sich

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ukrainian Січ, from Ukrainian сікти, alluding to the clearing of a forest for an encampment, or the building of a fort with trees that have been cut down.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /siːt͡ʃ/

Noun

sich (plural sichs)

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

Translations

• French: sitch, sietch, setch
• German: Sitsch
• Russian: Сечь

Adjective

sich (not comparable)

1. (Mid-Ulster English, pronunciation) Alt form of such
   • 1895, Rudyard Kipling, The Young British Soldier:

     She's human as you are—you treat her as sich,

   • 1892, William Carleton, Amusing Irish Tales:

     But I'm all in tremor after sich accident,

Pronoun

1. Alt form of such

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