# sickle
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English sikel (also assibilated in sichel), from Old English sicol, siċel, from Proto-West Germanic *sikilu, itself borrowed from Latin sēcula (“sickle”) or sīcīlis (“sickle”). Cognate with Dutch sikkel, German Sichel. Remotely related with English scythe and saw.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɪkl̩/
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* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪkəl
* Hyphenation: sic‧kle

### Noun

sickle (plural sickles)
* (agriculture) An implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops.
* Any of the sickle-shaped middle feathers of the domestic cock.

#### Synonyms

* reap hook
* reaping hook

#### Coordinate terms

* scythe

#### Derived terms

* chain sickle
* chicken sickle
* hammer and sickle
* moonsickle
* sickle-billed vanga
* sickle cell
* sickle moon

#### Translations

Adyghe: гъупчъ (ğʷupĉ)
Aghul: маккал (makkal)
Albanian: drapër (sq) m, kmesë (sq) f
Arabic: مِنْجَل m (minjal)
Egyptian Arabic: منجلة f (mangala)
Moroccan Arabic: منجل m (manjal)
Aragonese: falz
Armenian: մանգաղ (hy) (mangaġ)
Aromanian: seatsiri f, seatsirã f, cusor, dirpani
Assamese: কাচি (kasi)
Asturian: foz f
Atong (India): khatchi
Azerbaijani: oraq (az)
Bashkir: ураҡ (uraq)
Basque: igitai
Bats: ნამგალ (namgal), მანგალ (mangal)
Belarusian: серп m (sjerp)
Bengali: কাস্তে (bn) (kaste), কাচি (bn) (kaci)
Bhojpuri: दरांती (darāntī)
Budukh: чин (čin)
Bulgarian: сърп (bg) m (sǎrp)
Burmese: တံစဉ် (my) (tamcany)
Catalan: falç (ca) f
Chechen: марс (mars)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 鐮刀 / 镰刀 (lim$^4$ dou$^1$)
Dungan: ляндо (li͡ando), ляндор (li͡andor)
Hokkien: 鍥仔 / 锲仔 (keh-á / koeh-á / koeh-á), 鐮刀 / 镰刀 (liâm-to)
Mandarin: 鐮刀 / 镰刀 (zh) (liándāo)
Chuvash: ҫурла (śurla)
Crimean Tatar: orak
Czech: srp (cs) m
Dalmatian: secla f
Danish: segl (da) c
Dargwa: мирш (mirš)
Daur: xaduur
Dutch: sikkel (nl) f, zichel f, zicht (nl) f
Dzongkha: ཟོརཝ (zor.w)
Egyptian: (ẖꜣb m), (ꜣzḫ m)
Erzya: тарваз (tarvaz)
Esperanto: falĉileto, rikoltilo
Estonian: sirp (et)
Finnish: sirppi (fi)
French: faucille (fr) f
Galician: fouce f, fouciño m, fouzaña f
Georgian: ნამგალი (ka) (namgali)
German: Sichel (de) f
Gothic: 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌰 f (gilþa)
Greek: δρεπάνι (el) n (drepáni)
Ancient: δρέπανον n (drépanon), δρεπάνη f (drepánē)
Hebrew: מַגָּל (he) m (magál)
Hindi: दरांती f (darāntī), हँसिया (hi) m (hãsiyā), हंसिया m (hansiyā), सिकल f (sikal)
Hungarian: sarló (hu)
Icelandic: sigð (is) f
Indonesian: arit (id), sabit (id)
Ingush: марс (mars)
Irish: corrán m
Italian: falce (it) f, falcetto (it) m
Japanese: 鎌 (ja) (かま, kama)
Kannada: ಕುಡುಗೋಲು (kn) (kuḍugōlu)
Kazakh: орақ (oraq)
Khinalug: чин (čin)
Khmer: កណ្ដៀវ (km) (kɑndiəw)
Komi-Permyak: чарла (ćarla)
Korean: 낫 (ko) (nat)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: داس (ckb) (das)
Northern Kurdish: das (ku) f
Kyrgyz: орок (ky) (orok)
Lak: мухӏ (muħ), мирхь (mirx̂)
Lao: ກ່ຽວ (lo) (kiāu), ຄຽວ (khiāu)
