sách

See also: sach, Sach, and šach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sáithech, sáthach (“satisfied, filled, content, of good cheer, flourishing”), from sáith (“sufficiency, as much as one requires, fill (of food); customary meal, appetite”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˠɑːx/
• IPA^(key): /sˠæːx/

Adjective

sách (predicative only)

1. full, sated, satisfied

Derived terms

• mórshách (“having a large appetite”, adjective)

Adverb

sách

1. sufficiently, enough

Noun

sách m (genitive singular sáigh, nominative plural sáigh)

1. well-fed person

   Proverb: Ní thuigeann an sách an seang ― It is ill speaking between a full man and a fasting.

Declension

Declension of sách

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative sách sáigh Vocative a sháigh a shácha Genitive sáigh sách Dative sách sáigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an sách na sáigh Genitive an tsáigh na sách Dative leis an sách don sách leis na sáigh

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sách”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sáithech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 冊.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sajk̟̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂat̚˦˧˥] ~ [sat̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʂat̚˦˥] ~ [sat̚˦˥]

Noun

(classifier cuốn, quyển) sách

1. book

Derived terms

• tủ sách
• hiệu sách; nhà sách (“bookstore”)
• giá sách; kệ sách (“bookshelf”)
• sách giáo khoa (“textbook”)

Related terms

• (story): chuyện
• thư