"sich" meaning in English

See sich in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} sich (not comparable)
  1. (Mid-Ulster, pronunciation) Alternative form of such Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: such
    Sense id: en-sich-en-adj-FtJ29NFi Categories (other): Mid-Ulster English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /siːt͡ʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sich.wav [Southern-England] Forms: sichs [plural], siches [plural]
Rhymes: -iːtʃ Etymology: Borrowed from Ukrainian Січ (Sič), from Ukrainian сікти (sikty, “to chop”), alluding to the clearing of a forest for an encampment, or the building of a fort with trees that have been cut down. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|uk|Січ}} Ukrainian Січ (Sič), {{der|en|uk|сікти||to chop}} Ukrainian сікти (sikty, “to chop”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|+}} sich (plural sichs or siches)
  1. (historical) An administrative and military centre for the Zaporozhian and Danube Cossacks. Tags: historical Categories (place): Ukraine Translations (administrative and military centre for Cossacks): sitch [feminine] (French), sietch [feminine] (French), setch [feminine] (French), Sitsch [feminine] (German), Sicz [feminine] (Polish), Сечь (Sečʹ) [feminine] (Russian), Сі́ч (Síč) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sich-en-noun-2lkOaU86 Disambiguation of Ukraine: 30 70 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pronouns Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 63 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 27 65 8 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 22 59 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun

Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun}} sich
  1. Alternative form of such Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: such
    Sense id: en-sich-en-pron-FtJ29NFi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for sich meaning in English (4.8kB)

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