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ding

See also: Ding, díng, dìng, dīng, dǐng, and dìŋ

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English dingen, dyngen (strong verb), from Old English *dingan (“to ding”), from Proto-Germanic *dingwaną (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“to beat, push”). Related to Old English dengan (“to ding, beat, strike”, weak verb) and Old Norse dengja (“to hammer”, weak verb); both from Proto-Germanic *dangijaną (“to beat, hammer, peen”), causative of *dingwaną. Cognate with Icelandic dengja (“to hammer”), Swedish dänga (“to bang, beat”), Danish dænge (“to bang, beat”), German tengeln, dengeln (“to peen”).

NounEdit

ding (plural dings)

  1. (informal) Very minor damage, a small dent or chip.
    • 2007 September, “Ding Repairs”, BBC Wales, archived on 5 October 2014:
      If you surf regularly, then you're going to ding your board. Here's a rough guide on how to repair them... If the ding is on the rail, run tape across the ding conforming to the rail curve, leaving a gap to pour in resin and make sure it is sealed to prevent resin escaping and forming dribbles.
  2. (colloquial) A rejection.
    I just got my first ding letter.
TranslationsEdit

VerbEdit

ding (third-person singular simple present dings, present participle dinging, simple past dinged or (obsolete) dang, past participle dinged or (obsolete) dung)

  1. (transitive) To hit or strike.
  2. To dash; to throw violently.
    • Milton
      to ding the book a coit's distance from him
  3. (transitive) To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.
  4. (transitive, colloquial) To fire or reject.
    His top school dinged him last week.
  5. (transitive, colloquial) To deduct, as points, from another, in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.
    My bank dinged me three bucks for using their competitor's ATM.
    • 2015 August 7, Ron Lieber, “Bringing paternity leave into the mainstream [print version: Paid leave expands for fathers, but will there be any takers?, International New York Times, 10 August 2015, p. 14]”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      […] [E]mployees don't feel like they're going to get dinged on performance reviews because they had the same goals as a guy who had been there all 12 months with no leave.
  6. (transitive, golf) To mishit (a golf ball).
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Onomatopoeic. Compare ding-dong,

NounEdit

ding (plural dings)

  1. The high-pitched resonant sound of a bell.
TranslationsEdit

VerbEdit

ding (third-person singular simple present dings, present participle dinging, simple past and past participle dinged)

  1. (intransitive) To make high-pitched sound like a bell.
    • Washington Irving
      The fretful tinkling of the convent bell evermore dinging among the mountain echoes.
  2. (transitive) To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell.
    • 1884, Oswald Crawfurd, English comic dramatists:
      If I'm to have any good, let it come of itself; not keep dinging it, dinging it into one so.
  3. (intransitive, colloquial, role-playing games, especially video games) To level up
See alsoEdit
 
ding with an animal mask

Etymology 3Edit

Romanized from Mandarin 鼎 (dǐng).

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

ding (plural dings)

  1. An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.

AfrikaansEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch ding, from Old Dutch thing, from Proto-Germanic *þingą.

NounEdit

ding (plural dinge)

  1. thing

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /dɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋ
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Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Dutch dinc, from Old Dutch thing, from Proto-Germanic *þingą.

NounEdit

ding n (plural dingen, diminutive dingetje n)

  1. matter, thing
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the main entry.

VerbEdit

ding

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dingen
  2. imperative of dingen

IrishEdit

 
ding

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /dʲɪɲ/, /dʲɪɲɟ/

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Irish ding (“wedge”).

NounEdit

ding f (genitive singular dinge, nominative plural dingeacha)

  1. wedge
  2. thickset person
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ding

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ding dingeacha
Vocative a dhing a dhingeacha
Genitive dinge dingeacha
Dative ding dingeacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ding na dingeacha
Genitive na dinge na ndingeacha
Dative leis an ding

don ding

leis na dingeacha
SynonymsEdit
  • (both senses): ginn (Cois Fharraige)
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Irish dingid (“press, force”), from Proto-Celtic *dingeti (“knead, form, press”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti, nasal infix present of *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to knead, form”).

VerbEdit

ding (present analytic dingeann, future analytic dingfidh, verbal noun dingeadh, past participle dingthe)

