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# darling

«darling» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a loving word for someone you love: «Come here, darling.»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a darling, darlings); adjective (darling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Darling is a loving word for someone you love: «Come here, darling.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darling/#m1)

2) A darling is a person who is very loved or favoured: the darling of the crowd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darling/#m2)

3) (informal) Darling can mean very sweet or lovely: What a darling little puppy! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darling/#m3)

4) (UK, informal) Some people, often older, call anyone «darling» to be friendly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darling/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Jeremiah it means a much-loved child. God speaks of Ephraim this way. Interpretation: Tradition reads this as God's mercy toward the northern tribes, whom He still calls dear even after exile. In the primary lessons: In everyday life parents call children «darling»; in shops in parts of the UK a friendly assistant may say «There you go, darling.» In stories it shows love or tenderness. It tells the reader the speaker cares, or is trying to sound friendly.

### examples

- Is Ephraim a darling son unto Me? (Prophets JER.31.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darling/#x1)
- Goodnight, darling, sleep well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darling/#x2)
- Thank you, darling, that's very kind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darling/#x3)
- What a darling little kitten! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darling/#x4)
- She was the darling of the whole school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darling/#x5)
- «Mind how you go, darling,» said the lady at the till. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darling/#x6)
- Grandma calls everyone darling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darling/#x7)
- "How darling and beautiful you are!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darling/#x8)

### note

Used as a way of speaking to someone (like «dear», «love», «sweetheart»). Spelling: darling, not «darlin» (that is how some people say it). Can sound too familiar to strangers in some places.

### In the corpora

- [Is Ephraim a darling son unto Me?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.852/)
- ["Little darling" said ironically means a badly behaved child.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «darling» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/darling/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.