Latgalian: pļautivs m
Latin: falx (la) f
Latvian: sirpis m
Laz: მანგალი (mangali), ორაღი (oraği)
Lezgi: мукал (mukal)
Lithuanian: pjautuvas m
Lombard: seghezz m
Luxembourgish: Séchel (lb) f
Macedonian: срп m (srp)
Malay: sabit
Malayalam: അരിവാൾ (ml) (arivāḷ)
Manchu: ᡥᠠᡩᡠᡶᡠᠨ (hadufun)
Manx: corran m
Maori: toronaihi
Mazanderani: داز
Mingrelian: მაგანა (magana)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хадуур (mn) (xaduur)
Navajo: tlʼoh bee higéshí, tlʼoh bee yilzhéhé
Nepali: हँसिया (hãsiyā), करौती (karautī)
Nogai: орак (orak)
Northern Altai: оргак (orgak)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sigd (no) m
Nynorsk: sigd m
Occitan: volam (oc), fauç (oc) f
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: срьпъ m (srĭpŭ)
Oromo: haamtuu
Ottoman Turkish: اوراق (orak), داس (das), منجل (mincel)
Pashto: رمبي m (rambáy), کاترۍ f (kātrǝ́y), منګال m (mangãl)
Persian: داس (fa) (dâs), منگال (mangâl) (dialectal)
Plautdietsch: Säakjel n
Polish: sierp (pl) m
Pontic Greek: δρεπάνιν (drepánin)
Portuguese: foice (pt) f
Quechua: ichhuna
Romanian: seceră (ro) f
Russian: серп (ru) m (serp)
Sardinian: falche
Scottish Gaelic: corran m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ср̑п m
Roman: sȓp (sh) m
Sinhalese: කැත්ත (si) (kætta)
Slovak: kosák m
Slovene: srp (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: serp m
Upper Sorbian: serp m
Southern Altai: оргок (orgok), серип (serip)
Spanish: hoz (es) f, falce (es) f, segur f, echona (es) f
Svan: ნაშდა̈ქ (našdäk)
Swahili: mundu
Swedish: skära (sv) c
Tagalog: karit, lingkaw, yatab
Tajik: дос (dos)
Tamil: அரிவாள் (ta) (arivāḷ)
Tarifit: amjar m
Tatar: урак (tt) (uraq)
Telugu: కొడవలి (te) (koḍavali)
Thai: เคียว (th) (kiao)
Tibetan: ཟོ་ར (zo ra)
Turkish: orak (tr)
Turkmen: orak
Udmurt: сюрло (śurlo)
Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎓𐎕𐎄 (mʿṣd)
Ukrainian: серп m (serp)
Urdu: ہَن٘سِیا m (hansiyā), سکل f (sikal), درانتی (daranti)
Uyghur: ئورغاق (orghaq)
Uzbek: oʻroq (uz)
Vietnamese: liềm (vi)
Vilamovian: sychuł f
Walloon: seye (wa) f, fåceye (wa) f
Welsh: cryman m
Yakut: сиэрпэ (sierpe)
Yiddish: סערפּ m (serp)
Zazaki: qaloç f :

#### Further reading

* Sickle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Verb

sickle (third-person singular simple present sickles, present participle sickling, simple past and past participle sickled)
* (agriculture, transitive) To cut with a sickle.
* (transitive) To deform (as with a red blood cell) into an abnormal crescent shape.
* (intransitive) Of red blood cells: to assume an abnormal crescent shape.

#### Derived terms

* (transitive: to deform): sickler

#### Translations
### Adjective

sickle (comparative more sickle, superlative most sickle)
* Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped.
    a sickle moon

#### Derived terms

* sickle cell anaemia, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle-cell anemia

#### Translations

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### Anagrams

* Celiks, Eslick, Ickles, Leicks, ickles