Afrikaans–English dictionary
English translation of the Afrikaans word siek
| Afrikaans | English (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
|---|---|---|
| (olik) | ; ; unwell | |
🔗 Die Suid‐Afrikaanse tennislegende Bob Hewitt (73), wat aangekla word van twee beweerde verkragtings en van seksuele aanranding, was gister te siek om in die landdroshof in Boksburg te verskyn. | ||
be taken ill ; fall ill | ||
| Afrikaans | English |
|---|---|
| siek | ⇆ bad; ⇆ ill; ⇆ indisposed; ⇆ invalid; ⇆ poorly; ⇆ sick; ⇆ stricken; ⇆ unwell; ⇆ valetudinarian |
| siek word | ⇆ fall ill; ⇆ sicken; ⇆ be ill taken; ⇆ take ill; ⇆ be taken ill |
| so siek soos ’n hond | ⇆ as sick as a dog |
| babbelsiek | ⇆ gossipy; ⇆ loquacious |
| bedilsiek | ⇆ captious; ⇆ censorious; ⇆ fault‐finding |
| bemoeisiek | ⇆ interfering; ⇆ meddlesome; ⇆ meddling; ⇆ pragmatic; ⇆ spoffish |
| dobbelsiek | ⇆ gamblesome |
| doodsiek | ⇆ moribund |
| dweepsiek | ⇆ bigoted; ⇆ fanatic; ⇆ fanatical |
| gassiek | ⇆ gassed; ⇆ gassy |
| klaagsiek | ⇆ querulous |
| kwelsiek | ⇆ vexatious |
| lastersiek | ⇆ calumnious; ⇆ slanderous |
| maansiek | ⇆ lunatic; ⇆ moonstruck; ⇆ moony |
| minsiek | ⇆ lovesick |
| muitsiek | ⇆ mutinous; ⇆ seditious |
| plaagsiek | ⇆ fond of teasing |
| pleitsiek | ⇆ litigious |
| praalsiek | ⇆ ostentatious |
| praatsiek | ⇆ garrulous; ⇆ gassy; ⇆ long‐tongued; ⇆ loquacious; ⇆ leaky; ⇆ talkative |
| redeneersiek | ⇆ disputatious; ⇆ disputative |
| seesiek | ⇆ seasick |
| senusiek | ⇆ neurotic; ⇆ neurasthenic |
| senuweesiek | ⇆ neurasthenic; ⇆ neurotic |
| siekbed | ⇆ sick‐bed |
| siekbesoek | ⇆ sick‐call |
| siekerig | ⇆ seedy |
| sieklik | ⇆ abnormal; ⇆ ailing; ⇆ cranky; ⇆ sickly; ⇆ diseased; ⇆ morbid; ⇆ peaky; ⇆ peccant; ⇆ pimping; ⇆ in poor health; ⇆ poorly; ⇆ unsound; ⇆ valetudinarian; ⇆ valetudinary; ⇆ weakly |
| sielsiek | ⇆ mentally deranged; ⇆ psychopathic; ⇆ soul‐sick |
| skindersiek | ⇆ slanderous |
| speelsiek | ⇆ gamesome; ⇆ frolicsome |
| spilsiek | ⇆ extravagant; ⇆ lavish; ⇆ prodigal |
| spotsiek | ⇆ sarcastic; ⇆ satiric; ⇆ satirical |
| stoeisiek | ⇆ romping; ⇆ wanton |
| treinsiek | ⇆ train‐sick |
| twissiek | ⇆ contentious; ⇆ controversial; ⇆ disputatious; ⇆ disputative; ⇆ fault‐finding; ⇆ fractious; ⇆ quarrelsome; ⇆ shrewish |
| twyfelsiek | ⇆ sceptic |
| vernielsiek | ⇆ destructive |
| vraagsiek | ⇆ inquisitive |
| woelsiek | ⇆ riotous; ⇆ turbulent |