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title="whelp – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="whelp" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/whelp" title="whelp – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="whelp" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/whelp" title="whelp – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="whelp" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/whelp" title="whelp – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="whelp" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/whelp" title="whelp – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="whelp" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/whelp" title="whelp – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="whelp" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/whelp" title="whelp – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="whelp" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/whelp" title="whelp – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="whelp" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/whelp" title="whelp – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="whelp" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/whelp" title="whelp – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="whelp" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/whelp" title="whelp – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="whelp" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/whelp" title="whelp – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="whelp" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/whelp" title="whelp – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="whelp" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/whelp" title="whelp – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="whelp" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/whelp" title="whelp – Norwegian" lang="no" hreflang="no" data-title="whelp" data-language-autonym="Norsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wiktionary.org/wiki/whelp" title="whelp – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="whelp" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/whelp" title="whelp – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="whelp" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/whelp" title="whelp – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="whelp" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/whelp" title="whelp – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="whelp" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sg mw-list-item"><a href="https://sg.wiktionary.org/wiki/whelp" title="whelp – Sango" lang="sg" hreflang="sg" data-title="whelp" data-language-autonym="Sängö" data-language-local-name="Sango" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sängö</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/whelp" title="whelp – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="whelp" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/whelp" title="whelp – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="whelp" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/whelp" title="whelp – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="whelp" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wiktionary.org/wiki/whelp" title="whelp – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="whelp" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/whelp" title="whelp – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="whelp" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wiktionary.org/wiki/whelp" title="whelp – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="whelp" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/whelp" title="whelp – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="whelp" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li 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<li><span class="homophones"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#homophone" title="Appendix:Glossary">Homophone</a>: <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/welp#English" title="welp">welp</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wine%E2%80%93whine_merger" class="extiw" title="w:wine–whine merger"><i>wine</i>–<i>whine</i> merger</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=whelp&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">whelp</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/whelps#English" title="whelps">whelps</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>A <a href="/wiki/young" title="young">young</a> <a href="/wiki/offspring" title="offspring">offspring</a> of a various <a href="/wiki/carnivore" title="carnivore">carnivores</a> (<a href="/wiki/canid" title="canid">canid</a>, <a href="/wiki/ursid" title="ursid">ursid</a>, <a href="/wiki/felid" title="felid">felid</a>, <a href="/wiki/pinniped" title="pinniped">pinniped</a>), especially of a <a href="/wiki/dog" title="dog">dog</a> or a <a href="/wiki/wolf" title="wolf">wolf</a>, the young of a <a href="/wiki/bear" title="bear">bear</a> or similar <a href="/wiki/mammal" title="mammal">mammal</a> (<a href="/wiki/lion" title="lion">lion</a>, <a href="/wiki/tiger" title="tiger">tiger</a>, <a href="/wiki/seal" title="seal">seal</a>); a <a href="/wiki/pup" title="pup">pup</a>, <a href="/wiki/wolf_cub" title="wolf cub">wolf cub</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1596</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Spenser" class="extiw" title="w:Edmund Spenser">Edmund Spenser</a>, “Book VI, Canto XI”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Faerie_Queene" class="extiw" title="w:The Faerie Queene">The Faerie Queene.<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Disposed into Twelue Bookes, Fashioning XII. Morall Vertues.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed [by]">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wolfe_(printer)" class="extiw" title="w:John Wolfe (printer)">John Wolfe</a>] for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ponsonby_(publisher)" class="extiw" title="w:William Ponsonby (publisher)">William Ponsonbie</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/960102938">→OCLC</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en"><span class="q-hellip-sp"></span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span>And fared like a furious wyld Beare, / Whose <b>whelpes</b> are ſtolne away, ſhe being otherwhere.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1610–1611</b> (date written)</span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare" class="extiw" title="w:William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tempest" class="extiw" title="w:The Tempest">The Tempest</a>”, in <cite>Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Published According to the True Originall Copies.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Folio" class="extiw" title="w:First Folio">First Folio</a>), London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed by">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jaggard" class="extiw" title="w:William Jaggard">Isaac Iaggard</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Blount" class="extiw" title="w:Edward Blount">Ed<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>ward<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Blount</a>, published <span class="None" lang="und">1623</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/606515358">→OCLC</a></small>, <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>Act I, scene ii<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/mrvvilliamshakes00shak/page/n27/mode/1up">page 4</a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospero" class="extiw" title="w:Prospero"><i>Pro.</i></a> <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span>Then was this Iſland / (Saue for the Son, that he<sup style="font-style:normal">[<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#sic" title="Appendix:Glossary">sic</a></i>]</sup> did littour heere, / A frekelld <b>whelpe</b>, hag-borne) not honour'd with / A humane ſhape.