سيخ

See also: سیخ, شيخ, and شیخ

Arabic

الفِلْفِل وَأَسْيَاخ الدَجَاج (al-filfil waʔasyāḵ ad-dajāj)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian سیخ (six, “spit, skewer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siːx/

Noun

سِيخ • (sīḵ) m (plural أَسْيَاخ (ʔasyāḵ))

1. spit, brochette, skewer

   Synonym: سَفُّود (saffūd)

2. (chess) skewer

Declension

Declension of noun سِيخ (sīḵ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِيخ sīḵ	السِّيخ as-sīḵ	سِيخ sīḵ
Nominative	سِيخٌ sīḵun	السِّيخُ as-sīḵu	سِيخُ sīḵu
Accusative	سِيخًا sīḵan	السِّيخَ as-sīḵa	سِيخَ sīḵa
Genitive	سِيخٍ sīḵin	السِّيخِ as-sīḵi	سِيخِ sīḵi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِيخَيْن sīḵayn	السِّيخَيْن as-sīḵayn	سِيخَيْ sīḵay
Nominative	سِيخَانِ sīḵāni	السِّيخَانِ as-sīḵāni	سِيخَا sīḵā
Accusative	سِيخَيْنِ sīḵayni	السِّيخَيْنِ as-sīḵayni	سِيخَيْ sīḵay
Genitive	سِيخَيْنِ sīḵayni	السِّيخَيْنِ as-sīḵayni	سِيخَيْ sīḵay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَسْيَاخ ʔasyāḵ	الْأَسْيَاخ al-ʔasyāḵ	أَسْيَاخ ʔasyāḵ
Nominative	أَسْيَاخٌ ʔasyāḵun	الْأَسْيَاخُ al-ʔasyāḵu	أَسْيَاخُ ʔasyāḵu
Accusative	أَسْيَاخًا ʔasyāḵan	الْأَسْيَاخَ al-ʔasyāḵa	أَسْيَاخَ ʔasyāḵa
Genitive	أَسْيَاخٍ ʔasyāḵin	الْأَسْيَاخِ al-ʔasyāḵi	أَسْيَاخِ ʔasyāḵi

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Punjabi ਸਿੱਖ (sikkha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siːx/

Noun

سِيخ • (sīḵ) m (collective, singulative سِيخِيّ f (sīḵiyy))

1. the Sikh nation; Sikhs

Declension

Declension of noun سِيخ (sīḵ)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِيخ sīḵ	السِّيخ as-sīḵ	سِيخ sīḵ
Nominative	سِيخٌ sīḵun	السِّيخُ as-sīḵu	سِيخُ sīḵu
Accusative	سِيخًا sīḵan	السِّيخَ as-sīḵa	سِيخَ sīḵa
Genitive	سِيخٍ sīḵin	السِّيخِ as-sīḵi	سِيخِ sīḵi
Singulative	basic singulative triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِيخِي sīḵī	السِّيخِي as-sīḵī	سِيخِي sīḵī
Nominative	سِيخِيٌّ sīḵiyyun	السِّيخِيُّ as-sīḵiyyu	سِيخِيُّ sīḵiyyu
Accusative	سِيخِيًّا sīḵiyyan	السِّيخِيَّ as-sīḵiyya	سِيخِيَّ sīḵiyya
Genitive	سِيخِيٍّ sīḵiyyin	السِّيخِيِّ as-sīḵiyyi	سِيخِيِّ sīḵiyyi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِيخِيَّيْن sīḵiyyayn	السِّيخِيَّيْن as-sīḵiyyayn	سِيخِيَّيْ sīḵiyyay
Nominative	سِيخِيَّانِ sīḵiyyāni	السِّيخِيَّانِ as-sīḵiyyāni	سِيخِيَّا sīḵiyyā
Accusative	سِيخِيَّيْنِ sīḵiyyayni	السِّيخِيَّيْنِ as-sīḵiyyayni	سِيخِيَّيْ sīḵiyyay
Genitive	سِيخِيَّيْنِ sīḵiyyayni	السِّيخِيَّيْنِ as-sīḵiyyayni	سِيخِيَّيْ sīḵiyyay
Paucal (3-10)	sound masculine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سِيخِيِّين sīḵiyyīn	السِّيخِيِّين as-sīḵiyyīn	سِيخِيِّي sīḵiyyī
Nominative	سِيخِيُّونَ sīḵiyyūna	السِّيخِيُّونَ as-sīḵiyyūna	سِيخِيُّو sīḵiyyū
Accusative	سِيخِيِّينَ sīḵiyyīna	السِّيخِيِّينَ as-sīḵiyyīna	سِيخِيِّي sīḵiyyī
Genitive	سِيخِيِّينَ sīḵiyyīna	السِّيخِيِّينَ as-sīḵiyyīna	سِيخِيِّي sīḵiyyī

Derived terms

• سِيخِيّ (sīḵiyy, “Sikh-related; a single Sikh”)
• سِيخِيَّة (sīḵiyya, “Sikhism”)

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “سيخ”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 711–712
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “سيخ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 382
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “سيخ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 521
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “سيخ”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 620