suckle

English

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Etymology

First attested 1408, perhaps a causative form of Middle English suken (“to suck”), or a back-formation from suckling (though this word is attested only from c. 1440).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sʌ.kəl/
• Rhymes: -ʌkəl

Noun

suckle (plural suckles)

1. (obsolete) A teat.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir T. Herbert to this entry?)

Verb

suckle (third-person singular simple present suckles, present participle suckling, simple past and past participle suckled)

1. (transitive) To give suck to; to nurse at the breast.

   The breasts of Hecuba When she did suckle Hector, looked not lovelier. Shakespeare

   They are not weak, suckled by Wisdom. Landor.

2. (intransitive) To nurse; to suck.

Derived terms

• suckling

Translations

to give suck to

• Catalan: alletar (ca)
• Czech: kojit (cs)
• Esperanto: mamnutri (eo)
• Finnish: imettää (fi)
• French: allaiter (fr) (transitive)
• German: stillen (de)
• Hungarian: szoptat (hu)
• Irish: tál (ga)

• Italian: allattare (it)
• Latvian: zīdīt (lv)
• Macedonian: дои (mk) (dói)
• Old Church Slavonic: доити (doiti)
• Polish: karmić mlekiem (pl)
• Serbo-Croatian: dojiti (sh)
• Swedish: amma (sv), dia (sv), dägga (sv)
• Volapük: sügön (vo), nimafön (vo)

to nurse; to suck

• Finnish: imeä (fi)
• Irish: diúl (ga)
• Italian: poppare (it)
• Latvian: zīst (lv)

• Macedonian: дои (mk) (dói)
• Old Irish: ibid
• Swedish: dia (sv)
• Volapük: sugön (vo)