different between tich vs sich

English

Etymology

After the music hall comedian Harry Relph, who used the stage name Little Tich. This referred to a supposed resemblance to the claimant in the Tichborne Case.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?t?/
• Rhymes: -?t?

Noun

tich (plural tiches)

1. (Britain, colloquial) A very small person.

Usage notes

• Sometimes used (capitalised) as a nickname. (As for example Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich.)

See also

• titch

Anagrams

• chit, itch

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ukrainian ??? (Si?), from Ukrainian ????? (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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sit??/

Noun

sich (plural sichs or siches)

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

Translations

References

Further reading

• sich on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Adjective

sich (not comparable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of such.

Pronoun

sich

1. Pronunciation spelling of such.

Anagrams

• CHIS, Chis, HCIs, ICHs, chis

German

Etymology

From Middle High German sich, from Old High German sih, from Proto-Germanic *sek. Compare Yiddish ???? (zikh), Dutch zich.

This pronoun was originally restricted to the accusative case, while simple personal pronouns were used in the dative. Dative use of sich in Middle High German was restricted to northern dialects of Central German. In Early Modern German, a rare dative sir also occurred, formed by analogy with mir, dir. An obstacle to the generalisation of this form was the use of sich in the plural, where there operated the conflicting analogy with the merged accusative/dative forms uns, euch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z?ç/
• Rhymes: -?ç

Pronoun

sich (both accusative and dative)

1. (reflexive) Reflexive pronoun of the third person singular: herself, himself, itself, oneself (direct or indirect object).
2. (reflexive) Reflexive pronoun of the third person plural: themselves (direct or indirect object).

Related terms

• mich, mir, dich, dir, uns, euch
• seiner, ihrer

Further reading

• “sich” in Duden online

Scots

Adjective

sich (comparative mair sich, superlative maist sich)

1. Alternative form of sic

Pronoun

sich

1. Alternative form of sic