Word: sapling
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: sap
ling
Definition: A youngster, especially a male nearing maturity.
Morphemes:
Affix: sap
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A naive person; a simpleton
Etymology Compounds: Affix: saper
Language: fr
Decoded: saper
PoS: Verb
Meaning: to dress
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.