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yearning

yearn·ing

yearning · yearnings

стремление, тоска, склонность, тяга

großes Verlangen, Sehnsucht

A wistful or melancholy longingA wistful or melancholy longing.

UK/ˈjɜːnɪŋ/US/ˈjɝnɪŋ/

» The trees, like the yearnings of the earth, stand on tiptoe to peer at the sky.

Значение

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A wistful or melancholy longing.
She had a yearning to see her long-lost sister again.
Sehnsucht, großes Verlangen
тя́гаtjága, скло́нностьsklónnostʹ, стремле́ниеstremlénije
(Шотландия, архаичное, исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Rennet (an enzyme to curdle milk in order to make cheese).

Ещё определения

prolonged unfulfilled desire or need

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The trees, like the yearnings of the earth, stand on tiptoe to peer at the sky.
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Происхождение

From Middle English yerning, from Old English ġierning, ġierninge. Equivalent to the gerun

From Middle English yerning, from Old English ġierning, ġierninge. Equivalent to the gerund (yearn + -ing). yearn comes from Proto-West Germanic *girnijan, from Proto-Germanic *girnijaną, from *gernaz (“eager, willing”) + *-janą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to yearn for”). By surface analysis, yearn + -ing.

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