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.[1]

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

siket (comparative siketebb, superlative legsiketebb)

  1. (dialectal or formal) deaf
    Siketvakok Országos EgyesületeHungarian 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

References

  1. Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

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
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