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Translingual[edit]
Symbol[edit]
sah
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
sah
- 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[edit]
- Usually to suggest the speech of African-American slaves.
Alternative forms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Dogrib[edit]
Noun[edit]
sah
- bear (mammal)
French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Maghrebi Arabic صَحّ (ṣaḥḥ).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
sah (invariable)
- (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[edit]
sah
Derived terms[edit]
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
sah
Gothic[edit]
Romanization[edit]
sah
- Romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌷
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ottoman Turkish شاه (şâh, “ruler, shah”), from Persian شاه (šâh, “king”). Doublet of sakk.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sah (plural sahok)
Declension[edit]
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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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[edit]
- 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[edit]
Indonesian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Malay sah, from Arabic صَحَّ (ṣaḥḥa).
Adjective[edit]
sah
Verb[edit]
sah (active mengesahkan, passive disahkan)
- to be done correctly
- to be (officially) recognized/accepted.
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
sah (first-person possessive sahku, second-person possessive sahmu, third-person possessive sahnya)
- Alternative form of syah (“shah”)
Further reading[edit]
- “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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Malaysian) IPA(key): /sah/
Adjective[edit]
sah (Jawi spelling صح)
- 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, Motor Pahang Motorcycle Installers could not operate
Descendants[edit]
- Indonesian: sah
Further reading[edit]
- “sah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
South Slavey[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (Fort Liard) shah
Etymology[edit]
Cognates include Navajo shash and Dogrib sah.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sah (stem -za-)
Inflection[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 24
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
sah m (plural sah)
- shah (king of Persia)
Further reading[edit]
- “sah”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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