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ablings

/ˈeɪ.blɪnz/

ablings is the alternative form of aiblins.

Meaning of aiblins

Adverb

aiblins (not comparable)

  1. (Northern England) Perhaps, maybe.
    • I'll no say but she may aiblins hae been his Honour's, Squire Thorncliff's, in her day, but she's mine now.1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter V, in Rob Roy. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees...

Forms of ablings

alternative formablins

Origin of ablings

Northern formation, from able + -lings.

Questions about ablings

What is ablings the alternative form of?
Ablings is the alternative form of aiblins.
How do you pronounce ablings?
Ablings is pronounced /ˈeɪ.blɪnz/.

Words near ablings in the dictionary

  1. abligation
  2. abligurition
  3. abline
  4. ablines
  5. abling
  6. ablings
  7. ablink
  8. ablism
  9. abliterate
  10. abliterated
  11. abliterates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ablings (page history and authors); aiblins (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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