сах
Yakut edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Turkic *čiāk (“time; precisely, exactly”) — see Kazakh шақ (şaq, “time”), Kyrgyz чак (cak), for more cognates — making this word a false cognate with Russian час (čas, “time, hour”), itself the source of Yakut чаас (caas, “hour”).
Noun edit
сах • (saq)
Etymology 2 edit
Related with Turkish yakmak (see there for more cognates).
Verb edit
сах • (saq)
- to strike (fire)
- (by extension, as саҕан + a verb) to do something persistently
Etymology 3 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Interjection edit
сах • (saq)
- (vulgar) damn, dammit (see the below, and compare the old-fashioned English expression "the devil take (him/her/it)")
Noun edit
сах • (saq)