Wiktionary

sak

See also: Sak, SAK, sak-, śak, sāk, šak, śäk, and ṣäk

Chuj

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Adjective

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sak

  1. white

Czech

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Noun

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sak

  1. genitive plural of sako

Faroese

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Noun

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sak f (genitive singular sakar, plural sakir)

  1. (law) action, proceedings
  2. thing, matter

Declension

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f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sak sakin sakir sakirnar
accusative sak sakina sakir sakirnar
dative sak sakini sakum sakunum
genitive sakar sakarinnar saka sakanna

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Gothic

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Romanization

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sak

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌺

Haitian Creole

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Noun

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sak

  1. hollow

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsak]
  • Hyphenation: sak

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Dutch zak, from Middle Dutch sac, from Old Dutch sac, from Proto-Germanic *sakkuz, from Latin saccus. Doublet of saku.

Noun

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sak (plural sak-sak)

  1. pocket
    Synonyms: kantong, saku
  2. sack
    Synonym: karung
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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sak (plural sak-sak)

  1. Alternative spelling of syak

Adjective

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sak

  1. Alternative spelling of syak

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Jingpho

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Burmese ဆက် (hcak).

Verb

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sak

  1. to offer
  2. to empty someone's brain. to make someone stupid

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  • Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎[1], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsak/, [ˈzaɡ˧˦]

Noun

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sak anim

  1. Alternative form of 'sak (“lobster”)

Declension

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Declension of sak [animate, -iyik (e) plural]
singular plural
unmarked / proximate sak sakiyik
possessed 'tahsakemol 'tahsakem
diminutive sakehs / sakehsis sakehsok / sakehsisok

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old English sacc, sæcc, from Proto-West Germanic *sakku, from Proto-Germanic *sakkuz, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos), from a Semitic language.

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Noun

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sak (plural sakkes)

  1. A sack (large coarse bag):
    1. A wallet or moneybag.
    2. A sack (unit of measure)
  2. A bag-shaped organ.
  3. (by extension) Cloth used for sacks; sackcloth.
  4. (figuratively) The body; the human form.

Descendants

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  • English: sack
    • → Japanese: サック (sakku)
  • Scots: seck

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Northern Kurdish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Armenian ձագ (jag).

Noun

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sak m

  1. buffalo baby

References

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  • Jaba, Auguste, Justi, Ferdinand (1879) Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 100
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ձագ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Derived from Old Norse sǫk.

Noun

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sak f or m (definite singular saka or saken, indefinite plural saker, definite plural sakene)

  1. a legal dispute, litigation
  2. a case
    Hun har en sterk sak.
    She has a strong case.
  3. a matter, that which matters
    Det er en enkel sak.
    It is a simple matter.
  4. a cause
    Det er en god sak.
    It is a good cause.
  5. affair, business
    Dette er ikke din sak.
    This is not your business.
  6. thing
    Vi snakker om samme sak.
    We are talking about the same thing.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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Derived from Old Norse sǫk, akin to English sake.

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Noun

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sak f (definite singular saka, indefinite plural saker, definite plural sakene)

  1. a cause
    Det går til ei god sak.
    It is for a worthy cause.
  2. a (legal) case
    Dette er ei sak for politiet.
    This is a case for the police.
  3. a thing
    Ho hadde med seg alle sakene sine.
    She brought all her things.
  4. an issue, item on an agenda
    Neste sak gjeld den nye vegen.
    The next item on the agenda, is the new road
  5. (journalism) story
    Eg jobbar med ei sak om statsministeren
    I am working on a story about the prime minister.

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Old Swedish

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Etymology

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Derived from Old Norse sǫk, from Proto-Germanic *sakō. Cognate with Faroese søk, Norwegian Bokmål sak, Norwegian Nynorsk sak Swedish sak, Danish sag, English sake, Dutch zaak, German Low German Saak, Sook, and German Sache.

Noun

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sak f

  1. (law) legal case, action
  2. fault

Declension

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Declension of sak (strong ō-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sak sakin sakar sakarnar, sakanar
accusative sak sakina sakar sakarnar, sakanar
dative sak, sako sakinni, sakinne sakum, sakom sakumin, sakomen
genitive sakar sakarinnar saka sakanna

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Borrowed from French sac, from Old French sac, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos), from Semitic.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ak
  • Syllabification: sak
  • Homophone: Sak

Noun

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sak m inan (related adjective sakowy)

  1. (fishing) fyke net
  2. (hunting) birdtrap
  3. (dated) travel sack

Declension

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Declension of sak
singular plural
nominative sak saki
genitive saka/saku saków
dative sakowi sakom
accusative sak saki
instrumental sakiem sakami
locative saku sakach
vocative saku saki

Further reading

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  • sak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • sak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Stanisław Ciszewski (1909) “sak”, in “Przyczynek do słownika gwary mazowieckiej”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 7, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 209

Swedish

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Etymology

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Derived from Old Norse sǫk, from Proto-Germanic *sakō. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål sak, Norwegian Nynorsk sak, Danish sag, Icelandic sök, English sake, Dutch zaak, German Low German Saak, Sook, German Sache. An unrelated word that also underwent the transformation in meaning from "legal matter" to "thing, item" is Latin causa.

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Noun

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sak c

  1. a thing (concrete or abstract – also of events, like in English)
    Synonym: (colloquial) grej
    En gaffel är en sak som man äter med
    A fork is a thing that you eat with
    Det ligger en massa saker på bänken
    There's a bunch of things lying on the bench
    Nisse berättade en sak för mig igår
    Nisse told me something yesterday [told a thing to [for] me yesterday]
    Märkliga saker sker på slottet
    Strange things are happening at the castle
    Det kunde gått bättre, den saken är säker
    It could have gone better, that's for sure ["that thing is sure" – idiomatic]
    göra något för sakens skull
    do something for its own sake ["do something for the thing's sake" – idiomatic]
  2. a thing, a matter, a business (at hand (to be dealt with))
    Kom in! Vad gäller saken?
    Come in! What brings you here? [What is the thing about?]
    Låt oss ta en sak i taget
    Let's take one thing at a time
    Låt oss hålla oss till saken
    Let's stick to the point [Let us keep ourselves to the thing [at hand]]
  3. a legal dispute, a matter
    ta saken till domstol
    bring the matter to court
    ta saken i egna händer
    take matters into one's own hands [take the matter in own hands]
    saken är utagerad
    the matter has been settled [is out-acted]
  4. thing (salient fact)
    Synonym: (colloquial) grej
    Saken är den att vi inte vet var han är
    [The] thing is [the thing is that [thing] that], we don't know where he is
  5. cause (interest (striven towards))
    kämpa för sin sak
    fight for one's cause
    göra gemensam sak
    make common cause
    offra sig för saken
    sacrifice oneself for the cause
    Finlands sak är vår
    The Finnish cause is ours [book title]

Declension

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Declension of sak
nominative genitive
singular indefinite sak saks
definite saken sakens
plural indefinite saker sakers
definite sakerna sakernas

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Tojolabal

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Adjective

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sak

  1. white

References

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  • Carlos Lenkersdorf, Tojolabal para principiantes, lengua y cosmovision mayas en Chiapas (1994, México, CRT)

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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Derived from English shark.

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sak

  1. shark

Torres Strait Creole

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Etymology

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Derived from English shark.

Noun

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sak

  1. shark

Tzeltal

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sak

  1. white

Tzotzil

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Adjective

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sak

  1. white

Yucatec Maya

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Adjective

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sak

  1. white
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