shejk

Swedish

Alternative forms

• schejk

Etymology

From Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ), from شَاخَ (šāḵa, “to age, grow old”). Cognate with Norwegian sjeik, Danish sheik, Icelandic sjeik, German Scheich, Dutch sjeik, English sheik, French cheik and Spanish jeque.

Noun

shejk c

1. sheik

Declension

Declension of shejk

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	shejk	shejks
	definite	shejken	shejkens
plural	indefinite	shejker	shejkers
	definite	shejkerna	shejkernas

References

• shejk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)