Information about the word sip (Dutch → Esperanto: malgaja)

Synonyms: mistroostig, somber, triestig, mismoedig

Part of speechadjective
Pronunciation/sɪp/
Hyphenationsip

Degrees of comparison

Positivesip
Comparativesipper
Superlativesipst

Declension

 PositiveComparativeSuperlative
Predicativesipsipper(het) sipst, (het) sipste
AttributiveIndefiniteMasculine and feminine pluralsippesipperesipste
Indefinite singularsipsippersipst
Pluralsippesipperesipste
Definitesippesipperesipste
Partitivesipssippers 

Usage samples

De twee reizigers openden met een sip gezicht hun beurzen en telden het vereiste bedrag aan zilverstukken neer.

Translations

Englishdismal; gaunt; sad; sullen; gloomy
Esperantomalgaja
Faeroeseóglaður; syrgiligur
Frenchmaussade; sombre
Germantrübe; trübselig; mißmutig; trüb
Greekαγέλαστος
Icelandicdapur
Italianafflitto; triste
Norwegiansturen; trist
Papiamentotristu
Polishsmutny
Portuguesemacambúzio; sombrio; triste
Saterland Frisiansweermoudich; tjuusterch
Spanishmohino; triste
Thaiเศร้าโศก
West Frisiandrôf; ferdrietlik