sike

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English sike, the northern form of Old English sīċ (see sitch), possibly also from or related to Old Norse sík; both from Proto-Germanic *sīką (slow flowing water; trickle). Cognate with Norwegian sik. Compare Scots sheuch.

Noun[edit]

sike (plural sikes)

  1. (Scotland, Northumbria) A gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently dries up in the summer.
    • A Scotch Winter Evening in 1512
      The wind made wave the red weed on the dike. bedoven in dank deep was every sike.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English siken, from Old English sīcan (to sigh), from Proto-West Germanic *sīkan (to sigh). Doublet of sigh.

Verb[edit]

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

  1. (archaic or Northern England) To sigh or sob.

Noun[edit]

sike (plural sikes)

  1. (archaic or Northern England) A sigh.

Etymology 3[edit]

Determiner[edit]

sike

  1. (Yorkshire) such
    • (Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      She macks sike warke.
References[edit]
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Etymology 4[edit]

Pronunciation respelling of psych.

Interjection[edit]

sike

  1. (slang) Alternative form of psych.

Anagrams[edit]

Chuukese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Ziege.

Noun[edit]

sike

  1. goat

Manchu[edit]

Romanization[edit]

sike

  1. Romanization of ᠰᡳᡴᡝ

Northern Kurdish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic سِكَّة (sikka).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sike ?

  1. coin

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

sike (present tense sik or sikar or siker, past tense seik or sika or sikt, supine sike or sika or sikt, past participle siken or sika or sikt, present participle sikande, imperative sik)

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Turkish[edit]

Noun[edit]

sike

  1. dative singular of sik

West Frisian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Deverbal from sykje (to seek, to search).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sike c (plural siken)

  1. breath
  2. gust of wind
Further reading[edit]
  • sike”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2[edit]

Compare Dutch zieke (sick person).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sike c (plural siken)

  1. sick person
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
  • sike”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011