sag

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "sag"

Translingual

Symbol

sag

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

See also

English

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Etymology 1

From late Middle English saggen, probably of North Germanic/Scandinavian/Old Norse origin, akin to Old Norse sokkva (“to sink”), from a denasalized derivative of Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną (“to sink”).[1]

Compare Norwegian Nynorsk sagga (“move slowly”)); probably akin to Danish and Norwegian sakke, Swedish sacka, Icelandic sakka. Compare also Dutch zakken and German sacken (from Low German).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: săg, IPA(key): /sæɡ/
  • Rhymes: -æɡ
  • Audio (UK):(file)

Noun

sag (countable and uncountable, plural sags)

  1. The state of sinking or bending; a droop.
  2. The difference in elevation of a wire, cable, chain or rope suspended between two consecutive points.
  3. The difference in height or depth between the vertex and the rim of a curved surface, specifically used for optical elements such as a mirror or lens.
  4. A place where the surface (of a seat, the earth, etc) sinks or droops, like a depression or a dip in a ridge.
    • 1905, Louis Valentine Pirsson, Petrography and Geology of the Igneous Rocks of the Highwood ..., page 43:
      a mass of igneous rock […] shown as a semicircular area of shonkinite exposed in the west wall of the sag. From the valley below, it appears as a dark cliff, perhaps 100 feet in height and a few hundred yards long.
    • 2016 March 10, William T. Parry, Geology of Utah's Mountains, Peaks, and Plateaus: Including descriptions of cliffs, valleys, and climate history, FriesenPress, →ISBN:
      Gunsight Peak north of the sag marks the southern end of the Malad Range that extends into Idaho. Complexly faulted Cambrian and Ordovician shelf sedimentary rocks are present […]
Translations

Verb

sag (third-person singular simple present sags, present participle sagging, simple past and past participle sagged)

  1. To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.
    A line or cable supported by its ends sags, even if it is tightly drawn.
    The floor of a room sags.
    Her once firm bosom began to sag in her thirties.
  2. (by extension) To lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position.
    A building may sag one way or another.
    The door sags on its hinges.
    • 1890, Great Britain. High Court of Justice. Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division, The Law Reports. Probate Division in the Courts of Probate and Divorce: In the Admiralty and Ecclesiastical Courts, and in the Privy Council, from Michaelmas Sittings, 1875, to 1890 (volume 5)
      The weather became more and more threatening; the ship sagged to the leeward more than she ought.
  3. (figuratively) To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.
  4. To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
  5. (transitive) To cause to bend or give way; to load.
  6. (informal) To wear one's trousers so that their top is well below the waist.
  7. (informal, Canada) To pull down someone else's pants as a prank.
Quotations
Derived terms
Translations

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “sag”, in Online Etymology Dictionary..

Etymology 2

Noun

sag (usually uncountable, plural sags)

  1. Alternative form of saag
    • 2003, Charles Campion, The Rough Guide to London Restaurants, page 173:
      The dal tarka (£5) is made from whole yellow split peas, while sag aloo (£5) brings potatoes in a rich and oily spinach puree.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zacht.

Pronunciation

Adjective

sag (attributive sagte, comparative sagter, superlative sagste)

  1. soft

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish sak, from Old Norse sǫk, from Proto-Germanic *sakō. Cognate with Swedish sak, Icelandic sök, English sake, Dutch zaak, German Sache.

Pronunciation

Noun

sag c (singular definite sagen, plural indefinite sager)

  1. matter, affair
    Jeg er ikke bekendt med alle sagens detaljer.
    I am not acquainted with all the details of the matter.
  2. cause (grand mission)
    Jeg er villig til at dø for sagen.
    I am willing to die for the cause.
  3. thing
    Jeg går lige ind og pakker mine sager ud.
    I'll go inside and pack out my things.
  4. case, lawsuit
    Den 27-årige nægtede sig skyldig i spritkørsel, så sagen måtte udsættes.
    The 27-year-old pleaded not guilty to drunk driving, so the case had to be adjourned.
  5. file
    Jeg tog mine papirer og sager med mig hjem.
    I took my papers and cases home with me.
  6. food (only in plural)
    Tjeneren var ved at stable en masse lækre sager op på bordet.
    The waiter was stacking a lot of delicious things on the table.

Inflection

Declension of sag
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sag sagen sager sagerne
genitive sags sagens sagers sagernes

Synonyms

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse sǫg, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sag f (genitive singular sagar, plural sagir)

  1. saw; a tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal

Declension

Declension of sag
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sag sagin sagir sagirnar
accusative sag sagina sagir sagirnar
dative sag sagini sagum sagunum
genitive sagar sagarinnar saga saganna

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zaːk/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /zax/ (northern and central Germany; very common)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːk, -ax

Verb

sag

  1. singular imperative of sagen
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of sagen

Icelandic

Etymology

From the verb saga (“to saw”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sag n (genitive singular sags, no plural)

  1. sawdust

Declension

    Declension of sag
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative sag sagið
accusative sag sagið
dative sagi saginu
genitive sags sagsins

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

From Old Norse sǫg, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Noun

sag f or m (definite singular saga or sagen, indefinite plural sager, definite plural sagene)

  1. (tools) a saw
  2. sawmill
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

sag

  1. imperative of sage

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From Old Norse sǫg.

Noun

sag f (definite singular saga, indefinite plural sager, definite plural sagene)

  1. (tools) a saw

Derived terms

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin sagum.

Pronunciation

Noun

sȃg m (Cyrillic spelling са̑г)

  1. carpet, rug
    Synonym: tèpih

Declension

Declension of sag
singular plural
nominative sȃg ságovi
genitive saga sagova
dative sagu sagovima
accusative sag sagove
vocative sagu / saže sagove
locative sagu sagovima
instrumental sagom sagovima
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