dīvīnus (“of a god”), from divus (“god”). Displaced native Old English godcund.

Replaced Middle English devine, devin from Middle French deviner, from Latin dīvīnō.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will.
  2. adjective Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments. "Divine protection." Bacon.
  3. noun One skilled in divinity; a theologian. "Poets were the first divines." Denham.
  4. noun A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.

Etymology [Compar. Diviner (; superl. Divinest.]

Etymology [L. divinus a soothsayer, LL., a theologian. See Divine, a.]

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

Sanskrit

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