sike

• syke

• IPA^(key): /saɪk/

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• Rhymes: -aɪk
• Homophones: psych, cyc

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.

sike (plural sikes)

1. (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.

From Middle English siken, from Old English sīcan (“to sigh”), from Proto-West Germanic *sīkan (“to sigh”). Doublet of sigh.

sike (third-person singular simple present sikes, present participle siking, simple past and past participle siked)

1. (archaic or Northern England) To sigh or sob.

sike (plural sikes)

1. (archaic or Northern England) A sigh.

sike

1. (Yorkshire) such
   • (Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     She macks sike warke.

Pronunciation respelling of psych.

sike

1. (slang) Alternative form of psych.

• EIKs, Kise, seki, skie

Borrowed from German Ziege.

sike

1. goat

sike

1. Romanization of ᠰᡳᡴᡝ

From Arabic سِكَّة (sikka).

• IPA^(key): /sɪˈkɛ/

sike ?

1. coin

• sika (a-infinitive)

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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• “sike” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

sike

1. dative singular of sik

• syk

Deverbal from sykje (“to seek, to search”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsikə/

sike c (plural siken)

1. breath
2. gust of wind

• “sike”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Compare Dutch zieke (“sick person”).

• IPA^(key): /siːkə/, /sikə/

sike c (plural siken)

1. sick person

• “sike”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011