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sich

/siːt͡ʃ/

sich noun: an administrative and military centre for the Zaporozhian and Danube Cossacks. Also the pronunciation spelling of such.

sich: an administrative and military centre for the Zaporozhian and Danube Cossacks
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Noun

sich (plural sichs or siches)

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

Also used as

sich is also the pronunciation spelling of such.

Forms of sich

pluralsichs
pluralsiches

Origin of sich

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.

Words that rhyme with sich

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Questions about sich

What does sich mean?
Sich means an administrative and military centre for the Zaporozhian and Danube Cossacks.
What part of speech is sich?
Sich is a noun.
How do you pronounce sich?
Sich is pronounced /siːt͡ʃ/.
What is the plural of sich?
The plural of sich is sichs.

Words near sich in the dictionary

  1. Sicel
  2. Siceliot
  3. Siceliots
  4. Sicels
  5. sices
  6. sich
  7. sichah
  8. sichel
  9. Sichem
  10. Sichemite
  11. Sichemites

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sich (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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