scythe

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• /ˈsaɪð/
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From Middle English sythe, sithe, from Old English sīþe, sīgþe, sigdi (“sickle”), from Proto-West Germanic *sigiþi, from Proto-Germanic *sigiþiz, *sigiþō, derived from *seg- (“saw”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Immediate Germanic cognates include Middle Low German sēgede, Dutch zicht, Icelandic sigð (all “sickle”). More distantly related with Dutch zeis, German Sense (both “scythe”). Also akin to English saw, which see. The silent c crept in during the early 15th century owing to folk-etymological association with Medieval Latin scissor (“tailor, carver”), from Latin scindō (“to cut, rend, split”). The verb, which was first used in the intransitive sense, is from the noun.

186 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: kosë — farm tool
• Southern Altai: чалгы (čalgï) — farm tool
• Andi: харисел (xarisel) — farm tool
• Arabic: مِنْجَل (minjal) — farm tool
• Arabic: مِقْضَب (miqḍab) — farm tool
• Armenian: գերանդի (gerandi) — farm tool
• Avar: нилъ (nils) — farm tool
• Avar: харицел (xaricel) — farm tool
• Avar: хъандиро (qxandiro) — farm tool
• Azerbaijani: dəryaz — farm tool
• Azerbaijani: kərənti — farm tool
• Bashkir: салғы (salğı) — farm tool
• Basque: sega — farm tool
• Basque: kodaina — farm tool
• Bats: ცელ (cel) — farm tool
• Belarusian: каса́ (kasá) — farm tool
• Bezhta: халисен (xalisen) — farm tool
• Breton: falc'h — farm tool
• Bulgarian: коса́ (kosá) — farm tool
• Burmese: မြက်ခုတ်ဓား (mrakhkutdha:) — farm tool
• Catalan: dalla — farm tool
• Chechen: мангал (mangal) — farm tool
• Chechen: марс (mars) — farm tool
• Chinese Mandarin: 鐮刀 /镰刀 (liándāo) — farm tool
• Chinese Mandarin: 大鐮刀 /大镰刀 (dàliándāo) — farm tool
• Chinese Mandarin: 大鐮 /大镰 (dàlián) — farm tool
• Chinese Mandarin: 釤刀 /钐刀 (shāndāo) — farm tool
• Chinese Mandarin: 釤鐮 /钐镰 (shānlián) — farm tool
• Chuvash: ҫава (śava) — farm tool
• Czech: kosa — farm tool
• Danish: le — farm tool
• Dutch: zeis — farm tool
• Esperanto: falĉilo — farm tool
• Estonian: vikat — farm tool
• Faroese: líggi — farm tool
• Finnish: viikate — farm tool
• French: faux — farm tool
• Galician: gadaña — farm tool
• Georgian: ცელი (celi) — farm tool
• German: Sense — farm tool
• Swabian: Sägas, Säagis — farm tool
• Greek: κόσα (kósa) — farm tool
• Ancient Greek: δρέπανον (drépanon) — farm tool
• Hebrew: חֶרְמֵשׁ (khermésh) — farm tool
• Hindi: दराँती (darā̃tī) — farm tool
• Hindi: हँसिया (hãsiyā) — farm tool
• Hungarian: kasza — farm tool
• Icelandic: orf og ljár — farm tool
• Icelandic: ljár — farm tool
• Ido: falchilo — farm tool
• Ingrian: viikate — farm tool
• Ingush: мангал (mangal) — farm tool
• Ingush: марс (mars) — farm tool
• Inuktitut: ᓇᑲᑎᕆᔾᔪᑦ (nakatirijjut) — farm tool
• Irish: speal — farm tool
• Italian: falce — farm tool
• Japanese: 大鎌 (ōgama) — farm tool
• Kalmyk: шалһ (şalğ) — farm tool
• Kazakh: шалғы (şalğy) — farm tool
• Khmer: កណ្ដៀវ (kɑɑkɑndiəw) — farm tool
• Korean: 큰낫 (keunnat) — farm tool
• Northern Kurdish: dilûk — farm tool
• Northern Kurdish: kêlendî — farm tool
• Northern Kurdish: kêrendî — farm tool
• Kyrgyz: чалгы (calgı) — farm tool
• Ladin: fauc — farm tool
• Lak: мухӏ (muħ) — farm tool
• Lak: мирхъ (mirq) — farm tool
• Lao: ກ່ຽວ (kiāu) — farm tool
• Latin: falx — farm tool
• Latvian: izkapts — farm tool
• Laz: დრეპანი (drep̌ani) — farm tool
• Laz: ქერენდი (kerendi) — farm tool
• Lezgi: дергес (derges) — farm tool
• Ligurian: messuïa — farm tool
• Lithuanian: dalgis — farm tool
• Lombard: falc — farm tool
• Lombard: ranza — farm tool
• Low German: Sais — farm tool
• Lower Tanana: be'aɬ ts'etsan' dedet'odhi — farm tool
• Macedonian: коса (kosa) — farm tool
• Māori: haira — farm tool
• Mazanderani: افنداره (afendâre) — farm tool
• Mingrelian: ცელი (celi) — farm tool
• Mongolian: хадуур (xaduur) — farm tool
• Nanai: хадоко (hadoko) — farm tool
