gác

See also: GAC, Gac, gac, gać, Gać, gạc, gấc, and -gaç

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣaːk̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣaːk̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɣaːk̚˦˥]

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from French garde.

Some early attestations are in Le Livre du soldat annamite (The Book of the Annamite Soldier, 1914), where it is seen in lính gác and đứng gác. Latter appeared as an entry in Việt-Nam tự-điển (1931) with the elaboration "bởi chữ Pháp ⟪garde⟫" (“from the French word 'garde'”).

Verb

gác

1. to guard; to watch

Derived terms

Derived terms

• canh gác
• gác-măng-giê
• vọng gác

 

Etymology 2

Possibly related to ghếch (cf. rác and rếch, bạc and bệch).

Verb

gác • (擱挌, , 各, 閣, 搁)

1. to put something on something; to hang something on something

   gác chân lên bàn ― to put/rest one's legs on a table

2. to put on hold

   Giờ ta tạm gác lại chuyện đó.

   Let's put that on hold for the time being.

Etymology 3

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 閣 (“pavillion”, SV: các).

Noun

gác • (閣)

1. (architecture) a loft

   Synonym: gác lửng

Usage notes

• If it's a tầng or lầu (“floor; story”), you get there by climbing a flight of stairs. If it's a gác (“loft”), you get there by climbing a ladder.

See also

• đài các
• nội các