sax

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See also: SAX and Sax.

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English sax, sex, from Old English seax (“a knife, hip-knife, an instrument for cutting, a short sword, dirk, dagger”), from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“stone chip, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Cognate with North Frisian sax (“knife, sword”), Middle Dutch sas (“knife”), Middle Low German sax (“knife”), Middle High German sahs (“a knife”), Danish saks (“a pair of scissors”), Swedish sax (“a pair of scissors”), Icelandic sax (“a short heavy sword”), Latin secō (“cut”). See also Saxon, saw.

Noun[edit]

sax (plural saxes)

  1. A slate-cutter's hammer; slate-ax.
  2. (obsolete) A knife or sword; a dagger about 50 cm (20 inches) in length.
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Verb[edit]

sax (third-person singular simple present saxes, present participle saxing, simple past and past participle saxed)

  1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To cut or slash with a sharp instrument; incise; scarify.

Etymology 2[edit]

Clipping of saxophone. Distantly related to etymology 1 above, because the “Sax” surname is a cognate.

Noun[edit]

sax (plural saxes)

  1. Clipping of saxophone.

Anagrams[edit]

Aleut[edit]

Noun[edit]

sax

  1. bird skin coat

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“stone chip, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). The word also existed in the sixteenth century, but became obsolete and was borrowed again.

Noun[edit]

sax c (plural saxen, diminutive saxje n)

  1. sax, short sword, dagger

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English sax or less probably a native formation from saxofoon.

Noun[edit]

sax m (plural saxen, diminutive saxje n)

  1. (informal) sax, saxophone
    Synonym: saxofoon

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old English seax, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sax (plural saxes or saxen)

  1. A knife (tool)
  2. A knife (weapon)

Descendants[edit]

  • English: sax, zax

References[edit]

Northern Kurdish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

sax

  1. alive
  2. healthy
  3. whole

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“dagger, knife”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Noun[edit]

sax n (genitive sax, plural sǫx)

  1. a oneedged sword, a backsword
  2. (plural only) shears

Declension[edit]

  Declension of sax (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sax saxit sǫx sǫxin
accusative sax saxit sǫx sǫxin
dative saxi saxinu sǫxum sǫxunum
genitive sax saxins saxa saxanna

Related terms[edit]

  • saxar m pl (“Saxons”)

Derived terms[edit]

  • saxa (“to cut with a 'sax'”)
  • saxknífr m (“dagger, dirk”)
  • saxoddr m (“the point of a 'sax”)

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: sax n
  • Faroese: saksur m
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: saks f
  • Norwegian Bokmål: saks m or f
  • Swedish: sax c
  • Danish: saks c

References[edit]

sax in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Scots[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English sex, byform of six, from Old English siex, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

cardinal number
6 Previous: five
Next: seiven

sax

  1. six

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse sǫx (plural of sax), from Proto-Germanic *sahsą, from Proto-Indo-European *sek-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sax c

  1. a pair of scissors; shears
  2. short of saxofon
  3. a trap for animals

Declension[edit]

Declension of sax 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sax saxen saxar saxarna
Genitive sax saxens saxars saxarnas

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References[edit]

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