sickle

sickle

See also: Sickle

English

WOTD – 28 November 2016

A sickle (smaller) and a scythe (larger)

Etymology

From Middle English sikel (also assibilated in sichel), from Old English sicol, siċel, from Proto-West Germanic *sikilu, itself borrowed from Latin sēcula (“sickle”) or sīcīlis (“sickle”). Related to West Frisian sichte (“sickle”), Dutch zicht (“sickle”), German Low German Sichte, Sicht (“sickle”), German Sech (“the blade of a sickle or scythe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪkl̩/

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• Rhymes: -ɪkəl
• Hyphenation: sic‧kle

Noun

sickle (plural sickles)

1. (agriculture) An implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops.
2. Any of the sickle-shaped middle feathers of the domestic cock.

Synonyms

• reap hook
• reaping hook

Coordinate terms

• scythe

Derived terms

• sickle cell
• hammer and sickle
• moonsickle

Translations

agricultural implement

Adyghe: гъупчъ (ğʷupĉ) Aghul: маккал (makkal) Albanian: drapër (sq) m, kmesë (sq) f Arabic: مِنْجَل‎ m (minjal) Egyptian Arabic: منجلة‎ f (mangala) Moroccan Arabic: منجل‎ m (manjal) Aragonese: falz Armenian: մանգաղ (hy) (mangał) Aromanian: seatsiri f, seatsirã f, cusor, dirpani Assamese: কাচি (kasi) Asturian: foz f Atong (India): khatchi Azerbaijani: oraq (az) Bashkir: ураҡ (uraq) Basque: igitai Bats: ნამგალ (namgal), მანგალ (mangal) Belarusian: серп m (sjerp) Bengali: কাস্তে (kaste), কাচি (kaci) Budukh: чин (čin) Bulgarian: сърп (bg) m (sǎrp) Burmese: တံစဉ် (my) (tamcany) Catalan: falç (ca) f Chechen: марс (mars) Chinese: Cantonese: 鐮刀／镰刀, 镰刀 (lim4 dou1) Dungan: ляндо (li͡ando), ляндор (li͡andor) Mandarin: 鐮刀／镰刀 (zh) (liándāo) Min Nan: 鍥仔／锲仔, 锲仔 (keh-á / koeh-á / koeh-á), 鐮刀／镰刀, 镰刀 (liâm-to) Chuvash: ҫурла (śurla) Crimean Tatar: orak Czech: srp (cs) m Dalmatian: secla f Danish: segl (da) c Dargwa: мирш (mirš) Daur: xaduur Dutch: sikkel (nl) f, zichel f, zicht (nl) f Dzongkha: ཟོརཝ (zor.w) Egyptian: (ẖꜣb m), (ꜣzḫ m) Erzya: тарваз (tarvaz) Esperanto: falĉileto, rikoltilo Estonian: sirp (et) Finnish: sirppi (fi) French: faucille (fr) f Galician: fouce f, fouciño m, fouzaña f Georgian: ნამგალი (namgali) German: Sichel (de) f Gothic: 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌰 f (gilþa) Greek: δρεπάνι (el) n (drepáni) Ancient: δρέπανον n (drépanon), δρεπάνη f (drepánē) Hebrew: מַגָּל‎ (he) m (magál) Hindi: दरांती f (darāntī), हँसिया (hi) m (hãsiyā), हंसिया m (hansiyā), सिकल f (sikal) Hungarian: sarló (hu) Icelandic: sigð (is) f Indonesian: arit (id), sabit (id) Ingush: марс (mars) Irish: corrán m Italian: falce (it) f, falcetto (it) m Japanese: 鎌 (ja) (かま, kama) Kannada: ಕುಡುಗೋಲು (kn) (kuḍugōlu) Kazakh: орақ (kk) (oraq) Khinalug: чин (čin) Khmer: កណ្ដៀវ (km) (kɑndiəw) Komi-Permyak: чарла (cʹarla) Korean: 낫 (ko) (nat) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: das (ku) f Kyrgyz: орок (ky) (orok) Lak: мухӏ (muħ), мирхь (mirx̂) Lao: ກ່ຽວ (lo) (kiāu), ຄຽວ (khiāu) Latgalian: pļautivs m Latin: falx f Latvian: sirpis m Laz: მანგალი (mangali), ორაღი (oraği) Lezgi: мукал (mukal) Lithuanian: pjautuvas m Lombard: seghezz m Luxembourgish: Séchel (lb) f Macedonian: срп m (srp) Malay: sabit Malayalam: അരിവാൾ (ml) (arivāḷ) Manchu: ᡥᠠᡩᡠᡶᡠᠨ (hadufun) Manx: corran m Maori: toronaihi Mazanderani: داز‎ Mingrelian: მაგანა (magana) Mongolian: Cyrillic: хадуур (mn) (xaduur) Navajo: tlʼoh bee higéshí, tlʼoh bee yilzhéhé Nepali: हँसिया (hãsiyā), करौती (karautī) Nogai: орак (orak) Northern Altai: оргак (orgak) Norwegian: Bokmål: sigd (no) m Nynorsk: sigd m Occitan: volam (oc) Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: срьпъ m (srĭpŭ) Oromo: haamtuu Pashto: رمبي‎ m (rambáy), کاترۍ‎ f (kātrǝ́y), منګال‎ m (mangãl) Persian: داس‎ (fa) (dâs), منگال‎ (mangâl) (dialectal) Plautdietsch: Säakjel n Polish: sierp (pl) m Pontic Greek: δρεπάνιν (drepánin) Portuguese: foice (pt) f Quechua: ichhuna Romanian: seceră (ro) f Russian: серп (ru) m (serp) Sardinian: falche Scottish Gaelic: corran m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ср̑п m Roman: sȓp (sh) m Sinhalese: කැත්ත (si) (kætta) Slovak: kosák m Slovene: srp (sl) m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: serp m Upper Sorbian: serp m Spanish: hoz (es) f Svan: ნაშდა̈ქ (našdäk) Swahili: mundu Swedish: skära (sv) c Tagalog: karit, lingkaw, yatab Tajik: дос (dos) Tamil: அரிவாள் (ta) (arivāḷ) Tatar: урак (tt) (uraq) Telugu: కొడవలి (te) (koḍavali) Thai: เคียว (th) (kiao) Tibetan: ཟོ་ར (zo ra) Turkish: orak (tr) Turkmen: orak Udmurt: сюрло (sjurlo) Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎓𐎕𐎄 (mʿṣd) Ukrainian: серп m (serp) Urdu: ہَن٘سِیا‎ m (hansiyā), سکل‎ f (sikal) Uyghur: ئورغاق‎ (orghaq) Uzbek: oʻroq (uz) Vietnamese: liềm (vi) Vilamovian: sychuł f Walloon: seye (wa) f, fåceye (wa) f Welsh: cryman m Yakut: сиэрпэ (sierpe) Yiddish: סערפּ‎ m (serp) Zazaki: qaloç f

