sách

See also: sach, Sach, and šach

Irish

Alternative forms

• sáitheach, sáthach

Etymology

From Old Irish sáithech, sáthach (“satisfied”), from sáith (“sufficiency”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /sˠɑːx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠaːx/

Adjective

sách (predicative only)

1. full, sated, satisfied

Derived terms

• mórshách

Descendants

• → Yola: saaughe

Adverb

sách

1. sufficiently, enough

Noun

sách m (genitive singular sáigh, nominative plural sáigh)

1. well-fed person

   Ní thuigeann an sách an seang (proverb)

   The full person doesn’t understand the emaciated person.

Declension

Declension of sách (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative sách sáigh vocative a sháigh a shácha genitive sáigh sách dative sách sáigh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an sách na sáigh genitive an tsáigh na sách dative leis an sách don sách leis na sáigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of sách

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sách	shách after an, tsách	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “sáiṫeaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 933; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “sách”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• (Central Vietnam) séc

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sajk̟̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂat̚˦˧˥] ~ [sat̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂat̚˦˥] ~ [sat̚˦˥]

• Audio (Saigon):

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Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 冊. Cognate with Muong khách.

Noun

sách • (册, 冊, 𱏺) (classifier cuốn, quyển)

1. book

Derived terms

• giá sách; kệ sách (“bookshelf”)
• hiệu sách; nhà sách (“bookstore”)
• mọt sách
• ngân sách (“budget”)
• nói có sách, mách có chứng
• sách bút
• sách đỏ
• sách giáo khoa (“textbook”)
• sách gối đầu giường
• sách kinh (“prayer-book”)
• sách vở
• tủ sách

Related terms

• (story): chuyện
• thư

Etymology 2

Romanization

sách

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 策

Derived terms

• chính sách
• hạ sách
• kế sách
• phương sách
• quốc sách
• quyết sách
• sách lược
• tẩu vi thượng sách
• thượng sách

Etymology 3

Romanization

sách

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 索

Derived terms

• gàn bát sách
• hạch sách
• sách dẫn
• sách nhiễu
• yêu sách