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{{also|Sickle}}
==English==
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[[File:Sickle and scythe.jpg|thumb|A sickle ''(smaller)'' and a [[scythe]] ''(larger)'']]

===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*sek-}}
From {{inh|en|enm|sikel}} (also [[assibilate]]d in {{m|enm|sichel}}), from {{inh|en|ang|sicol}}, {{m|ang|siċel}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*sikilu}}, itself borrowed from {{der|en|la|sēcula|t=sickle}} or {{m|la|sīcīlis||sickle}}. Cognate with {{cog|nl|sikkel}}, {{cog|de|Sichel}}. Remotely related with {{m+|en|scythe}} and {{m|en|saw}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈsɪkl̩/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-sickle.ogg|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|en-uk-sickle.ogg|a=UK}}
* {{audio|en|en-au-sickle.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɪkəl|s=2}}
* {{hyphenation|en|sic|kle}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{senseid|en|Q42233}}{{lb|en|agriculture}} An [[implement]] having a [[semicircular]] [[blade]] and [[short]] [[handle]], used for [[cut]]ting [[long]] [[grass]] and [[cereal]] [[crop]]s.
# Any of the sickle-shaped middle feathers of the domestic [[cock]].

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|reap hook}}
* {{l|en|reaping hook}}

====Coordinate terms====
* {{l|en|scythe}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|chain sickle|chicken sickle|sickle moon|sickle cell|sickle-billed vanga|hammer and sickle|moonsickle}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|agricultural implement}}
* Adyghe: {{t|ady|гъупчъ}}
* Aghul: {{t|agx|маккал}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|drapër|m}}, {{t+|sq|kmesë|f}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مِنْجَل|m}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|منجلة|f|tr=mangala}}
*: Moroccan Arabic: {{t|ary|منجل|m|tr=manjal}}
* Aragonese: {{t|an|falz}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|մանգաղ}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|seatsiri|f}}, {{t|rup|seatsirã|f}}, {{t|rup|cusor}}, {{t|rup|dirpani}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|কাচি}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|foz|f}}
* Atong (India): {{t|aot|khatchi}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|oraq}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|ураҡ}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|igitai}}
* Bats: {{t|bbl|ნამგალ}}, {{t|bbl|მანგალ}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|серп|m}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|কাস্তে}}, {{t+|bn|কাচি}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|दरांती}}
* Budukh: {{t|bdk|чин}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|сърп|m}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|တံစဉ်}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|falç|f}}
* Chechen: {{t|ce|марс}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|鐮刀|tr=lim4 dou1}}
*: Dungan: {{t|dng|ляндо}}, {{t|dng|ляндор}}
*: Hokkien: {{t|nan-hbl|鍥仔|tr=keh-á / koeh-á / koeh-á}}, {{t|nan-hbl|鐮刀|tr=liâm-to}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|鐮刀|tr=liándāo}}
* Chuvash: {{t|cv|ҫурла}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|orak}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|srp|m}}
* Dalmatian: {{t|dlm|secla|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|segl|c}}
* Dargwa: {{t|dar|мирш}}
* Daur: {{t|dta|xaduur}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|sikkel|f}}, {{t|nl|zichel|f}}, {{t+|nl|zicht|f}}
* Dzongkha: {{t|dz|ཟོརཝ}}
* Egyptian: {{t-egy|ẖꜣb|h=K4-A-b-U1|m}}, {{t-egy|ꜣzḫ|h=A-z:x-U1|m}}
* Erzya: {{t|myv|тарваз}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|falĉileto}}, {{t|eo|rikoltilo}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|sirp}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sirppi}}
* French: {{t+|fr|faucille|f}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|fouce|f}}, {{t|gl|fouciño|m}}, {{t|gl|fouzaña|f}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|ნამგალი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Sichel|f}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌰|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|δρεπάνι|n}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|δρέπανον|n}}, {{t|grc|δρεπάνη|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|מַגָּל|m|tr=magál}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|दरांती|f}}, {{t+|hi|हँसिया|m}}, {{t|hi|हंसिया|m}}, {{t|hi|सिकल|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|sarló}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|sigð|f}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|arit}}, {{t+|id|sabit}}
* Ingush: {{t|inh|марс}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|corrán|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|falce|f}}, {{t+|it|falcetto|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|鎌|tr=かま, kama}}
* Kannada: {{t+|kn|ಕುಡುಗೋಲು}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|орақ}}
* Khinalug: {{t|kjj|чин}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|កណ្ដៀវ}}
* Komi-Permyak: {{t|koi|чарла}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|낫}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|das|f}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|орок}}
* Lak: {{t|lbe|мухӏ}}, {{t|lbe|мирхь}}
* Lao: {{t+|lo|ກ່ຽວ}}, {{t|lo|ຄຽວ}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|pļautivs|m}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|falx|f}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|sirpis|m}}
* Laz: {{t|lzz|მანგალი}}, {{t|lzz|ორაღი}}
* Lezgi: {{t|lez|мукал}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|pjautuvas|m}}
* Lombard: {{t|lmo|seghezz|m}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t+|lb|Séchel|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|срп|m}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|sabit}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|അരിവാൾ}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᡥᠠᡩᡠᡶᡠᠨ}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|corran|m}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|toronaihi}}
* Mazanderani: {{t|mzn|داز}}
* Mingrelian: {{t|xmf|მაგანა}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|хадуур}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|tlʼoh bee higéshí}}, {{t|nv|tlʼoh bee yilzhéhé}}
* Nepali: {{t|ne|हँसिया}}, {{t|ne|करौती}}
* Nogai: {{t|nog|орак}}
* Northern Altai: {{t|atv|оргак}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|sigd|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|sigd|m}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|volam}}, {{t+|oc|fauç|f}}
* Old Church Slavonic:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|cu|срьпъ|m}}
* Oromo: {{t|om|haamtuu}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|اوراق|tr=orak}}, {{t|ota|داس|tr=das}}, {{t|ota|منجل|tr=mincel}}
* Pashto: {{t|ps|رمبي|m|tr=rambáy}}, {{t|ps|کاترۍ|f|tr=kātrǝ́y}}, {{t|ps|منګال|m|tr=mangãl}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|داس|tr=dâs}}, {{t|fa|منگال|tr=mangâl}} {{qualifier|dialectal}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Säakjel|n}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|sierp|m}}
* Pontic Greek: {{t|pnt|δρεπάνιν}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|foice|f}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|ichhuna}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|seceră|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|серп|m}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|falche}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|corran|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|ср̑п|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|sȓp|m}}
* Sinhalese: {{t+|si|කැත්ත}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|kosák|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|srp|m}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|serp|m}}
*: Upper Sorbian: {{t|hsb|serp|m}}
* Southern Altai: {{t|alt|оргок}}, {{t|alt|серип}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|hoz|f}}, {{t+|es|falce|f}}, {{t|es|segur|f}}
* Svan: {{t|sva|ნაშდა̈ქ}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|mundu}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|skära|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|karit}}, {{t|tl|lingkaw}}, {{t|tl|yatab}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|дос}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|அரிவாள்}}
* Tarifit: {{t|rif|amjar|m}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|урак}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|కొడవలి}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|เคียว}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|ཟོ་ར}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|orak}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|orak}}
* Udmurt: {{t|udm|сюрло}}
* Ugaritic: {{t|uga|𐎎𐎓𐎕𐎄}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|серп|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|ہَن٘سِیا|m|tr=hansiyā}}, {{t|ur|سکل|f|tr=sikal}}, {{t|ur|درانتی|tr=daranti}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|ئورغاق}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|oʻroq}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|liềm}}
* Vilamovian: {{t|wym|sychuł|f}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|seye|f}}, {{t+|wa|fåceye|f}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|cryman|m}}
* Yakut: {{t|sah|сиэрпэ}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|סערפּ|m}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|qaloç|f}}
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====Further reading====
* {{pedia|Sickle}}

