sykje
Appearance
West Frisian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Frisian sēka, from Proto-West Germanic *sōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“seek out”).
Verb
[edit]sykje
- to search
- Ik sykje myn sinnebril. ― I'm looking for my sunglasses.
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of sykje
Infinitive: sykje | ||||||||
Present tense | Past tense | |||||||
person | singular | plural | singular | plural | ||||
1st | ik | sykje | wy | sykje | ik | socht | wy | sochten |
2nd | do/dû | sikest | jimme | sykje | do/dû | sochtst | jimme | sochten |
3rd | hy/sy | siket | hja | sykje | hy/sy | socht | hja | sochten |
Present participle | Imperative | Auxiliary | Past participle | |||||
sykjend (sykjende) | sykje | hawwe | socht |
Further reading
[edit]- “sykje”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *sīkan (“to sigh, to groan”). Cognate with English sigh.
Verb
[edit]sykje
Inflection
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Derived terms
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- West Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian
- West Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian
- West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- West Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- West Frisian lemmas
- West Frisian verbs
- West Frisian terms with usage examples