sicr

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English siker (whence English sicker), from Old English sicor, from Proto-West Germanic *sikur, from Latin sēcūrus. Doublet of segur and siŵr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪkɪr/

Adjective

sicr (feminine singular sicr, plural sicr, equative sicred, comparative sicrach, superlative sicraf, not mutable)

  1. sure, certain
  2. secure, safe
    Synonyms: diogel, saff

Derived terms

  • ansicr (“uncertain, unsteady”)
  • sicrhau (“to ensure, to make certain; to fasten, to secure”)
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