Word: brightenings
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: brigh
te
nings
Definition: Plural of brightening; become clear
Morphemes:
Affix: bright
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: Often followed by up: to become bright (in various senses); to brighten.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: beorht
Language: ang
Decoded: beorht
Meaning: bright, clear
Affix: -ian
Language: ang
Decoded: -ian
Meaning: suffix forming verbs from adjectives and nouns
Affix: -en
Language: en
Meaning: inchoative
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).