English Explanatory Dictionary

sith

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A journey, way.
  2. One's journey of life, experience, one's lot, also by extension life, lifetime.
  3. An instant in time, a point in time or an occasion.
conj
  1. Archaic form of since.
noun
  1. One of a fictional order of creatures from the Star Wars universe who represent the antithesis and ancient enemies of the Jedi.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

sith siths sithe

Etymology

From Middle English sith (“journey, movement, lifetime, period, occasion”), from Old English sīþ (“journey, movement, trip, point in time, occasion”), from Proto-West Germanic *sinþ, from Proto-Germanic *sinþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to go, head”). Cognate with Faroese sinn (“time”), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (sinþs, “path, movement”), Icelandic sinn (“time”). See also send.

Synonyms

trip fare journey sith juncture time instant minute moment occasion point in time as because seeing that as long as being being as being that due to the fact that for for that forasmuch as forthy forwhy given that in regard in that inasmuch as now that on account of since sithence when ∵ Sith Lord

Related words

sithe sithen sithence sithens syth sythe

Derived words

Sithlike
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