sych

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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)

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)

dry, arid

Derived terms

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

Verb

sych (not mutable)

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

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