Word: firstling
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: first
ling
Definition: Firstborn; the offspring who came first in the order of birth
Morphemes:
Affix: fore
Language: en
PoS: Adjective
Meaning: Former; occurring earlier (in some order); previous.
Affix: -est
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs.
Affix: -le
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A suffix forming diminutives from other nouns.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming derivative nouns (originally masculine), with the sense ‘son of, belonging to’, as in placenames, patronymics or diminutives; -ite.