siek

See also: Siek

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch ziek (“sick”), from Middle Dutch siek (“sick”), from Old Dutch *sioc (“sick”), from Proto-Germanic *seukaz (“sick”), from the verb *seukaną (“to be sick”), from Proto-Indo-European *seug- (“to be troubled or grieved”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sik/

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Adjective

siek (attributive siek, comparative sieker, superlative siekste)

1. ill, sick, unwell

Inflection

Inflection of siek

	predicative	attributive	independent		partitive
			singular	plural
positive	siek		sieke	siekes	sieks
comparative	sieker		siekere	siekeres	siekers
superlative	siekste			siekstes	—

Derived terms

• siekte

Middle English

Adjective

siek

1. alternative form of sik