different between sai vs sad

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa?/
• Rhymes: -a?
• Homophones: sigh, psi, xi, scye, Si

Etymology 1

From Japanese ? (sai).

Noun

sai (plural sai)

1. A handheld weapon with three prongs, used in some Oriental martial arts.

See also

• Sai (weapon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Compare Portuguese sahi, from Tupian sai (“monkey”).

Noun

sai

1. A sajou; a capuchin (monkey).

Further reading

• sai in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• sai in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Min Nan ? (sái, “excrement; poop”).

Noun

sai (uncountable) (Singapore, Malaysia, coloquial, Singlish)

1. (vulgar) shit

Anagrams

• A. S. I., A.S.I., AIS, AIs, ASI, Asi, IAS, ISA, Isa, Isa., Sia, a-Si, ais, is-a

Basque

Noun

sai anim

1. vulture

Estonian

Etymology 1

Cognate to Livonian s?ja (“white bread”). Possibly a derivation from saama. As white bread was often offered during weddings, an initial compound of saialeib would have meant something along the lines of "receiver's bread, wedding bread".

Noun

sai (genitive saia, partitive saia)

1. white bread

Declension

See also

• leib

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

sai

1. Third-person singular past form of saama.

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?i?/, [?s??i?]
• Rhymes: -?i
• Syllabification: sai

Verb

sai

1. Third-person singular indicative past form of saada.

Anagrams

• -ias, -isa, ais

Gothic

Romanization

sai

1. Romanization of ????????????

Italian

Verb

sai

1. (second-person singular present indicative of sapere) - (you) know

Noun

sai pl

1. plural of saio

Anagrams

• sia

Japanese

Romanization

sai

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Mandarin

Romanization

sai

1. Nonstandard spelling of s?i.
2. Nonstandard spelling of s?i.
3. Nonstandard spelling of sài.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle English

Noun

sai

1. Alternative form of assay

Min Nan

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• sae (obsolete), say (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /?saj/
• Rhymes: -aj

Verb

sai

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of sair
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of sair

Solon

Noun

sai

1. tea

References

• Bayarma Khabtagaeva, Dagur Elements in Solon Evenki, 2012.

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

sai

1. wedding

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “???????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [sa?j??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [?a?j??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [?a?j??] ~ [sa?j??]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from ? (“bad; incorrect; inaccurate; to order; to send”).

Adjective

sai

1. be incorrect
2. be inaccurate

Synonyms

• tr?t

Antonyms

• ?úng
• ph?i

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from ?.

Verb

sai

1. (chiefly in compounds) to order, to send
   • 1920, Tr?n Tr?ng Kim, Vi?t Nam s? l??c, Quy?n II, Trung B?c Tân V?n, page 130

     Vua Càn-long nghe l?i tâu ?y sai Tôn s? Ngh? kh?i quân b?n t?nh Qu?ng-?ông, Qu?ng-tây, Quí-châu, Vân-nam, ?em sang ?ánh Tây-s?n.

     When the Quanlong Emperor had heard this petition, he ordered Sun Shiyi to take the troops of the four provinces Guangdong, Guangzhou, Guizhou, and Yunnan and bring them to fight the Tây S?n.

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Adjective

sai • (????)

1. (of trees) be fruitful

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /?a?i??/
• Tone numbers: sai¹
• Hyphenation: sai

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *?a?j? (“male”). Cognate with Thai ??? (chaai), Northern Thai ????, Lao ??? (s?i), Lü ?? (tsaay), Shan ???? (tsáay), Tai Nüa ???? (tsäay), Ahom ???????? (chay).

Noun

sai (Sawndip forms ???? or ? or ? or ? or ?, old orthography sai)

1. male; man; boy; fellow

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *sa?j? (“cord; string”). Cognate with Thai ??? (s?ai), Lao ??? (s?i).

Noun

sai (Sawndip forms ???? or ? or ? or ? or ???? or ?, old orthography sai)

1. band; belt; ribbon

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

sai (Sawndip forms ? or ?, old orthography sai)

1. to waste; to squander
2. to lose (through damage or death)

Etymology 4

Verb

sai (Sawndip form ?, old orthography sai)

1. to pour (wine)

Etymology 5

Verb

sai (Sawndip forms ? or ?, old orthography sai)

1. to saw (wood)

Etymology 6

Verb

sai (Sawndip form ????, old orthography sai)

1. (dialectal, of flowers) to bloom

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English sad, from Old English sæd (“sated, full”), from Proto-Germanic *sadaz (“sated, satisfied”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh?- (“to satiate, satisfy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæd/
• Rhymes: -æd

Adjective

sad (comparative sadder or more sad, superlative saddest or most sad)

1. (heading) Emotionally negative.
   1. Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.
   2. Appearing sorrowful.

