suckling

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English sukling, sukeling, sokeling, equivalent to suck +‎ -ling. Cognate with Middle Dutch sogelinc (“suckling”), Dutch zuigeling (“suckling”), German Säugling (“suckling”).

Noun

suckling (plural sucklings)

An infant that is still being breastfed (being suckled) by its mother.
A young mammal which isn't weaned yet (such as a (foal) (baby horse) that is still being fed milk by its mother (dam).

Related terms

-ling
suck
sucker
suckling calf
suckling pig
sucking reflex
suckle
suckler (suckler cow)

Translations

infant that is still breastfeeding

Bashkir: имсәк бала (imsäk bala)
Czech: kojenec (cs) m
Dutch: zuigeling (nl) m
Finnish: imeväinen (fi)
French: nourrisson (fr) m
German: Säugling (de) m
Latin: lactens m

Macedonian: до́енче n (dóenče)
Russian: младе́нец (ru) m (mladénec), (грудно́й (grudnój)) ребёнок (ru) m (rebjónok), грудно́й (ru) m (grudnój)
Swedish: dibarn n
Volapük: (♂♀) sügäb (vo) (any mammal), (♂) hisügäb, (♀) jisügäb, (♂♀) sugäb
Westrobothnian: tissong m
Yiddish: זויגלינג‎ m or n (zoygling)

young mammal which isn't weaned yet

French: nourrisson (fr) m
German: Milchkalb n (calf), Spanferkel (de) n (piglet)
Russian: сосуно́к (ru) m (sosunók), сосу́н (ru) m (sosún)

Spanish: mamantón (es) (adj.)
Volapük: (♂♀) sügäb (vo) (any mammal), (♂) hisügäb, (♀) jisügäb, (♂♀) sugäb, (calf, ♂♀) sugabubül, (lamb, ♂♀) sugajipül, (piglet, ♂♀) sugasvinül (vo)

Etymology 2

From suckle +‎ -ing.

Verb

suckling

present participle of suckle

References

Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

lung sick, sculking