  1. (transitive) wedge; pack tightly, stuff
  2. (transitive) make compact; knit, knead
ConjugationEdit
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present dingim dingeann tú;
dingir†		 dingeann sé, sí dingimid dingeann sibh dingeann siad;
dingid†		 a dhingeann; a dhingeas /
a ndingeann*; a ndingeas* 		dingtear
past dhing mé; dhingeas dhing tú; dhingis dhing sé, sí dhingeamar; dhing muid dhing sibh; dhingeabhair dhing siad; dhingeadar a dhing /
ar dhing* 		dingeadh
past habitual dhinginn dhingteá dhingeadh sé, sí dhingimis; dhingeadh muid dhingeadh sibh dhingidís; dhingeadh siad a dhingeadh /
ar dhingeadh* 		dhingtí
future dingfidh mé;
dingfead 		dingfidh tú;
dingfir†		 dingfidh sé, sí dingfimid;
dingfidh muid 		dingfidh sibh dingfidh siad;
dingfid†		 a dhingfidh; a dhingfeas /
a ndingfidh*; a ndingfeas* 		dingfear
conditional dhingfinn / ndingfinn‡‡ dhingfeá / ndingfeᇇ dhingfeadh sé, sí / ndingfeadh sé, s퇇 dhingfimis; dhingfeadh muid / ndingfimis‡‡; ndingfeadh muid‡‡ dhingfeadh sibh / ndingfeadh sibh‡‡ dhingfidís; dhingfeadh siad / ndingfidís‡‡; ndingfeadh siad‡‡ a dhingfeadh /
ar dhingfeadh* 		dhingfí / ndingf퇇
subjunctive present go ndinge mé;
go ndingead†		 go ndinge tú;
go ndingir†		 go ndinge sé, sí go ndingimid;
go ndinge muid 		go ndinge sibh go ndinge siad;
go ndingid†		 — go ndingtear
past dá ndinginn dá ndingteá dá ndingeadh sé, sí dá ndingimis;
dá ndingeadh muid 		dá ndingeadh sibh dá ndingidís;
dá ndingeadh siad 		— dá ndingtí
imperative dingim ding dingeadh sé, sí dingimis dingigí;
dingidh†		 dingidís — dingtear
verbal noun dingeadh
past participle dingthe

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived termsEdit
  • dingire m (“wedging implement; light hammer”)
Related termsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

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NounEdit

ding f (genitive singular dinge, nominative plural dingeacha)

  1. dint
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ding

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ding dingeacha
Vocative a dhing a dhingeacha
Genitive dinge dingeacha
Dative ding dingeacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ding na dingeacha
Genitive na dinge na ndingeacha
Dative leis an ding

don ding

leis na dingeacha

VerbEdit

ding (present analytic dingeann, future analytic dingfidh, verbal noun dingeadh, past participle dingthe)

  1. (transitive) dint
ConjugationEdit
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present dingim dingeann tú;
dingir†		 dingeann sé, sí dingimid dingeann sibh dingeann siad;
dingid†		 a dhingeann; a dhingeas /
a ndingeann*; a ndingeas* 		dingtear
past dhing mé; dhingeas dhing tú; dhingis dhing sé, sí dhingeamar; dhing muid dhing sibh; dhingeabhair dhing siad; dhingeadar a dhing /
ar dhing* 		dingeadh
past habitual dhinginn dhingteá dhingeadh sé, sí dhingimis; dhingeadh muid dhingeadh sibh dhingidís; dhingeadh siad a dhingeadh /
ar dhingeadh* 		dhingtí
future dingfidh mé;
dingfead 		dingfidh tú;
dingfir†		 dingfidh sé, sí dingfimid;
dingfidh muid 		dingfidh sibh dingfidh siad;
dingfid†		 a dhingfidh; a dhingfeas /
a ndingfidh*; a ndingfeas* 		dingfear
conditional dhingfinn / ndingfinn‡‡ dhingfeá / ndingfeᇇ dhingfeadh sé, sí / ndingfeadh sé, s퇇 dhingfimis; dhingfeadh muid / ndingfimis‡‡; ndingfeadh muid‡‡ dhingfeadh sibh / ndingfeadh sibh‡‡ dhingfidís; dhingfeadh siad / ndingfidís‡‡; ndingfeadh siad‡‡ a dhingfeadh /
ar dhingfeadh* 		dhingfí / ndingf퇇
subjunctive present go ndinge mé;
go ndingead†		 go ndinge tú;
go ndingir†		 go ndinge sé, sí go ndingimid;
go ndinge muid 		go ndinge sibh go ndinge siad;
go ndingid†		 — go ndingtear
past dá ndinginn dá ndingteá dá ndingeadh sé, sí dá ndingimis;
dá ndingeadh muid 		dá ndingeadh sibh dá ndingidís;
dá ndingeadh siad 		— dá ndingtí
imperative dingim ding dingeadh sé, sí dingimis dingigí;
dingidh†		 dingidís — dingtear
verbal noun dingeadh
past participle dingthe

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ding dhing nding
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further readingEdit

  • "ding" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “ding” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “dingid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

ding

  1. Nonstandard spelling of dīng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of díng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of dǐng.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of dìng.

Usage notesEdit

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

ScotsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Probably from Old Norse dengja (“to beat, thrash”). Cognate with Swedish dänga, Danish dænge.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

ding (third-person singular present dings, present participle dingin, past dang, past participle dung)

  1. to beat, hit, strike
  2. to beat, excel, defeat
    • 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, II.3:
      ‘Gude help him!—twa lines o' Davie Lindsay would ding a' he ever clerkit.’
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