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/derogatory" title="derogatory">derogatory</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> An <a href="/wiki/insolent" title="insolent">insolent</a> <a href="/wiki/youth" title="youth">youth</a>; a <a href="/wiki/mere" title="mere">mere</a> <a href="/wiki/child" title="child">child</a>. <ul><li><b>July 13, 1713</b>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Addison" class="extiw" title="w:Joseph Addison">Joseph Addison</a>, <i>The Guardian</i> <dl><dd>That awkward <b>whelp</b> with his money bags would have made his entrance.</dd></dl></li> <li><b>October 22, 2011</b>, Princess Luna, <i>My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic</i>, "Luna Eclipsed" <dl><dd>Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful <b>whelp</b>!</dd></dl></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> A kind of <a href="/wiki/ship" title="ship">ship</a>.</li> <li>One of several wooden strips to prevent wear on a windlass on a clipper-era ship.</li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/tooth" title="tooth">tooth</a> on a <a href="/wiki/sprocket" title="sprocket">sprocket wheel</a> (compare <a href="/wiki/sprocket" title="sprocket">sprocket</a> and <a href="/wiki/cog" title="cog">cog</a>).</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=whelp&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bear-whelp#English" title="bear-whelp">bear-whelp</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fox_whelp#English" title="fox whelp">fox whelp</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fox-whelp#English" title="fox-whelp">fox-whelp</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fox%27s_whelp#English" title="fox's whelp">fox's whelp</a></span> (<a href="/wiki/foxling" title="foxling">foxling</a>)</li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/whelping_ice#English" title="whelping ice">whelping ice</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Newfoundland</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/whelpie#English" title="whelpie">whelpie</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/whelpling#English" title="whelpling">whelpling</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/whelpy#English" title="whelpy">whelpy</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/wolf_whelp#English" title="wolf whelp">wolf whelp</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/wolf-whelp#English" title="wolf-whelp">wolf-whelp</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/wolf%27s_whelp#English" title="wolf's whelp">wolf's whelp</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=whelp&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-young_of_a_mammal"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">young of a mammal</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="young of a mammal"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Armenian: <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="/wiki/%D5%B1%D5%A1%D5%A3#Armenian" title="ձագ">ձագ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%B1%D5%A1%D5%A3" class="extiw" title="hy:ձագ">(hy)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="tr Latn">jag</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5#Bulgarian" title="кутре">кутре</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5" class="extiw" title="bg:кутре">(bg)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">kutre</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/cadell#Catalan" title="cadell">cadell</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/cadell" class="extiw" title="ca:cadell">(ca)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/%C5%A1t%C4%9Bn%C4%9B#Czech" title="štěně">štěně</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C5%A1t%C4%9Bn%C4%9B" class="extiw" title="cs:štěně">(cs)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/ml%C3%A1d%C4%9B#Czech" title="mládě">mládě</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/ml%C3%A1d%C4%9B" class="extiw" title="cs:mládě">(cs)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Danish: <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/hvalp#Danish" title="hvalp">hvalp</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/hvalp" class="extiw" title="da:hvalp">(da)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/hundido#Esperanto" title="hundido">hundido</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/hundido" class="extiw" title="eo:hundido">(eo)</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">dog</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>, <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/lupido#Esperanto" title="lupido">lupido</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">wolf</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li>Faroese: <span class="Latn" lang="fo"><a href="/wiki/hv%C3%B8lpur#Faroese" title="hvølpur">hvølpur</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/chiot#French" title="chiot">chiot</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/chiot" class="extiw" title="fr:chiot">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">dog</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/louveteau#French" title="louveteau">louveteau</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/louveteau" class="extiw" title="fr:louveteau">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">wolf</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/louvetelle#French" title="louvetelle">louvetelle</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/louvetelle" class="extiw" title="fr:louvetelle">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">wolf</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/petit#French" title="petit">petit</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/petit" class="extiw" title="fr:petit">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/cachorro#Galician" title="cachorro">cachorro</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/cachorro" class="extiw" title="gl:cachorro">(gl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Welpe#German" title="Welpe">Welpe</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Welpe" class="extiw" title="de:Welpe">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Welpin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Welpin (page does not exist)">Welpin</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CF%83%CE%BA%CF%8D%CE%BC%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82#Greek" title="σκύμνος">σκύμνος</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%83%CE%BA%CF%8D%CE%BC%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82" class="extiw" title="el:σκύμνος">(el)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">skýmnos</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> <dl><dd>Ancient: <span class="Polyt" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CF%83%CE%BA%CF%8D%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BE#Ancient_Greek" title="σκύλαξ">σκύλαξ</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="tr Latn">skúlax</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Polyt" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CF%83%CE%BA%CF%8D%CE%BC%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82#Ancient_Greek" title="σκύμνος">σκύμνος</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="tr Latn">skúmnos</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Hebrew: <span class="Hebr" lang="he"><a href="/wiki/%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A8#Hebrew" title="גור">גוּר</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://he.