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sah

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "sah"

Translingual

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Symbol

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sah

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Yakut.

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English

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Noun

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sah

  1. 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

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  • Usually to suggest the speech of African-American slaves.

Alternative forms

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Anagrams

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Dogrib

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Etymology

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From Proto-Athabaskan *x̯əšʷ (“bear”)

Noun

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sah

  1. bear (mammal)

French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic صَحّ (ṣaḥḥ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sah/, /saʁ/, /saχ/
  • Audio (France (Lyon)):(file)

Adjective

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sah (invariable)

  1. (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

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sah

  1. (slang) seriously

Derived terms

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German

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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sah

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of sehen

Gothic

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Romanization

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sah

  1. romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌷

Hungarian

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Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia hu

Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish شاه (şâh, “ruler, shah”), from Persian شاه (šâh, “king”). Doublet of sakk.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sah (plural sahok)

  1. shah

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
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

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  • sah in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Anagrams

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Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Malay sah, from Arabic صَاحّ, صَحَّ (ṣāḥḥ, ṣaḥḥa).

Adjective

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sah (comparative lebih sah, superlative paling sah)

  1. correct, true, valid
    Synonyms: absah, asi, benar, cerat, isbat, muktamad, nyata, pasti, pentan, sabit, sahih, sidi, sudah tetap, tentu, terang
  2. lawful
    Synonyms: boleh, halal, dibenarkan, diterima, lulus
  3. genuine, authentic, authoritative
    Synonyms: asli, autentik, jati, tulen

Verb

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sah (active mengesah, passive disah)

  1. to be done correctly
  2. to be (officially) recognized/accepted
    Synonym: berlaku
    Antonym: batal

Derived terms

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Affixations

Etymology 2

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Noun

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sah (plural sah-sah)

  1. alternative form of syah (“shah”)

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Malay

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic صَاحّ, صَحَّ (ṣāḥḥ, ṣaḥḥa).

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Adjective

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sah (Jawi spelling صح, comparative lebih sah, superlative paling sah)

  1. valid; legitimate
    Synonyms: benar; pasti; nyata; sabit, sudah tetap; terang; sahih; tentu, muktamad; cerat; asi; isbat; pentan, sidi; absah
  2. lawful
    Synonyms: dibenarkan; lulus; diterima, halal; boleh; diakui
    • 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, Pahang Motorcycle Installers could not operate.

Derived terms

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Affixations

Descendants

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  • > Indonesian: sah (inherited)

Further reading

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  • "sah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
    (also see "sah" at PRPM first version)

Old English

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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sāh

  1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of sēon

Pohnpeian

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from English jar.

    Noun

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    sah

    1. jar, crock

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    South Slavey

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Athabaskan *x̯əšʷ (“black bear”). Cognates include Navajo shash and Dogrib sah.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [sà(h)]
    • Hyphenation: sah

    Noun

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    sah (stem -za-)

    1. bear

    Inflection

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    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

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    References

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    • Keren Rice (1989), A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 24

    Spanish

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    Noun

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    sah m (plural sah)

    1. shah (king of Persia)

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