ziek
Basque
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iek, -ek
- Hyphenation: zi‧ek
Verb
ziek
- Masculine allocutive form of die.
Usage notes
Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edun instead of izan.
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch siec, from Old Dutch siec, from Proto-West Germanic *seuk, from Proto-Germanic *seukaz. Cognate with English sick, German siech, Swedish sjuk. Doublet of sick.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zik/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ziek
- Rhymes: -ik
- Homophone: Ziek
Adjective
ziek (comparative zieker, superlative ziekst)
Declension
| Declension of ziek | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | ziek | |||
| inflected | zieke | |||
| comparative | zieker | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | ziek | zieker | het ziekst het ziekste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | zieke | ziekere | ziekste |
| n. sing. | ziek | zieker | ziekste | |
| plural | zieke | ziekere | ziekste | |
| definite | zieke | ziekere | ziekste | |
| partitive | zieks | ziekers | — | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: siek
- Berbice Creole Dutch: siki
- Javindo: siek
- Negerhollands: siek, sik
- Petjo: ziek
- →? Saramaccan: síki
- →? Sranan Tongo: siki
- → Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: siki, sikisiki
Adverb
ziek
- (slang) very
Anagrams
Maltese
| Root |
|---|
| z-j-k |
| 2 terms |
Alternative forms
- ċiek
- ziehek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sɪːk/
Verb
ziek (imperfect jżik, verbal noun zika)
- to insult