siker

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See also: sikér

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

siker

  1. Alternative spelling of sicker: certain
  2. Alternative spelling of sicker: secure
    • 1847 (publication date), James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Dictionary of Archaisms and Provincialisms from the Fourteenth Century Vol. II., pages 741 and 743:
      "That schip had a ful siker mast,
      And a sayl strong and large."

Derived terms

Adverb

siker

  1. Alternative spelling of sicker: certainly
  2. Alternative spelling of sicker: securely

Anagrams


Hungarian

Etymology

Back-formation from sikeres, which originally meant "having high gluten content" (of wheat), but today normally means "successful". The back-formation was done by splitting the adjectival suffix -es.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃikɛr]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: si‧ker

Noun

siker (plural sikerek)

  1. success

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative siker sikerek
accusative sikert sikereket
dative sikernek sikereknek
instrumental sikerrel sikerekkel
causal-final sikerért sikerekért
translative sikerré sikerekké
terminative sikerig sikerekig
essive-formal sikerként sikerekként
essive-modal
inessive sikerben sikerekben
superessive sikeren sikereken
adessive sikernél sikereknél
illative sikerbe sikerekbe
sublative sikerre sikerekre
allative sikerhez sikerekhez
elative sikerből sikerekből
delative sikerről sikerekről
ablative sikertől sikerektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
sikeré sikereké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
sikeréi sikerekéi
Possessive forms of siker
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. sikerem sikereim
2nd person sing. sikered sikereid
3rd person sing. sikere sikerei
1st person plural sikerünk sikereink
2nd person plural sikeretek sikereitek
3rd person plural sikerük sikereik

Derived terms

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Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic سَكَرَ (sakara).

Verb

siker (imperfect jisker)

  1. to be drunk

Conjugation

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English sicor, from Proto-West Germanic *sikur, from Latin sēcūrus. Doublet of sure.

Pronunciation

Adjective

siker (plural and weak singular sikere, comparative sikerer, superlative sikerest)

  1. safe, (having safety or security; not harmful or dangerous); the following special senses are especially prevalent:
    1. sinless, not spiritually dangerous
    2. fortified, secure, guarded
  2. firm, tough, unbreakable, sound
  3. reliable, long-lasting, of good quality
  4. unerring, continuously and exceptionlessly excellent
  5. actual, real, true not feigned or ephemeral
  6. Easily predictable, inevitable, certain
  7. Full of certainty, sure; having great trust in one's actions
  8. reliable, dependable, trustworthy, useful
  9. In good health or condition; healed

Descendants

  • English: sicker (obsolete, dialectal)
  • Scots: siker, seker, siccar

References

Adverb

siker (comparative sikerer)

  1. safely, carefully
  2. certainly, surely, inevitably
  3. assuredly, with sureness
  4. powerfully

Descendants

References


Turkish

Verb

siker

  1. third-person negative singular simple present indicative of sikmemek
  2. third-person singular present simple indicative positive degree of sikmek

Antonyms

See also