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sich¹

  • /siːt͡ʃ/

Rhymes with -iːtʃ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Ukrainian Січ (Sič), from Ukrainian сікти (sikty, “to chop”), alluding to the clearing of a forest for an encampment, or the building of a fort with trees that have been cut down.

noun sichs · siches

  1. historical An administrative and military centre for the Zaporozhian and Danube Cossacks.

sich²

adjective

  1. not comparable, pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of such She's human as you are—you treat her as sich,

pronoun

  1. pronunciation spelling Pronunciation spelling of such

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noun administrative and military centre for Cossacks

Françaissitch, sietch, setch
DeutschSitsch
РусскийСечь Sečʹ

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@misc{sich_2026,
  title = {sich},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sich},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}