siker

Alternative forms

• sicker
• siccer
• siccar

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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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."

Adverb

siker

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

Anagrams

• Keirs, Kiers, Kiser, Rikes, Riske, keirs, keris, kiers, skier

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]

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• Hyphenation: si‧ker

Noun

siker (plural sikerek)

1. success

Etymology

From Arabic سَكَرَ‎ (sakara)

Verb

siker (imperfect jisker)

1. to be drunk

Alternative forms

• syker, sikere, sykir, sikyr, sykyr, sicer, secir, sikir, seker, sekir, sekire, sicker, sekor, cykyr, ziker, sekyr, sicur

Etymology

From Old English sicor, from Proto-Germanic *sikuraz, from Latin sēcūrus. Doublet of sure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsikər/

Adjective

siker (comparative sikerer, superlative sikerest)

1. safe, (having safety or security; not harmful or dangerous); the following special senses are especially prevalent:
   1. sinless, not spiritually dangerous
   2. fortified, secure, guarded
2. firm, tough, unbreakable, sound
3. reliable, long-lasting, of good quality
4. unerring, continuously and exceptionlessly excellent
5. actual, real, true not feigned or ephemeral
6. Easily predictable, inevitable, certain
7. Full of certainty, sure; having great trust in one's actions
8. reliable, dependable, trustworthy, useful
9. In good health or condition; healed

Adverb

siker (comparative sikerer)

1. safely, carefully
2. certainly, surely, inevitably
3. assuredly, with sureness
4. powerfully

Verb

siker

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