siech
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See also: Siech
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German siech, from Old High German sioh, siuh, from Proto-West Germanic *seuk, from Proto-Germanic *seukaz. Cognate with English sick, Dutch ziek, Swedish sjuk.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]siech (strong nominative masculine singular siecher, comparative siecher, superlative am siechsten)
- (dated in literary style, otherwise uncommon) sick; ill; weak; frail; ailing; afflicted
- Synonyms: altersschwach, krank, geschwächt
- 1981, Gregor von Rezzori, Der arbeitslose König. Maghrebinische Märchen, Gütersloh: C. Bertelsmann, pages 99–100:
- War er auch schweißgebadet, atemlos und siech vor Erschöpfung hier angelangt, so fühlte er sich mit einemmal frisch und doppelt leistungsfähig.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “siech”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
- “siech” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “siech” in Duden online
Middle High German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old High German sioh, siuh, from Proto-West Germanic *seuk, from Proto-Germanic *seukaz.
Adjective
[edit]siech
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | nonneuter | neuter | ||
| strong declension | nominative | siecher | siechiu | siecheȥ | sieche | siechiu |
| genitive | sieches | siecher(e) | sieches | siecher(e) | ||
| dative | siechem(e) | siecher(e) | siechem(e) | siechen | ||
| accusative | siechen | sieche | siecheȥ | sieche | siechiu | |
| weak declension | nominative | dër sieche | diu sieche | daȥ sieche | die siechen | diu siechen |
| genitive | dës siechen | dër siechen | dës siechen | dër siechen | ||
| dative | dëm siechen | dër siechen | dëm siechen | dën siechen | ||
| accusative | dën siechen | die siechen | daȥ sieche | die siechen | diu siechen | |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “siech” in Mittelhochdeutsches Handwörterbuch, Matthias von Lexer, 3 vols., Leipzig 1872–1878.
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