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Webster 1913 Edition


Sike

{

Sik

,

Sike

, }
Adj.
Such. See
Such
.
[Obs.]
Sike fancies weren foolerie.”
Spenser.

Sike

,
Noun.
[AS.
sīc
. Cf.
Sig
.]
A gutter; a stream, such as is usually dry in summer.
[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Sike

,
Noun.
[See
Sick
.]
A sick person.
[Prov. Eng.]

Sike

,
Verb.
I.
To sigh.
[Obs.]
That for his wife weepeth and
siketh
sore.
Chaucer.

Sike

,
Noun.
A sigh.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sike

SIK

, SIKE,
Adj.
Such.

Definition 2024


siké

siké

See also: sike

Navajo

Verb

siké

  1. they (2 actors) are sitting, are at home, are waiting

Usage notes

This verb is used for sitting in pairs. For individual sitting, see sidá. For sitting in groups of three or more, see naháaztą́.

Singular forms of this verb refer to one subject sitting in a pair with another participant.

  • Shideezhí bił séké. — I stayed with my younger sister, I sat with her.

The plural or distributive plural forms refer to several subjects sitting in pairs independent one from another.

  • Tsídii naazké / ndaazké. — Birds are sitting in pairs, forming three or more pairs.

This is a neuter verb. As such, it is conjugated only in the perfective.

Conjugation

Paradigm: Neuter perfective (si) .

Positional si-perfective verbs like siké form their plural with na-/ni-/n-, with or without distributive da-.

PERFECTIVE singular duoplural plural
1st person séké siiké nisiiké/ndasiiké
2nd person síníké sooké nisooké/ndasooké
3rd person siké naazké/ndaazké
4th person jizké njizké/ndajizké

4th person has variants: dzizké, ndzizké and ndadzizké.

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