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Webster 1913 Edition

Siker

{

Sick′er

,

Sik′er

}
,
Adj.
[OE.
siker
; cf. OS.
sikur
, LG.
seker
, D.
zeker
, Dan.
sikker
, OHG.
sihhur
, G.
sicher
; all fr. L.
securus
. See
Secure
,
Sure
.]
Sure; certain; trusty.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Burns.
When he is
siker
of his good name.
Chaucer.
{

Sick′er

,

Sik′er

}
,
adv.
Surely; certainly.
[Obs.]
Believe this as
siker
as your creed.
Chaucer.
Sicker
, Willye, thou warnest well.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition

Siker

SIK'ER

,
Adj.
or adv. Sure; surely. [See Sicker.]

Definition 2025

siker

siker

See also: sikér

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

siker

  1. Alternative spelling of sicker: certain
  2. 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."

Derived terms

Adverb

siker

  1. Alternative spelling of sicker: certainly
  2. Alternative spelling of sicker: securely

Anagrams

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]
  • Hyphenation: si‧ker

Noun

siker ‎(plural sikerek)

  1. success

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
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
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

(Compound words):

  • kasszasiker
  • sikerfilm
  • sikerkönyv
  • sikerlista
  • sikerorientált
  • sikerszakma
  • sikersztori
  • sikertörténet

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic سَكَرَ ‎(sakara)

Verb

siker (imperfect jisker)

  1. to be drunk

Conjugation

Turkish

Verb

siker

  1. third-person negative singular simple present indicative of sikmemek
  2. third-person singular present simple indicative positive of sikmek

Antonyms

See also

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”).

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