sah
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sah"
Translingual
English
Noun
sah
- Pronunciation spelling of sir.
- 1878, Henry James, An International Episode:
- 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
- Usually to suggest the speech of African-American slaves.
Alternative forms
Related terms
See also
Dogrib
French
Alternative forms
- sahr
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sah/, /saʁ/, /saχ/
Audio (file)
Adjective
sah (invariable)
- (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?"
Derived terms
- en sah
- sah quel plaisir
- tah sah
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zaː/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aː
- Homophone: Saar (some speakers)
Gothic
Hungarian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish شاه (şâh, “ruler, shah”), from Persian شاه (šâh, “king”). Doublet of sakk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃɒx]
- Hyphenation: sah
- Rhymes: -ɒx
Declension
| 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
- sah in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Anagrams
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsah]
- Hyphenation: sah
Adjective
sah
Verb
sah (active mengesahkan, passive disahkan)
- to be done correctly
- to be (officially) recognized/accepted.
Derived terms
- kesahan
- mengesahkan
- pengesahan
Noun
sah (first-person possessive sahku, second-person possessive sahmu, third-person possessive sahnya)
- Alternative form of syah (“shah”)
Further reading
- “sah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Pronunciation
- (Standard Malaysian) IPA(key): /sah/
Adjective
sah (Jawi spelling صح)
- valid; legitimate; lawful
- 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, Motor Pahang Motorcycle Installers could not operate
Descendants
- Indonesian: sah
Further reading
- “sah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
South Slavey
Alternative forms
- (Fort Liard) shah
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sà(h)]
- Hyphenation: sah
Inflection
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. | |||
References
- Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 24
Spanish
Further reading
- “sah”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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