sag

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sag"

Translingual

Symbol

sag

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

English

Etymology 1

From late Middle English saggen, probably of North Germanic/Scandinavian/Old Norse origin, akin to Old Norse sokkva (“to sink”), from a denasalized derivative of Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną (“to sink”).

Compare Norwegian Nynorsk sagga (“move slowly”)); probably akin to Danish and Norwegian sakke, Swedish sacka, Icelandic sakka. Compare also Dutch zakken and German sacken (from Low German).

Pronunciation

• enPR: săg, IPA^(key): /sæɡ/
• Rhymes: -æɡ

• Audio (UK):

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Noun

sag (countable and uncountable, plural sags)

1. The state of sinking or bending; a droop.
2. The difference in elevation of a wire, cable, chain or rope suspended between two consecutive points.
3. The difference in height or depth between the vertex and the rim of a curved surface, specifically used for optical elements such as a mirror or lens.

Translations

state of sinking or bending

• Bulgarian: хлътване (bg) n (hlǎtvane)
• Dutch: (het) zakken (nl)
• Finnish: roikkuminen (fi), painuminen (fi); taipuminen (fi)
• Italian: cedimento (it) m, colata (it) f (di vernice)
• Portuguese: cedimento m, afundamento (pt) m

difference in elevation

• Bulgarian: провисванв n (provisvanv)
• Dutch: hoogteverschil (nl) n
• Finnish: roikkuma
• French: flèche (fr) f
• Italian: abbassamento (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: høydeforskjell m

• Polish: obniżenie (pl) n
• Spanish: flecha (es) f

difference in height or depth between the vertex and the rim of a curved surface

Verb

sag (third-person singular simple present sags, present participle sagging, simple past and past participle sagged)

1. To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.

   A line or cable supported by its ends sags, even if it is tightly drawn.

   The floor of a room sags.

   Her once firm bosom began to sag in her thirties.

2. (by extension) To lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position.

   A building may sag one way or another.

   The door sags on its hinges.

   • 1890, Great Britain. High Court of Justice. Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division, The Law Reports. Probate Division in the Courts of Probate and Divorce: In the Admiralty and Ecclesiastical Courts, and in the Privy Council, from Michaelmas Sittings, 1875, to 1890 (volume 5)

     The weather became more and more threatening; the ship sagged to the leeward more than she ought.

3. (figuratively) To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.
   • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:

     The mind I sway by, and the heart I bear, / Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear.

4. To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
5. (transitive) To cause to bend or give way; to load.
6. (informal) To wear one's trousers so that their top is well below the waist.
7. (informal, Canada) To pull down someone else's pants as a prank.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:sag.

Derived terms

• sag bag
• sagger
• saggy
• sag off
• sag pond
• sag wagon

 

Translations

to sink

• Bulgarian: хлътвам (bg) (hlǎtvam)
• Dutch: doorzakken (nl), doorhangen (nl), scheefzakken
• Esperanto: fleksi (eo)
• Finnish: roikkua (fi) (cable, rope etc.); painua (fi) (surface); painua (fi) (rod, bar etc.)
• French: ployer (fr)
• German: durchhängen (de)
• Italian: flettersi (it), cedere (it)
• Maori: wheoro, tāwharu
• Portuguese: afundar (pt)
• Russian: проседать (ru) impf (prosedatʹ), просесть (ru) pf (prosestʹ)
• Spanish: ahondar (es)
• Swedish: sagga (sv), säcka (sv), sjunka (sv)
• Ukrainian: провиса́ти impf (provysáty), прови́снути pf (provýsnuty), просіда́ти impf (prosidáty), просі́сти pf (prosísty), прогина́тися impf (prohynátysja), прогну́тися pf (prohnútysja)

to give way from a vertical position

• Bulgarian: провисвам (bg) (provisvam)
• Finnish: painua (fi), kallistua (fi)
• German: einsinken (de), absinken
• Italian: inclinarsi

to lose firmness

• Dutch: verslappen (nl), nalaten (nl), doorhangen (nl)
• Esperanto: kolapsi
• Finnish: taipua (fi), notkahtaa (fi)
• French: s’affaisser (fr)
• German: ausleiern (de)
• Italian: deperire (it), estenuarsi, smorzarsi, cedere (it)
• Portuguese: ceder (pt)

to loiter in walking

• Bulgarian: мъкна се (mǎkna se)
• Dutch: slenteren (nl), rondhangen (nl), treuzelen (nl)
• Finnish: löntystää (fi), löntystellä (fi)
• German: schlendern (de)
• Italian: barcollare (it)
• Russian: слоняться (ru) impf (slonjatʹsja)

to cause to bend

• Dutch: doen (nl) zakken (nl), plooien (nl)
• Finnish: taivuttaa (fi)
• Georgian: ჩაზნექა (čazneka)
• Italian: flettere (it)

to wear pants low

• Georgian: ჩახდა (čaxda)
• Italian: indossare pantaloni a vita bassa, indossare pantaloni penzolanti
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sægge

