sag

See also SAG, säg, såg, sąg, and sağ

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From late Middle English saggen, probably of Scandinavian/Old Norse origin (compare Norwegian sagga (“move slowly”)); probably akin to Danish and Norwegian sakke, Swedish sacka, Icelandic sakka, Old Norse sokkva. Cf. also Low German sacken, Dutch zakken.

Pronunciation

• enPR: săg, IPA: /sæɡ/, X-SAMPA: /s{g/
• Rhymes: -æɡ

Noun

sag (plural sags)

1. The state of sinking or bending; sagging.
2. The difference in elevation of a wire, cable, chain or rope suspended between two consecutive points.
3. The difference height or depth between the vertex and the rim of a curved surface, specifically used for optical elements such as a mirror or lens.

Translations

state of sinking

• Dutch: (het) zakken (nl)

difference in elevation

• Dutch: hoogteverschil (nl) n

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; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges.
2. (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.
3. To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
4. (transitive) To cause to bend or give way; to load.
5. (informal) To wear one's trousers so that their top is well below the waist.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

Translations

sink

• Dutch: doorzakken (nl), doorhangen (nl), scheefzakken (nl)
• Italian: affondare (it)

• Maori: wheoro (mi)
• Portuguese: afundar (pt)
• Spanish: ahondar (es)

lose firmness

• Dutch: verslappen (nl), nalaten (nl), doorhangen (nl)

loiter in walking

• Dutch: slenteren (nl), rondhangen (nl), treuzelen (nl)

cause to bend

• Dutch: doen (nl) zakken (nl), plooien (nl)

wear pants low

Anagrams

• gas, GSA, SGA

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zacht.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɐχ/

Adjective

sag (attributive sagte, comparative sagter, superlative sagste)

1. soft

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Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /saːɡ/, [sæːˀj]

Noun

sag c (singular definite sagen, plural indefinite sager)

1. matter, business, affair, thing
2. cause
3. case, lawsuit
4. file

Inflection

    Inflection of sag

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	sag	sagen	sager	sagerne
genitive	sags	sagens	sagers	sagernes

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse sǫg, from Proto-Germanic *sagō.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɛaː/
• Homophone: sæð

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

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

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /zaːk/
• Rhymes: -aːk

Verb

sag

1. Imperative singular of sagen.
2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of sagen.

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Icelandic

Etymology

From the verb saga (“to saw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /saːɣ/
• Rhymes: -aːɣ

Noun

sag n (genitive singular sags, uncountable)

1. sawdust

Declension

declension of sag

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

Anagrams

• gas

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Lojban

Rafsi

sag

1. rafsi of sanga.

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Norwegian

Noun

sag m

1. saw
2. sawmill

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin sagum.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sâːɡ/

Noun

sȃg m (Cyrillic spelling са̑г)

1. carpet, rug

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

Synonyms

• tèpih