สึก

Extended as สำนึก (sǎm-nʉ́k). Compare Modern Khmer សំណឹក (sɑmnək).

สึก • (sʉ̀k)

1. (chiefly in combination) awareness; consciousness.

From Old Khmer *សិក៑ (*sik, “to be worn (down, out, away); to be used up or exhausted”). Cognate with Modern Khmer សឹក (sək).

สึก • (sʉ̀k) (abstract noun การสึก)

1. to attrit; to suffer attrition; to undergo abrasion; to erode; to be or become eaten away; to be or become worn away.

From Old Khmer *សិក៑ (*sik, “to retire from holy orders”). Cognate with Modern Khmer សឹក (sək), Isan เสิก, Lü ᦉᦹᧅ (ṡuek).

สึก • (sʉ̀k) (abstract noun การสึก)

1. (colloquial) to leave priesthood; to give up priesthood.
2. (colloquial) to cause to leave priesthood; to deprive of priesthood; to remove from priesthood; to unfrock.

สึก • (sʉ̀k)

1. obsolete form of ศึก (sʉ̀k)