  Nynorsk: sægga

• Swedish: ha häng

Etymology 2

Noun

sag (usually uncountable, plural sags)

1. Alternative form of saag
   • 2003, Charles Campion, The Rough Guide to London Restaurants, page 173:

     The dal tarka (£5) is made from whole yellow split peas, while sag aloo (£5) brings potatoes in a rich and oily spinach puree.

Anagrams

• AGS, AGs, Ags., GAs, GSA, Gas, SGA, gas

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zacht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saχ/, [säχ], [sɐχ]

• Audio:

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Adjective

sag (attributive sagte, comparative sagter, superlative sagste)

1. soft

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish sak, from Old Norse sǫk, from Proto-Germanic *sakō. Cognate with Swedish sak, Icelandic sök, English sake, Dutch zaak, German Sache.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːɡ/, [sæːˀj]
• Rhymes: -aːɡ

Noun

sag c (singular definite sagen, plural indefinite sager)

1. matter, affair

   Jeg er ikke bekendt med alle sagens detaljer.

   I am not acquainted with all the details of the matter.

2. cause

   Jeg er villig til at dø for sagen.

   I am willing to die for the cause.

3. thing

   Jeg går lige ind og pakker mine sager ud.

   I'll go inside and pack out my things.

4. case, lawsuit

   Den 27-årige nægtede sig skyldig i spritkørsel, så sagen måtte udsættes.

   The 27-year-old pleaded not guilty to drunk driving, so the case had to be adjourned.

5. file

   Jeg tog mine papirer og sager med mig hjem.

   I took my papers and cases home with me.

6. food (only in plural)

   Tjeneren var ved at stable en masse lækre sager op på bordet.

   The waiter was stacking a lot of delicious things on the table.

Inflection

Declension of sag

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sag	sagen	sager	sagerne
genitive	sags	sagens	sagers	sagernes

Synonyms

• (legal case): retssag

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse sǫg, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛaː/
• Homophone: sæð

Noun

sag f (genitive singular sagar, plural sagir)

1. saw; a tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal

Declension

Declension of sag
f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sag	sagin	sagir	sagirnar
accusative	sag	sagina	sagir	sagirnar
dative	sag	sagini	sagum	sagunum
genitive	sagar	sagarinnar	saga	saganna

Related terms

• sagarblað
• sagarmaður
• sagartonn

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaːk/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /zax/ (northern and central Germany; very common)

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːk, -ax

Verb

sag

1. singular imperative of sagen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of sagen

Icelandic

Etymology

From the verb saga (“to saw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːɣ/
• Rhymes: -aːɣ

Noun

sag n (genitive singular sags, no plural)

1. sawdust

Declension

declension of sag

n-s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	sag	sagið
accusative	sag	sagið
dative	sagi	saginu
genitive	sags	sagsins

Anagrams

• gas

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sǫg, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Noun

sag f or m (definite singular saga or sagen, indefinite plural sager, definite plural sagene)

1. (tools) a saw
2. sawmill

Derived terms

• betongsag
• motorsag
• sagbruk
• sagmugg
• sirkelsag

 

Etymology 2

Verb

sag

1. imperative of sage

References

• “sag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse sǫg.

Noun

sag f (definite singular saga, indefinite plural sager, definite plural sagene)

1. (tools) a saw

Derived terms

• betongsag
• motorsag
• sagbruk
• sagmugg
• sirkelsag

 

References

• “sag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin sagum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sâːɡ/

Noun

sȃg m (Cyrillic spelling са̑г)

1. carpet, rug

   Synonym: tèpih

Declension

Declension of sag

	singular	plural
nominative	sȃg	ságovi
genitive	saga	sagova
dative	sagu	sagovima
accusative	sag	sagove
vocative	sagu / saže	sagove
locative	sagu	sagovima
instrumental	sagom	sagovima