sike
English edit
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Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English sike, the northern form of Old English sīċ (see sitch), possibly also from or related to Old Norse sík; both from Proto-Germanic *sīką (“slow flowing water; trickle”). Cognate with Norwegian sik. Compare Scots sheuch.
Noun edit
sike (plural sikes)
- (Scotland, Northumbria) A gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently dries up in the summer.
- A Scotch Winter Evening in 1512
- The wind made wave the red weed on the dike. bedoven in dank deep was every sike.
- A Scotch Winter Evening in 1512
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English siken, from Old English sīcan (“to sigh”), from Proto-West Germanic *sīkan (“to sigh”). Doublet of sigh.
Verb edit
sike (third-person singular simple present sikes, present participle siking, simple past and past participle siked)
- (archaic or Northern England) To sigh or sob.
Noun edit
sike (plural sikes)
- (archaic or Northern England) A sigh.
Etymology 3 edit
Determiner edit
sike
- (Yorkshire) such
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- She macks sike warke.
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Etymology 4 edit
Pronunciation respelling of psych.
Interjection edit
sike
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Chuukese edit
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sike
Manchu edit
Romanization edit
sike
- Romanization of ᠰᡳᡴᡝ
Northern Kurdish edit
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sike ?
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
- sika (a-infinitive)
Verb edit
sike (present tense sik or sikar or siker, past tense seik or sika or sikt, supine sike or sika or sikt, past participle siken or sika or sikt, present participle sikande, imperative sik)
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References edit
- “sike” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Turkish edit
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sike
West Frisian edit
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Etymology 1 edit
Deverbal from sykje (“to seek, to search”).
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Noun edit
sike c (plural siken)
Further reading edit
- “sike”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2 edit
Compare Dutch zieke (“sick person”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sike c (plural siken)
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Further reading edit
- “sike”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011