sike

See also şike

English

Alternative forms

• syke

Etymology 1

From the northern form of Old English sīċ (see sitch), from Germanic. Cognate with Norwegian sik.

Noun

sike (plural sikes)

1. A gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently dries up in the summer.

   The wind made wave the red weed on the dike. bedoven in dank deep was every sike. — A Scotch Winter Evening in 1512

Etymology 2

Variant of siche.

Verb

sike (third-person singular simple present sikes, present participle siking, simple past and past participle siked)

1. (archaic) To sigh or sob.

Noun

sike (plural sikes)

1. (archaic) A sigh.

Anagrams

• EIKs, skie

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Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic.

Noun

sike gender unspecified

1. coin

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Turkish

Noun

sike

1. dative singular of sik