siker
English
Etymology
From Middle English siker (“secure, safe, stable, certain; gewiss, securely, safely, certainly”), from Old English sicer, sicor (“secure from, free from guilt and the punishment, safe, free from danger or harm, sure, certain, free from doubt, trustworthy”), from Proto-Germanic *sikuraz (“free, secure”), from Latin sēcūrus (“secure”, literally “without care”). See secure. Cognate with Scots siker, seker (“safe, secure”), North Frisian sijcker (“sure, secure”), Dutch zeker (“certain, safe, secure”), German sicher (“sure, secure, confirmed”), Swedish säker (“secure, safe, sure”), Norwegian sikker (“secure”).
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file)
Adjective
siker
- Alternative spelling of sicker: certain
- Alternative spelling of sicker: secure
- 1847 (publication date), James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Dictionary of Archaisms and Provincialisms from the Fourteenth Century Vol. II., pages 741 and 743:
- "That schip had a ful siker mast,
- And a sayl strong and large."
- 1847 (publication date), James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Dictionary of Archaisms and Provincialisms from the Fourteenth Century Vol. II., pages 741 and 743:
Derived terms
- sikerly
- sikerness
Hungarian
Etymology
Back-formation from sikeres, which originally meant "having high gluten content" (of wheat), but today normally means "successful". The back-formation was done by splitting the adjectival suffix -es.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃikɛr]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: si‧ker
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | siker | sikerek |
accusative | sikert | sikereket |
dative | sikernek | sikereknek |
instrumental | sikerrel | sikerekkel |
causal-final | sikerért | sikerekért |
translative | sikerré | sikerekké |
terminative | sikerig | sikerekig |
essive-formal | sikerként | sikerekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | sikerben | sikerekben |
superessive | sikeren | sikereken |
adessive | sikernél | sikereknél |
illative | sikerbe | sikerekbe |
sublative | sikerre | sikerekre |
allative | sikerhez | sikerekhez |
elative | sikerből | sikerekből |
delative | sikerről | sikerekről |
ablative | sikertől | sikerektől |
Possessive forms of siker | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | sikerem | sikereim |
2nd person sing. | sikered | sikereid |
3rd person sing. | sikere | sikerei |
1st person plural | sikerünk | sikereink |
2nd person plural | sikeretek | sikereitek |
3rd person plural | sikerük | sikereik |
Derived terms
- sikeredik
- sikertelen
- sikerű
- sikerül
(Compound words):
- kasszasiker
- sikerfilm
- sikerkönyv
- sikerlista
- sikerorientált
- sikerszakma
- sikersztori
- sikertörténet
Maltese
Conjugation
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English sicor, from Proto-Germanic *sikuraz, from Latin sēcūrus. Doublet of sure.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsikər/
Adjective
siker (plural and weak singular sikere, comparative sikerer, superlative sikerest)
- safe, (having safety or security; not harmful or dangerous); the following special senses are especially prevalent:
- firm, tough, unbreakable, sound
- reliable, long-lasting, of good quality
- unerring, continuously and exceptionlessly excellent
- actual, real, true not feigned or ephemeral
- Easily predictable, inevitable, certain
- Full of certainty, sure; having great trust in one's actions
- reliable, dependable, trustworthy, useful
- In good health or condition; healed
References
- “siker (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-22.
Adverb
siker (comparative sikerer)
References
- “siker (adv.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-22.
Turkish
Verb
siker
Antonyms
See also
- siker sikmez