• Navajo: tłʼoh bee daalzhéhígíí — farm tool
• Norman: faux — farm tool
• Norwegian Bokmål: ljå — farm tool
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ljå — farm tool
• Old East Slavic: коса (kosa) — farm tool
• Old English: siġþe — farm tool
• Ossetian: ӕхсырф (æxsyrf) — farm tool
• Ossetian: цӕвӕг (cævæg) — farm tool
• Pannonian Rusyn: коса (kosa) — farm tool
• Persian: دهره (dahre) — farm tool
• Piedmontese: faussìa — farm tool
• Plautdietsch: Sans — farm tool
• Polish: kosa — farm tool
• Portuguese: gadanha — farm tool
• Portuguese: foice — farm tool
• Romanian: coasă — farm tool
• Russian: коса́ (kosá) — farm tool
• Kildin-Sami: ко̄сс (kōss) — farm tool
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̀са — farm tool
• Serbo-Croatian: kòsa — farm tool
• Sicilian: fauci — farm tool
• Slovak: kosa — farm tool
• Slovene: kosa — farm tool
• Lower Sorbian: kósa — farm tool
• Spanish: guadaña — farm tool
• Spanish: dalle — farm tool
• Spanish: segote — farm tool
• Spanish: dalla — farm tool
• Svan: მერჩილ (merčil) — farm tool
• Swahili: fyekeo — farm tool
• Swedish: lie — farm tool
• Tabasaran: дергес (derges) — farm tool
• Tagalog: kalawit — farm tool
• Tagalog: karit — farm tool
• Tajik: даҳра (dahra) — farm tool
• Tarifit: amjar — farm tool
• Thai: เคียว (kiao) — farm tool
• Turkish: kerenti — farm tool
• Turkish: tırpan — farm tool
• Ottoman Turkish: طرپان (tırpan) — farm tool
• Udi: мих (miꭓ) — farm tool
• Udi: даьргаьз (därgäz) — farm tool
• Udi: цел (cel) — farm tool
• Udmurt: кусо (kuso) — farm tool
• Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎓𐎕𐎄 (mʿṣd) — farm tool
• Ukrainian: коса́ (kosá) — farm tool
• Unami: mushakàn — farm tool
• Unami: tëmàsksakokàn — farm tool
• Unami: kishkshaskokàn — farm tool
• Urdu: دَرَانْتی (darā̃tī) — farm tool
• Uyghur: چالغا (chalgha) — farm tool
• Uzbek: chalgʻi — farm tool
• Uzbek: beloʻroq — farm tool
• Venetan: falẑ — farm tool
• Veps: vikateh — farm tool
• Vietnamese: lưỡi hái — farm tool
• Volapük: fod — farm tool
• Welsh: pladur — farm tool
• Yiddish: קאָסע (kose) — farm tool
• German: Sichel — blade in the wheel of a war chariot
• Polish: kosa — blade in the wheel of a war chariot
• Azerbaijani: çalmaq — to cut with a scythe
• Azerbaijani: biçmək — to cut with a scythe
• Belarusian: касі́ць (kasícʹ) — to cut with a scythe
• Bulgarian: кося́ (kosjá) — to cut with a scythe
• Catalan: dallar — to cut with a scythe
• Chinese Mandarin: 刈 (yì) — to cut with a scythe
• Czech: kosit — to cut with a scythe
• Dutch: maaien — to cut with a scythe
• Estonian: niitma — to cut with a scythe
• Faroese: at sláa við líggja — to cut with a scythe
• Finnish: niittää — to cut with a scythe
• French: faucher — to cut with a scythe
• German: sensen — to cut with a scythe
• German: mähen — to cut with a scythe
• Hungarian: kaszál — to cut with a scythe
• Icelandic: slá — to cut with a scythe
• Icelandic: slá með orfi og ljá — to cut with a scythe
• Irish: speal — to cut with a scythe
• Italian: falciare — to cut with a scythe
• Latvian: pļaut — to cut with a scythe
• Macedonian: коси (kosi) — to cut with a scythe
• Polish: kosić — to cut with a scythe
• Polish: skosić — to cut with a scythe
• Portuguese: ceifar — to cut with a scythe
• Portuguese: gadanhar — to cut with a scythe
• Portuguese: segar — to cut with a scythe
• Russian: коси́ть (kosítʹ) — to cut with a scythe
• Russian: скоси́ть (skosítʹ) — to cut with a scythe
• Serbo-Croatian: косити — to cut with a scythe
• Serbo-Croatian: kositi — to cut with a scythe
• Sicilian: faucijari — to cut with a scythe
• Sicilian: mètiri — to cut with a scythe
• Slovak: kosiť — to cut with a scythe
• Slovene: kositi — to cut with a scythe
• Spanish: guadañar — to cut with a scythe
• Swedish: slå — to cut with a scythe
• Swedish: slå med lie — to cut with a scythe
• Ukrainian: коси́ти (kosýty) — to cut with a scythe
• Volapük: fodön — to cut with a scythe