   3. Causing sorrow; lamentable.
      • 1911, G. K. Chesterton, The Ballad of the White Horse

        The Great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, / For all their wars are merry and all their songs are sad.
   4. Poor in quality, bad; shameful, deplorable; later, regrettable, poor.
   5. Of colours: dark, deep; later, sombre, dull.
      • 1679, Izaak Walton, The Life of Bishop Robert Sanderson

        sad-coloured clothes

      • Woad, or wade, is used by the dyers to lay the foundation of many colours, especially all sad colours.

2. (obsolete) Sated, having had one's fill; satisfied, weary.
3. (obsolete) Steadfast, valiant.
4. (obsolete) Dignified, serious, grave.
   • 1509, Sebastian Brant, Alexander Barclay (translator), The Ship of Fools,

     Therfore it nedeth that better prouysion.
     Were founde for youthe by sad and wyse counsayle
5. (obsolete) Naughty; troublesome; wicked.
   • 1860, Isaac Taylor, Ultimate Civilization

     Sad tipsy fellows, both of them.

6. (slang) Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.

7. (dialect) Soggy (to refer to pastries).
8. (obsolete) Heavy; weighty; ponderous; close; hard.
   • Chalky lands are naturally cold and sad.

Synonyms

• (feeling mentally uncomfortable): discomforted, distressed, uncomfortable, unhappy
• (low in spirits): depressed, down in the dumps, glum, melancholy
• (moving, full of feeling): poignant, touching
• (causing sorrow): lamentable
• (poor in quality): pitiful, sorry
• See also Thesaurus:sad
• See also Thesaurus:lamentable

Antonyms

• happy
• cheerful
• gleeful, upbeat
• decent

Derived terms

• sadness
• sadder
• saddest
• sadboi
• sad sack
• sadfishing
• unsad

Related terms

• sadden

Translations

Further reading

• sad in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• sad in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Verb

sad (third-person singular simple present sads, present participle sadding, simple past and past participle sadded)

1. (transitive, archaic) To make melancholy; to sadden or grieve (someone).
   • 16??, John Webster, Appius and Virginia

     My father's wondrous pensive, and withal / With a suppress'd rage left his house displeas'd, / And so in post is hurried to the camp: / It sads me much; to expel which melancholy, / I have sent for company.

Etymology 2

Noun

sad (plural sads)

1. Alternative form of saad (“Arabic letter”)

Anagrams

• ADS, ADs, ASD, AdS, Ads, DA's, DAS, DAs, DSA, SDA, ads, das

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sad

Adverb

sad

1. (focus) also; too
2. (after a negative) either

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sad?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sat]

Noun

sad m

1. orchard

Declension

Derived terms

• sada? m
• sadový

Further reading

• sad in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• sad in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Verb

sad

1. past tense of sidde

Gothic

Romanization

sad

1. Romanization of ????????????

Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) sa'd

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sadek.

Noun

sad

1. precipitation (hail, rain, snow)

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sad? (“plant, garden”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian sad, Polish sad (“orchard”), Czech sad (“orchard”), Russian ??? (sad, “orchard, garden”), Old Church Slavonic ???? (sad?, “plant, garden”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sat]

Noun

sad m

1. fruit (food)

Declension

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *seh?- (“to satiate, satisfy”).

Adjective

sad (comparative sadoro, superlative sadost)

1. full, sated, satiated
2. weary

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German sat

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sad?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sat/

Noun

sad m inan (diminutive sadek)

1. orchard

Declension

Related terms

• (noun) sadownik
• (adjective) sadowy

Related terms

• (verb) sadzi?

Further reading

• sad in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• sad in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scots

Etymology

From Old English sæd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?d/

Adjective

sad (comparative sadder, superlative saddest)

1. grave, serious
2. strange, remarkable
3. sad

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *s?da, *s?goda.

Alternative forms

• s?da

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sâd/

Adverb

s?d (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. now
2. currently
3. presently

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *saditi (“to plant”). Compare Serbo-Croatian saditi and Russian ??? (sad)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sâ?d/

Noun

s?d m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. plant nursery, plantation, orchard (specialized facility rather than a home garden)
2. a seeding or sapling from a plant nursery

Declension

References

• “sad” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
• “sad” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sad?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sad/, [sat]

Noun

sad m (genitive singular sadu, nominative plural sady, genitive plural sadov, declension pattern of dub)

1. garden, orchard, plantation

Declension

Derived terms

• sadový
• sadík

References

• sad in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sá?t/

Noun

s?d m inan

1. fruit

Inflection

Further reading

• “sad”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Wakhi

Etymology

Compare Tajik ??? (sad).

Numeral

sad

1. hundred