Word: stripling
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: strip
ling
Definition: A young man in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad. .
Morphemes:
Affix: strip
Language: en
Meaning: long, narrow piece
Affix: -le
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A suffix forming adjectives from verbs with the meaning of "prone to; tending to; apt to; capable of"; compare -ative.
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.