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A8" class="extiw" title="he:גור">(he)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="he-Latn" class="tr Latn">gur</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Ido: <span class="Latn" lang="io"><a href="/w/index.php?title=hundyuno&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="hundyuno (page does not exist)">hundyuno</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/hundyuno" class="extiw" title="io:hundyuno">(io)</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">dog</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>, <span class="Latn" lang="io"><a href="/w/index.php?title=volfyuno&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="volfyuno (page does not exist)">volfyuno</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/volfyuno" class="extiw" title="io:volfyuno">(io)</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">wolf</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/cucciolo#Italian" title="cucciolo">cucciolo</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/cucciolo" class="extiw" title="it:cucciolo">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Latin: <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/catulus#Latin" title="catulus">catulus</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/catellus#Latin" title="catellus">catellus</a></span></li> <li>Low German: <span class="Latn" lang="nds"><a href="/wiki/Welp#Low_German" title="Welp">Welp</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nds"><a href="/w/index.php?title=W%C3%B6lp&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wölp (page does not exist)">Wölp</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nds"><a href="/w/index.php?title=W%C3%BClp&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wülp (page does not exist)">Wülp</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Old English: <span class="Latn" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/hwelp#Old_English" title="hwelp">hwelp</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/filhote#Portuguese" title="filhote">filhote</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/filhote" class="extiw" title="pt:filhote">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/c%C4%83%C8%9Bel#Romanian" title="cățel">cățel</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/c%C4%83%C8%9Bel" class="extiw" title="ro:cățel">(ro)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">dog</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/lupan#Romanian" title="lupan">lupan</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/lupan" class="extiw" title="ro:lupan">(ro)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">wolf</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BA#Russian" title="щенок">щено́к</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BA" class="extiw" title="ru:щенок">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">ščenók</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/cachorro#Spanish" title="cachorro">cachorro</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/cachorro" class="extiw" title="es:cachorro">(es)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/w/index.php?title=caduelo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="caduelo (page does not exist)">caduelo</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/cadillo#Spanish" title="cadillo">cadillo</a></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/valp#Swedish" title="valp">valp</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/valp" class="extiw" title="sv:valp">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/enik#Turkish" title="enik">enik</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/enik" class="extiw" title="tr:enik">(tr)</a></span></li> <li>Volapük: <span class="Latn" lang="vo"><a href="/wiki/dog%C3%BCl#Volapük" title="dogül">dogül</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://vo.wiktionary.org/wiki/dog%C3%BCl" class="extiw" title="vo:dogül">(vo)</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">dog</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>, <span class="Latn" lang="vo"><a href="/wiki/lup%C3%BCl#Volapük" title="lupül">lupül</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">wolf</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="See_also">See also</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=whelp&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Guelph#English" title="Guelph">Guelph</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=whelp&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/whelpen#Middle_English" title="whelpen">whelpen</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English" class="extiw" title="w:Old English">Old English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/hwelpian#Old_English" title="hwelpian">hwelpian</a></i>, derived from <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/hwelp#Old_English" title="hwelp">hwelp</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verb">Verb</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=whelp&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">whelp</strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/whelps#English" title="whelps">whelps</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/whelping#English" title="whelping">whelping</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/whelped#English" title="whelped">whelped</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#ambitransitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">ambitransitive</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> of <a href="/wiki/she-dog" title="she-dog">she-dog</a>, <a href="/wiki/she-wolf" title="she-wolf">she-wolf</a>, <a href="/wiki/vixen" title="vixen">vixen</a>, etc.</span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> To give <a href="/wiki/birth" title="birth">birth</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">The bitch <b>whelped</b>.</i></div></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">The she-wolf <b>whelped</b> a large litter of cubs.</i></div></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations_2">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=whelp&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-(animals)_to_give_birth"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">(animals) to give birth</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="(animals) to give birth"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> <ul><li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC_%D1%81%D0%B5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="окучвам се (page does not exist)">окучвам се</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">okučvam se</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/cadellar#Catalan" title="cadellar">cadellar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/cadellar" class="extiw" title="ca:cadellar">(ca)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/quissoiar#Catalan" title="quissoiar">quissoiar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/quissoiar" class="extiw" title="ca:quissoiar">(ca)</a></span></li> <li>Danish: <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a href="/w/index.php?title=hvalpe,_f%C3%A5_hvalpe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="hvalpe, få hvalpe (page does not exist)">hvalpe, få hvalpe</a></span></li> <li>Faroese: <span class="Latn" lang="fo"><a href="/wiki/leggja#Faroese" title="leggja">leggja</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/mettre_bas#French" title="mettre bas">mettre bas</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/mettre_bas" class="extiw" title="fr:mettre bas">(fr)</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/werfen#German" title="werfen">werfen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/werfen" class="extiw" title="de:werfen">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Junge_werfen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Junge werfen (page does not exist)">Junge werfen</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/jungen#German" title="jungen">jungen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/jungen" class="extiw" title="de:jungen">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=w%C3%B6lfen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="wölfen (page does not exist)">wölfen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/w%C3%B6lfen" class="extiw" title="de:wölfen">(de)</a></span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%BD%CF%8E#Greek" title="γεννώ">γεννώ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%BD%CF%8E" class="extiw" title="el:γεννώ">(el)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">gennó</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hebrew: <span class="Hebr" lang="he"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D7%9C%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%98&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="להמליט (page does not exist)">להמליט</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="he-Latn" class="tr Latn">lehamlit</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/ellik#Hungarian" title="ellik">ellik</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/ellik" class="extiw" title="hu:ellik">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/w/index.php?title=megellik&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="megellik (page does not exist)">megellik</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/megellik" class="extiw" title="hu:megellik">(hu)</a></span></li> <li>Old English: <span class="Latn" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/hwelpian#Old_English" title="hwelpian">hwelpian</a></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/parir#Portuguese" title="parir">parir</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/parir" class="extiw" title="pt:parir">(pt)</a></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/f%C4%83ta#Romanian" title="făta">făta</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/f%C4%83ta" class="extiw" title="ro:făta">(ro)</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8F&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="щениться (page does not exist)">щени́ться</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8F" class="extiw" title="ru:щениться">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">ščenítʹsja</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/parir#Spanish" title="parir">parir</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/parir" class="extiw" title="es:parir">(es)</a></span></li> <li>Welsh: <span class="Latn" lang="cy"><a href="/wiki/bwrw#Welsh" title="bwrw">bwrw</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cy.wiktionary.org/wiki/bwrw" class="extiw" title="cy:bwrw">(cy)</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">transitive</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_3">Etymology 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=whelp&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Etymology 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Variant of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/welp#English" title="welp">welp</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Interjection">Interjection</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=whelp&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Interjection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">whelp</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/welp#English" title="welp">welp</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">well</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Middle_English">Middle English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=whelp&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Middle English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=whelp&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/quelp#Middle_English" title="quelp">quelp</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/quelpe#Middle_English" title="quelpe">quelpe</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/qwelp#Middle_English" title="qwelp">qwelp</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/qwelpe#Middle_English" title="qwelpe">qwelpe</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/welp#Middle_English" title="welp">welp</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/welpe#Middle_English" title="welpe">welpe</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/whelpe#Middle_English" title="whelpe">whelpe</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/%C8%9Dwelp#Middle_English" title="ȝwelp">ȝwelp</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/hwelp#Middle_English" title="hwelp">hwelp</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/hweolp#Middle_English" title="hweolp">hweolp</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/whellp#Middle_English" title="whellp">whellp</a></span> <span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English#Early_Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Early Middle English</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=whelp&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English" class="extiw" title="w:Old English">Old English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/hwelp#Old_English" title="hwelp">hwelp</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-West_Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-West Germanic language">Proto-West Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gmw-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-West_Germanic/hwelp" title="Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwelp">*hwelp</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwelpaz" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hwelpaz">*hwelpaz</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=whelp&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Middle_English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Middle English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/hwɛlp/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#dialectal" title="Appendix:Glossary">dialectal</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Middle_English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Middle English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/wɛlp/</span>, <span class="IPA">/xwɛlp/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_2">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=whelp&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="enm">whelp</strong></span> (<i>plural</i> <b><span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/whelpes#Middle_English" title="whelpes">whelpes</a></span></b>) </p> <ol><li>A <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">whelp</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss">a puppy or a baby dog</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span></li> <li>A whelp <span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss">the young of other animals, especially <a href="/wiki/canids#English" title="canids">canids</a> and <a href="/wiki/felids#English" title="felids">felids</a></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span></li> <li>A whelp <span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss"><span class="use-with-mention">as an insulting term</span></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#rare" title="Appendix:Glossary">rare</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> An unknown kind of mechanical machine or system.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=whelp&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/whelpen#Middle_English" title="whelpen">whelpen</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/whelpynge#Middle_English" title="whelpynge">whelpynge</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Descendants">Descendants</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=whelp&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Descendants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>English: <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">whelp</a></span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r68481116">.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title]{cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title="uncertain"]{font-size:.7em;vertical-align:super}</style></li> <li>Scots: <span class="Latn" lang="sco"><a href="/w/index.php?title=whalp&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="whalp (page does not exist)">whalp</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sco"><a href="/w/index.php?title=whaulp&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="whaulp (page does not exist)">whaulp</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="References">References</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=whelp&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED52468">whelp, <i>n.</i></a>”, in <span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English Dictionary">MED Online</a></cite>, Ann Arbor, Mich.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Michigan" class="extiw" 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