sych

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Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old English sīċ, from Proto-West Germanic *sīk, from Proto-Germanic *sīką.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /siːt͡ʃ/, /sit͡ʃ/
  • (Northern) IPA(key): /siːk/

Noun[edit]

sych (plural *syches)

  1. A small stream or its course.

Descendants[edit]

  • English: sitch, sike
  • Scots: sike, syke

References[edit]

Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Welsh sych, from Old Welsh sich, from Proto-Brythonic *sɨx, a loanword from Latin siccus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

sych (feminine singular sech, plural sychion, equative syched, comparative sychach, superlative sychaf, not mutable)

  1. dry, arid

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

sych (not mutable)

  1. (literary) third-person singular present indicative/future of sychu