sah

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sah"

Translingual

Symbol

sah

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Yakut.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Yakut terms

English

Noun

sah

1. Pronunciation spelling of sir.
   • 1878, Henry James, An International Episode‎^[1]:

     The door was opened by a long Negro in a white jacket, who grinned familiarly when Lord Lambeth asked for Mr. Westgate.
     “He ain’t at home, sah; he’s downtown at his o’fice.”

Usage notes

• Usually to suggest the speech of African-American slaves.

Alternative forms

• suh

Related terms

• yessah

See also

• ke-mo sah-bee

Anagrams

• ha's, SHA, Ash, ash, Hsa., sha, AHS, has, Ahs, ahs

Dogrib

Noun

sah

1. bear (mammal)

French

Alternative forms

• sahr

Etymology

Borrowed from Maghrebi Arabic صَحّ (ṣaḥḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sah/, /saʁ/, /saχ/

• Audio:

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Adjective

sah (invariable)

1. (slang) serious

   «T’es sah? Le mec nous insulte et tu dis rien?»

   "Are you serious? The dude insults us and you don't say anything?"

Interjection

sah

1. (slang) seriously

Derived terms

• en sah
• sah quel plaisir
• tah sah

 

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaː/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aː
• Homophone: Saar (some speakers)

Verb

sah

1. first/third-person singular preterite of sehen

Gothic

Romanization

sah

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌷

Hungarian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish شاه (şâh, “ruler, shah”), from Persian شاه (šâh, “king”). Doublet of sakk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃɒx]
• Hyphenation: sah
• Rhymes: -ɒx

Noun

sah (plural sahok)

1. shah

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	sah	sahok
accusative	sahot	sahokat
dative	sahnak	sahoknak
instrumental	sahhal	sahokkal
causal-final	sahért	sahokért
translative	sahhá	sahokká
terminative	sahig	sahokig
essive-formal	sahként	sahokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	sahban	sahokban
superessive	sahon	sahokon
adessive	sahnál	sahoknál
illative	sahba	sahokba
sublative	sahra	sahokra
allative	sahhoz	sahokhoz
elative	sahból	sahokból
delative	sahról	sahokról
ablative	sahtól	sahoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	sahé	sahoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	sahéi	sahokéi

Possessive forms of sah
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	sahom	sahjaim
2nd person sing.	sahod	sahjaid
3rd person sing.	sahja	sahjai
1st person plural	sahunk	sahjaink
2nd person plural	sahotok	sahjaitok
3rd person plural	sahjuk	sahjaik

Further reading

• sah in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Anagrams

• has

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsah]
• Hyphenation: sah

Etymology 1

From Malay sah, from Arabic صَحَّ (ṣaḥḥa).

Adjective

sah

1. correct, true.

   Synonym: benar

2. real

   Synonyms: asli, autentik

3. genuine, authentic, authoritative.

   Synonyms: asli, autentik

Verb

sah (active mengesahkan, passive disahkan)

1. to be done correctly
2. to be (officially) recognized/accepted.

   Synonym: berlaku

   Antonym: batal

Derived terms

• kesahan
• mengesahkan
• pengesahan

 

Etymology 2

Noun

sah (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of syah (“shah”)

Further reading

• “sah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

Clipping of Arabic صحة

Pronunciation

• (Standard Malaysian) IPA^(key): /sah/

Adjective

sah (Jawi spelling صح)

1. valid; legitimate; lawful
   • 2019, Tan Sri Shamsuddin Abdul Kadir, Anak Seorang Drebar, Malaysian Institute of Translation & Books, →ISBN, page 294:

     Tanpa lesen yang sah, Pemasang Motor Motor Pahang tidak dapat beroperasi.

     Without a valid licence, Pahang Motorcycle Installers could not operate.

Descendants

• Indonesian: sah

Further reading

• “sah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑːx/

Verb

sāh

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of sēon

South Slavey

Alternative forms

• (Fort Liard) shah

Etymology

Cognates include Navajo shash and Dogrib sah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sà(h)]
• Hyphenation: sah

Noun

sah (stem -za-)

1. bear

Inflection

Possessive inflection of sah (-zaá)

		singular	plural
1st person		sezaá	naxezaá
2nd person		nezaá
3rd person	1)	—	gizaá
	2)	mezaá	gozaá
4th person		yezaá
reflexive	sp.	ɂedezaá	kedezaá
	unsp.	dezaá
reciprocal		—	ɂełezaá
indefinite		ɂezaá
areal		gozaá
1) Used when the subject is a group of human beings and the object is singular. 2) Used when the previous condition does not apply.

Derived terms

• sahcho
• sahdhéh
• sahyaa

 

References

• Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 24

Spanish

Noun

sah m (plural sah)

1. shah (king of Persia)

Further reading

• “sah”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10