siker
See also: sikér
English
Pronunciation
Audio (US): (file)
Adjective
siker
- Alternative spelling of sicker: certain
- 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."
- 1847 (publication date), James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Dictionary of Archaisms and Provincialisms from the Fourteenth Century Vol. II., pages 741 and 743:
Derived terms
Adverb
siker
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
Noun
siker (plural sikerek)
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
(Compound words):
Maltese
Etymology
Verb
siker (imperfect jisker)
- to be drunk
Conjugation
Middle English
Alternative forms
- syker, sykir, sikyr, sykyr, sicer, secir, sikir, seker, sekir, sekire, sicker, sekor, cykyr, ziker, sekyr, sicur
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)
- safe, (having safety or security; not harmful or dangerous); the following special senses are especially prevalent:
- firm, tough, unbreakable, sound
- reliable, long-lasting, of good quality
- unerring, continuously and exceptionlessly excellent
- actual, real, true not feigned or ephemeral
- Easily predictable, inevitable, certain
- Full of certainty, sure; having great trust in one's actions
- reliable, dependable, trustworthy, useful
- In good health or condition; healed
Descendants
References
- “siker (adj.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-22.
Adverb
siker (comparative sikerer)
Descendants
References
- “siker (adv.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-22.
Turkish
Verb
siker
- third-person negative singular simple present indicative of sikmemek
- third-person singular present simple indicative positive degree of sikmek
Antonyms
See also
Categories:
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English adverbs
- Hungarian back-formations
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian terms with audio pronunciation
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian nouns
- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Arabic
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese verbs
- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Middle English terms derived from Latin
- Middle English doublets
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English adjectives
- Middle English adverbs
- Turkish non-lemma forms
- Turkish verb forms