sych

Middle English

Alternative forms

• syk, syke

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sych (plural *syches)

1. A small stream or its course.

Descendants

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

References

• “sī̆ch(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Welsh

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /sɨːχ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /siːχ/
• Rhymes: -ɨːχ

Adjective

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

1. dry, arid

Derived terms

• syched (“thirst”)
• sychder (“dryness”)
• sychin (“aridity”)
• sychdwr (“drought”)
• sychu (“to dry”)

Verb

sych (not mutable)

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