Noun: shejk
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | shejk |
| Sg. Def. | shejken |
| Pl. Indef. | shejker |
| Pl. Def. | shejkerna |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | shejks |
| Sg. Def. | shejkens |
| Pl. Indef. | shejkers |
| Pl. Def. | shejkernas |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like shejk
kosovoalban,
olikformighet,
urinoar,
dödspatrull,
universitetsadjunkt,
villaförort,
urkraft,
knallpulverpistol,
bacillusk,
symbol,
synkop,
sydpol,
mikroorganism,
abiturient,
flykthastighet,
syrian,
rådjursjakt,
partikamrat,
skyttesoldat,
debutroman, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ), from شَاخَ (šāḵa, “to age, grow old”). Cognate with Norwegian sjeik, Danish sheik, Icelandic sjeik, German Scheich, Dutch sjeik, English sheik, French cheik and Spanish jeque. See: Danish Nouns '
sheik', German Nouns '
Scheich', Dutch Nouns '
sjeik', English Nouns '
sheik', French Nouns '
cheik', Spanish Nouns '
jeque'.
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