sikt

See also: sīkt

Maltese

Root
s-k-t
8 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سَكْت (sakt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɪkt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪkt

Noun

sikt m

  1. verbal noun of siket
  2. silence

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From German Sicht.

Noun

sikt m (definite singular sikten)

  1. visibility
    god / dårlig siktgood / poor visibility
    i kort / lang siktin the short / long term
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German sichte.

Noun

sikt f or m (definite singular sikta or sikten, indefinite plural sikter, definite plural siktene)

  1. a sieve

Verb

sikt

  1. imperative of sikte

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From German Sicht.

Noun

sikt m or f (definite singular sikta or sikten)

  1. visibility
    god / dårleg siktgood / poor visibility
    i kort / lang siktin the short / long term
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German sichte.

Noun

sikt f (definite singular sikta, indefinite plural sikter, definite plural siktene)

  1. a sieve

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German sicht, from Proto-Germanic *sihti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɪkt/, [s̪ɪkːt̪]
  • (file)

Noun

sikt c

  1. visibility (ability to see long distances, contingent on fogginess, obstacles, etc.)
    god/dålig sikt
    good/poor visibility
  2. (in some expressions) a longer timespan (as far into the future as one can see)
    på kort sikt
    in the near time, in a short while
    på (lång) sikt
    with time, in the long run
    på 3 års sikt
    in 3 years' time
  3. a sift (for making finer flour)
  4. flour that has been sifted

Declension

Declension of sikt 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sikt sikten siktar siktarna
Genitive sikts siktens siktars siktarnas

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