Word: saplings
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: sap
lings
Definition: Plural of sapling; young tree
Morphemes:
Affix: sap
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree.
Affix: -le
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A suffix forming diminutives from other nouns.
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 the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.