different between sag vs sax

English

Etymology 1

From late Middle English saggen, probably of Scandinavian/Old Norse origin (compare Norwegian Nynorsk sagga (“move slowly”)); probably akin to Danish and Norwegian sakke, Swedish sacka, Icelandic sakka, Old Norse sokkva. Compare also Dutch zakken and German sacken (from Low German).

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?g, IPA^(key): /sæ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

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

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.

   (Her once firm bosom began to sag in her thirties.)

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

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.
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.

Quotations

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

=Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

sag (uncountable)

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): /sa?/, [sä?], [s??]

Adjective

sag (attributive sagte, comparative sagter, superlative sagste)

1. soft

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa??/, [sæ??j]
• Rhymes: -a??

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

Synonyms

• (legal case): retssag

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse s?g, from Proto-Germanic *sag?, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?a?/
• 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

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /za?k/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /zax/ (northern and central Germany; very common)
• Rhymes: -a?k, -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): /sa??/
• Rhymes: -a??

Noun

sag n (genitive singular sags, no plural)

1. sawdust

Declension

Anagrams

• gas

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse s?g, from Proto-Germanic *sag?, 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

Etymology 2

Verb

sag

1. imperative of sage

References

• “sag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse s?g

Noun

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

1. (tools) a saw

Derived terms

References

• “sag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin sagum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sâ??/

Noun

s?g m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. carpet, rug

Declension

Synonyms

• tèpih

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæks/
• Homophones: sacks, Sacks
• Rhymes: -æks

Etymology 1

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 *sahs? (“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 sec? (“cut”). See also Saxon, saw.

Noun

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.

Related terms

Verb

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

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

Noun

sax (plural saxes)

1. Clipping of saxophone.

Anagrams

• ASX, XAS

Aleut

Noun

sax

1. bird skin coat

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?ks/
• Hyphenation: sax
• Rhymes: -?ks
• Homophone: Sax

Etymology 1

Borrowed, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sahs? (“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

sax c (plural saxen, diminutive saxje n)

1. sax, short sword, dagger

Etymology 2

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

Noun

sax m (plural saxen, diminutive saxje n)

1. (informal) sax, saxophone

   Synonym: saxofoon

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sexe, sex, sæx, seax

Etymology

From Old English seax, from Proto-Germanic *sahs?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saks/
• Rhymes: -aks

Noun

sax (plural saxes or saxen)

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

Descendants

• English: sax, zax

References

• “sax, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-24.

Northern Kurdish

Adjective

sax

1. alive
2. healthy
3. whole

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

sax n (genitive sax, plural s?x)

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

Declension

Related terms

• saxar m pl (“Saxons”)

Derived terms

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

Descendants

References

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

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English sex, byform of six.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saks/

Numeral

sax

1. six

Related terms

• saxt (“sixth”)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse s?x (plural of sax), from Proto-Germanic *sahs?, from Proto-Indo-European *sek-.

Pronunciation

Noun

sax c

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

Declension

Related terms

• altsax
• björnsax
• bultsax
• fårsax
• häcksax
• kökssax
• ljussax
• nagelsax
• plåtsax
• rävsax
• saxa
• saxfiske
• saxning
• saxnäbb
• saxsektion
• saxskänkel
• saxskär
• saxsprint
• sysax
• tenorsax
• trädgårdssax
• ullsax

References

• sax in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)