Definitions and meaning of sag
sag
Translingual
Symbol
sag
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Sango.
See also
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- Wiktionary’s coverage of Sango terms
English
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”).
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
Noun
sag (countable and uncountable, plural sags)
- The state of sinking or bending; a droop.
- The difference in elevation of a wire, cable, chain or rope suspended between two consecutive points.
- 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.
- A place where the surface (of a seat, the earth, etc) sinks or droops, like a depression or a dip in a ridge.
Translations
Verb
sag (third-person singular simple present sags, present participle sagging, simple past and past participle sagged)
- To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.
- (by extension) To lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position.
- 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.
- (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.
- To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
- (transitive) To cause to bend or give way; to load.
- (informal) To wear one's trousers so that their top is well below the waist.
- (informal, Canada) To pull down someone else's pants as a prank.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:sag.
Derived terms
Translations
References
Etymology 2
Noun
sag (usually uncountable, plural sags)
- Alternative form of saag.
Anagrams
- AGs, GSA, GAs, AGS, GAS, ags, Gas, ASG, SGA, Ags., gas
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch zacht.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saχ/, [säχ], [sɐχ]
Adjective
sag (attributive sagte, comparative sagter, superlative sagste)
- 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
- IPA(key): /saːɡ/, [sæːˀj]
- Rhymes: -aːɡ
Noun
sag c (singular definite sagen, plural indefinite sager)
- matter, affair
- Jeg er ikke bekendt med alle sagens detaljer.
- I am not acquainted with all the details of the matter.
- cause (grand mission)
- Jeg er villig til at dø for sagen.
- I am willing to die for the cause.
- thing
- Jeg går lige ind og pakker mine sager ud.
- I'll go inside and pack out my things.
- 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.
- file
- Jeg tog mine papirer og sager med mig hjem.
- I took my papers and cases home with me.
- 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
Synonyms
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse sǫg, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛaː/
- Homophone: sæð
Noun
sag f (genitive singular sagar, plural sagir)
- saw; a tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal
Declension
Derived terms
- sagarblað
- sagarmaður
- sagartonn
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zaːk/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /zax/ (northern and central Germany; very common)
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- Rhymes: -aːk, -ax
Verb
sag
- singular imperative of sagen
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of sagen
Icelandic
Etymology
From the verb saga (“to saw”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saːɣ/
- Rhymes: -aːɣ
Noun
sag n (genitive singular sags, no plural)
- sawdust
Declension
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
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)
- (tools) a saw
- sawmill
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
sag
- imperative of sage
References
- “sag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse sǫg.
Noun
sag f (definite singular saga, indefinite plural sager, definite plural sagene)
- (tools) a saw
Derived terms
References
- “sag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Pronunciation
Verb
sāg
- first/third-person singular preterite indicative of sīgan
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Latin sagum.
Pronunciation
Noun
sȃg m (Cyrillic spelling са̑г)
- carpet, rug
- Synonym: tèpih
Declension
Source: wiktionary.org