Further reading

• Sickle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

A micrograph of red blood cells of a person with sickle-cell disease, which causes some cells to assume abnormal, sickle-like crescent shapes

sickle (third-person singular simple present sickles, present participle sickling, simple past and past participle sickled)

1. (agriculture, transitive) To cut with a sickle.
2. (transitive) To deform (as with a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.
3. (intransitive) Of red blood cells: to assume an abnormal crescent shape.

Derived terms

• (transitive: to deform): sickler

Translations

to cut with a sickle

Belarusian: жаць impf (žacʹ) Bulgarian: жъна (bg) impf (žǎna) Finnish: leikata sirpillä French: fauciller (fr) Hebrew: קָצַר‎ (he) Macedonian: жнее impf (žnee) Polish: żąć (pl) impf Romanian: secera (ro) Russian: жать (ru) impf (žatʹ) Slovak: kosiť, pokosiť Ukrainian: жа́ти impf (žáty)

Adjective

sickle (comparative more sickle, superlative most sickle)

1. Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped.

   a sickle moon

Derived terms

• sickle cell anaemia, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell anemia

Translations

shaped like the blade of a sickle

Bulgarian: сърповиден (sǎrpoviden) Finnish: sirpinmuotoinen, sirppimäinen French: falciforme (fr) Italian: falciforme (it) Macedonian: српови́ден m (srpovíden), српест (srpest) Polish: sierpowaty (pl) Russian: серповидный (ru) (serpovidnyj) Spanish: falciforme (es)

crescent-shaped

Macedonian: српест (srpest)

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Dutch: (please verify) sikkel (nl) f French: (please verify) serpe (fr) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: (please verify) داس‎ (ku) (das) Malayalam: (please verify) അരിവാൾ (arivāḷ) Mandarin: (please verify) 鐮刀／镰刀 (zh), (please verify) 镰刀 (zh)

Anagrams

• Celiks, Eslick, Ickles, Leicks, ickles