sipp

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from English sip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪp/
• Rhymes: -ɪp

Noun

sipp m (plural sippijiet)

1. sip

Related terms

• ssippja

Swedish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Low German sipp. Attested since 1734.

Adjective

sipp (comparative mer sipp, superlative mest sipp)

1. prudish, prim

Declension

Inflection of sipp

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	sipp	mer sipp	mest sipp
neuter singular	sippt	mer sippt	mest sippt
plural	sippa	mer sippa	mest sippa
masculine plural2	sippe	mer sippa	mest sippa
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	sippe	mer sippe	mest sippe
all	sippa	mer sippa	mest sippa

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English sip. Attested since 1985.

Noun

sipp c

1. sip

Declension

Declension of sipp

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sipp	sipps
	definite	sippen	sippens
plural	indefinite	sippar	sippars
	definite	sipparna	sipparnas

Synonyms

• klunk
• smutt

References

• “sipp”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “sipp”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “sipp”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• sipp in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)