===Verb===
[[File:Sicklecells.jpg|thumb|A [[micrograph]] of [[red blood cells]] of a person with [[sickle-cell disease]], which causes some cells to assume abnormal, sickle-like [[crescent]] shapes]]
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|agriculture|transitive}} To [[cut#Verb|cut]] with a sickle.
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[deform]] (as with a [[red blood cell]]) into an [[abnormal]] [[crescent]] shape.
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} Of red blood cells: to assume an abnormal crescent shape.

====Derived terms====
* {{sense|transitive: to deform}} {{l|en|sickler}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|to cut with a sickle}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|жаць|impf}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|жъна|impf}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[leikata]] [[sirpillä]]}}
* French: {{t+|fr|fauciller}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|קָצַר}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|жнее|impf}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|żąć|impf}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|secera}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|жать|impf}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|kosiť}}, {{t|sk|pokosiť}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|жа́ти|impf}}
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===Adjective===
{{en-adj}}

# Shaped like the blade of a sickle; crescent-shaped.
#: {{ux|en|a '''sickle''' moon}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|sickle cell anaemia}}, {{l|en|sickle-cell anaemia}}, {{l|en|sickle-cell anemia}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|shaped like the blade of a sickle}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|сърповиден}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|sirpinmuotoinen}}, {{t|fi|sirppimäinen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|falciforme}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|falciforme}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|српови́ден|m}}, {{t|mk|српест}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|sierpowaty}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|серповидный}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|falciforme}}
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{{trans-top|crescent-shaped}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|српест}}
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* Dutch: {{t+check|nl|sikkel|f}}
* French: {{t+check|fr|serpe}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t-check|ckb|داس}}
* Malayalam: {{t-check|ml|അരിവാള്‍}}
* Mandarin: {{t+check|cmn|鐮刀}}, {{t+check|cmn|镰刀}}
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===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=ceikls|Celiks|Eslick|Ickles|Leicks|ickles}}

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