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==English==
{{wikipedia|Breastfeeding}}
[[File:Mosè Bianchi - Mother Breastfeeding.jpg|thumb|A mother suckling an infant (painting by Mosè Bianchi)]]

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|sukelen}}; probably a back-formation of {{der|en|enm|sukeling||a suckling; infant}}, formally equivalent to {{suffix|en|suck|le|pos2=frequentative suffix}}. See {{m|en|suckling}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈsʌk.əl/}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-suckle.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|ʌkəl|s=2}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[teat]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1638|author={{w|Sir Thomas Herbert, 1st Baronet|Thomas Herbert}}|title=Some yeares travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique|location=London|publisher=Jacob Blome and Richard Bishop|chapter=Travels begun Anno 1626|section=Book 1, p. 26|url=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A03066.0001.001
|passage={{...}} the body of this fish [the Mannatee] is commonly 3 yards long and one broad, slow in swimming, wanting fins, in their place ayded with 2 paps which are not only '''suckles''' but stilts to creep a shoare upon such time she grazes {{...}}}}
# An act of suckling
#: {{ux|en|The baby was having a '''suckle''' at its mother's breast.}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[give suck]] to; to [[nurse]] at the breast, udder, or dugs.
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Coriolanus|I|3|text={{...}} the breasts of {{w|Hecuba}}<br>When she did '''suckle''' {{w|Hector}}, looked not lovelier<br>Than Hector’s forehead when it spit forth blood<br>At Grecian sword, [[contemn]]ing.}}
#* {{RQ:Landor Imaginary Conversations|I|The Lord Brooke and Sir Philip Sidney|page=35|text=Let us indulge them; they are not weak, '''suckled''' by Wisdom, taught to walk by Virtue.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1907|author=Ronald M. Burrows|title=The Discoveries In Crete|page=21|text=A relief of a goat '''suckling''' her young.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To nurse; to [[suck]] milk from a nursing mother.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1931|author=w:Pearl S. Buck|title=w:The Good Earth|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.499111|chapter=4|page=35|publisher=Modern Library|year_published=1944|location=New York
|passage=But out of the woman’s great brown breast the milk gushed forth for the child, milk as white as snow, and when the child '''suckled''' at one breast it flowed like a fountain from the other, and she let it flow.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To nurse from (a breast, nursing mother, etc.).
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1982|author=w:Bernard Malamud|title={{w|God's Grace|God’s Grace}}|location=New York|publisher=Avon|year_published=1983|page=60|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/godsgrace00mala
|passage=Buz attempted to '''suckle''' his left nipple.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1997|author=w:Ridley Pearson|title=Beyond Recognition|location=New York|publisher=Hyperion|page=129|url=https://archive.org/details/beyondrecognitio00pear_0
|passage=She opened her eyes slightly, like a person drugged—dreamy and quiet. The baby '''suckled''' her.}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|suckled}}, {{l|en|unsuckled}}
* {{l|en|suckler}}
* {{l|en|suckling}}
* {{l|en|suckly}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|to give suck to}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|رَضَّعَ}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|رضع|tr=raḍaʕ}}
* Armenian: {{t-needed|hy}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|alãptedz}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|кърмя}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|alletar}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|餵奶|tr=wèinǎi}}, {{t+|cmn|哺乳|tr=bǔrǔ}}, {{t+|cmn|母乳餵養|tr=mǔrǔ wèiyǎng}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|kojit}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|zogen}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|mamnutri}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|imettää}}
* French: {{t+|fr|allaiter}} {{qualifier|transitive}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|latâ}}
* Georgian: {{t-needed|ka}}
* German: {{t+|de|stillen}}, {{t+|de|säugen}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐌳𐌰𐌳𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|θηλάζω|sc=Grek}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|θηλάζω}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|הֵינִיק|tr=hēníq}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|szoptat}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|alaktar}}, {{t|io|mamsugar}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|menyusui}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|tál}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|allattare}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|授乳|tr=じゅにゅうする, junyū suru|alt=授乳する}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|បំបៅ}}
* Ladino: {{t|lad|alechar}}
* Latin: {{t|la|nūtriō}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|zīdīt}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|дои}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakangotengote}}, {{t|mi|whakangote}}
* Mongolian: {{t-needed|mn}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|alachar}}, {{t+|oc|alaitar}}, {{t|oc|far popar}}, {{t|oc|atessar}}
* Old Church Slavonic: {{t|cu|доити}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|karmić mlekiem}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|amamentar}}
* Romani: {{t|rom|chuchi del}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|alăpta}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|[[корми́ть]] [[грудь|гру́дью]]|impf}}, {{t+|ru|вска́рмливать|impf}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|до̀јити}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|dòjiti}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|amamantar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|amma}}, {{t+|sv|dia}}, {{t+|sv|dägga}}
* Thai: {{t-needed|th}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|emzirmek}}, {{t+|tr|meme vermek}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|mút}}, {{t+|vi|bú}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|sügön}}, {{t|vo|nimafön}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|זייגן}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to nurse; to suck}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|رَضِعَ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|бозая}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|zuigen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|imeä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|téter}}
* German: {{t+|de|saugen}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|θηλάζω|sc=Grek}}, {{t+|el|βυζαίνω|sc=Grek}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|θηλάζω}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|יָנַק|tr=yanáq}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|menyusu}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|diúl}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|poppare}}
* Latin: {{t|la|nūtriō}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|zīst}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|дои}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whāngote}}
* Occitan: {{t|oc|mamar}}, {{t+|oc|popar}}
* Old Irish: {{t|sga|ibid}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|mamar}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|suge}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|[[соса́ть]] [[грудь]]}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|mamar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|dia}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|sugön}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=ceklsu|Leucks|Luckes|Luecks}}

{{cln|en|frequentative verbs}}

==Hunsrik==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|hrx|/ˈsuklə/}}

===Verb===
{{head|hrx|verb}}

# to [[suck]]

====Conjugation====
{{hrx-conj-regular|suckl|hon}}

===Further reading===
* [https://hunsriqueanoriograndense.wordpress.com/dicionario-werterbuch/ Online Hunsrik Dictionary]