sych

Middle English

Alternative forms

• syk, syke

Etymology

Inherited from Old English sīċ, from Proto-West Germanic *sīk, from Proto-Germanic *sīką.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siːt͡ʃ/, /sit͡ʃ/
• (Northern) IPA^(key): /siːk/

Noun

sych (plural *syches)

1. A small stream or its course.

Descendants

• English: sitch, sike
• Scots: sike, syke

References

• “sī̆ch(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh sych, from Old Welsh sich, from Proto-Brythonic *sɨx, a loanword from Latin siccus.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /sɨːχ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /siːχ/
• Rhymes: -ɨːχ

Adjective

sych (feminine singular sech, plural sychion, equative syched, comparative sychach, superlative sychaf, not mutable)

1. dry, arid
2. dry, boring

   Synonyms: diflas, anniddorol

3. humourless

   Synonym: dihiwmor

Derived terms

• syched (“thirst”)
• sychder (“dryness”)
• sychin (“aridity”)
• sychdwr (“drought”)
• sychu (“to dry”)

Verb

sych (not mutable)

1. (literary) third-person singular present indicative/future of sychu

References

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “sych”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “sych”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies