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) 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 === Inherited from Middle Welsh sych, from Old Welsh sich, from Proto-Brythonic *sɨx, 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 dry, boring Synonyms: diflas, anniddorol humourless Synonym: dihiwmor ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === sych (not mutable) (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