sipp

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from English sip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪp/

Noun

sipp m (plural sippijiet)

1. sip

Related terms

• ssippja

 

Swedish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Low German sipp. Attested since 1734.

Adjective

sipp (comparative mer sipp, superlative mest sipp)

1. prudish, prim

Declension

Inflection of sipp
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	sipp	mer sipp	mest sipp
Neuter singular	sippt	mer sippt	mest sippt
Plural	sippa	mer sippa	mest sippa
Masculine plural3	sippe	mer sippa	mest sippa
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	sippe	mer sippe	mest sippe
All	sippa	mer sippa	mest sippa
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English sip. Attested since 1985.

Noun

sipp c

1. sip

Declension

Declension of sipp
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sipp	sippen	sippar	sipparna
Genitive	sipps	sippens	sippars	sipparnas

Synonyms

• klunk
• smutt

References

• sipp in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sipp in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sipp in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• sipp in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)