siket

See also: síket

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English skirt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sì.két/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [sɪ̀.cát]

Noun

sìkêt m (plural sìkêt-sìkêt)

1. skirt

Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin. A variant of süket.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃikɛt]
• Hyphenation: si‧ket
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Adjective

siket (comparative siketebb, superlative legsiketebb)

1. (dialectal or formal) deaf

   Siketvakok Országos Egyesülete ― Hungarian Deafblind Association

Usage notes

In colloquial usage, süket is used. In formal situations, in the medical profession or in the name of institutions, siket is used. PC usage prefers the latter because süket also occurs in the sense of “dumb”.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	siket	siketek
accusative	siketet	siketeket
dative	siketnek	siketeknek
instrumental	sikettel	siketekkel
causal-final	siketért	siketekért
translative	siketté	siketekké
terminative	siketig	siketekig
essive-formal	siketként	siketekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	siketben	siketekben
superessive	siketen	siketeken
adessive	siketnél	siketeknél
illative	siketbe	siketekbe
sublative	siketre	siketekre
allative	sikethez	siketekhez
elative	siketből	siketekből
delative	siketről	siketekről
ablative	sikettől	siketektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	siketé	siketeké
non-attributive possessive - plural	siketéi	siketekéi

Derived terms

• siketfajd
• siketvak

 

Further reading

• siket , partly redirecting to süket in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Maltese

Root
s-k-t
8 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سَكَتَ (sakata).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪ.kɛt/

Verb

siket (imperfect jiskot, active participle sieket, verbal noun skiet or sikt)

1. to be silent
2. to cease, abate

Conjugation

Conjugation of siket
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	skitt	skitt	siket		skitna	skittu	siktu
	f			siktet
imperfect	m	niskot	tiskot	jiskot		nisktu	tisktu	jisktu
	f			tiskot
imperative			iskot				isktu