sith
/siːθ/
sith noun: a journey, way. Also the archaic form of since.
Noun (1)
sith (plural siths)
- A journey, way.
- The holy gost before vs glad / ffull softly on his sithe15th c., “Thomas Indie [Thomas of India]”, in Wakefield Mystery Plays; Re-edited in George England, Alfred W. Pollard, editors, The Towneley Plays (Early English Text Society Extra Series; LXXI)...
- One's journey of life, experience, one's lot, also by extension life, lifetime.
- Christ's sith of sorrow and suffering.
- An instant in time, a point in time or an occasion.
- Of them the other philosophers have, by siths, taken their beginning.a. 1450, Secretum Secretorum in Ashmole
- The foolish man thereat woxe wondrous blith, / As if the word so spoken, were halfe donne, / And humbly thanked him a thousand sith, / That had from death to life him newly wonne.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, book 3, canto X, stanza 33
Noun (2) capitalized: Sith
IPA/sɪθ/
Sith (plural Sith or (rare) Siths)
- One of a fictional order of creatures from the Star Wars universe who represent the antithesis and ancient enemies of the Jedi.
- In him [Garry Cook] was distilled the very essence of the modern football executive – the Nike heritage, the mad expansionism, the sense that a major part of Manchester City's future lay in energy drink retail, and of course the laserlike focus on "the product" that resulted in him occasionally...2011 September 8, Marina Hyde, “Manchester City's Garry Cook – a man for football's crazy times”, in The Guardian
- PAQ is a refreshing example of what “millennial snowflakes” are capable of. At the age of 20, these guys are conscious of their position of influence and they want to use it to enact positive change. “We’re the four musketeers,” says Elias. “The Avengers,” chimes in Shaq. “I would say we’re Jedis,”...2018 April 29, Juliana Piskorz, “‘We’re Top Gear for clothes’: the guys behind PAQ”, in The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- Sith Lord
Also used as
sith is also the archaic form of since.
Synonyms of sith
24 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- as
- because
- seeing that
- as long as
- being that
- due to the fact that
- for
- forasmuch as
- forthy
- given that
- in that
- inasmuch as
- now that
- on account of
- since
- when
- ∵
- Sith Lord
- being
- being as
- for that
- forwhy
- in regard
- sithence
Forms of sith
| plural | siths |
|---|---|
| alternative form | sithe |
| plural | Sith |
| plural (rare) | Siths |
Origin of sith
From Middle English sith (“journey, movement, lifetime, period, occasion”), from Old English sīþ (“journey, movement, trip, point in time, occasion”), from Proto-West Germanic *sinþ, from Proto-Germanic *sinþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to go, head”). Cognate with Faroese sinn (“time”), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (sinþs, “path, movement”), Icelandic sinn (“time”). See also send.
Clipping of sithen; compare German seit (“since”).
Words formed from sith
Words that rhyme with sith
Questions about sith
- What does sith mean?
- Sith means a journey, way.
- What part of speech is sith?
- Sith is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sith?
- Sith is pronounced /siːθ/.
- What is the plural of sith?
- The plural of sith is siths.
Words near sith in the dictionary
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