"sīkan" meaning in Proto-West Germanic

See sīkan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (“to pour out”); compare semantics of *sūftōn (“to sigh, lament”), from Proto-Indo-European *sewp- (“to pour out”). Etymology templates: {{der|gmw-pro|ine-pro|*seykʷ-|t=to pour out}} Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (“to pour out”), {{noncog|ine-pro|*sewp-|t=to pour out}} Proto-Indo-European *sewp- (“to pour out”) Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|verb}} *sīkan Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-verb-st}} Forms: strong [table-tags], sīkan [infinitive], sīkannjas [genitive, infinitive], sīkannjē [dative, infinitive], sīkannju [infinitive, instrumental], sīku [first-person, present, singular], saik [first-person, past, singular], sīkiʀi [present, second-person, singular], sikī [past, second-person, singular], sīkidi [present, singular, third-person], saik [past, singular, third-person], sīkum [first-person, plural, present], sikum [first-person, past, plural], sīkid [plural, present, second-person], sikud [past, plural, second-person], sīkand [plural, present, third-person], sikun [past, plural, third-person], sīkē [first-person, present, singular], sikī [first-person, past, singular], sīkēs [present, second-person, singular], sīkē [present, singular, third-person], sikī [past, singular, third-person], sīkēm [first-person, plural, present], sikīm [first-person, past, plural], sīkēþ [plural, present, second-person], sikīd [past, plural, second-person], sīkēn [plural, present, third-person], sikīn [past, plural, third-person], sīk [present, singular], sīkid [plural, present], sīkandī [participle, present], sikan [participle, past]
  1. to sigh, take a deep breath Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-sīkan-gmw-pro-verb-f61AANT0 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51
  2. to groan, complain, lament Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-sīkan-gmw-pro-verb-X-LGNseS Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: saikijan, saiwi, sihtrā, sīgan, sīhwan
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "present",
        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "sīkēþ",
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    {
      "form": "sīkēn",
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        "present",
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      ]
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sīk",
      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikan",
      "source": "inflection",
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  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sīkan",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "saikijan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "saiwi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sihtrā"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sīgan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sīhwan"
    }
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          "_dis": "50 50",
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          "_dis": "49 51",
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        "to sigh, take a deep breath"
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          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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    "Proto-West Germanic class 1 strong verbs",
    "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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      "text": "Old English: sīcan, sȳcan\nMiddle English: siken, syken, sichen, sychen\nEnglish: sike (archaic, except northern England)\n⇒ Middle English: sighen, syghen, siʒhen\nEnglish: sigh\n⇒ Middle English: sythen, sithen, sethen\nEnglish: sithe (archaic, obsolete)"
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "sīkē",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular",
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    {
      "form": "sīkēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sikīm",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
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      "form": "sikīd",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sīk",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sīkid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sīkandī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sikan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "*sīkan",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-verb-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sīkan",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "saikijan"
    },
    {
      "word": "saiwi"
    },
    {
      "word": "sihtrā"
    },
    {
      "word": "sīgan"
    },
    {
      "word": "sīhwan"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "gmw-pro:Nonverbal communication",
        "gmw-pro:Sadness"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to sigh, take a deep breath"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sigh",
          "sigh"
        ],
        [
          "take a deep breath",
          "take a deep breath"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "gmw-pro:Talking",
        "gmw-pro:Vocalizations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to groan, complain, lament"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "groan",
          "groan"
        ],
        [
          "complain",
          "complain"
        ],
        [
          "lament",
          "lament"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sīkan"
}

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