sidhi
sídhì with stress marks
intensity; extreme degree
Usage Note
Sidhi conveys the peak or extreme point of something — emotion, pain, heat, or passion. The adjective masidhi means extremely intense and is frequent in poetry and formal prose, as in masidhing pagmamahal and masidhing init.
Examples
" Ramdam ko ang sidhi ng init. "
Natural Translation
I feel the intensity of the heat.
Literal Translation
Feel I the intensity of heat.
" Ramdam niya ang sidhi ng init ng araw. "
Natural Translation
He/she felt the intensity of the heat of the sun.
Literal Translation
Felt he/she the intensity of heat of sun.
" Sa kanyang mga tula, inilalarawan ng makata ang sidhi ng pagdurusa ng mga taong nawalan ng tahanan sa bagyo. "
Natural Translation
In his poems, the poet describes the intensity of the suffering of people who lost their homes in the storm.
Literal Translation
In his poems, describes the poet the intensity of suffering of the people who-lost of home in storm.
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