say

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      English

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      Etymology 1

      From Middle English seyen, seggen, from Old English secġan (“to say, speak”), from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną (“to say”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-, *sekʷe-, *skʷē- (“to tell, talk”). Cognate with West Frisian sizze (“to say”), Dutch zeggen (“to say”), German sagen (“to say”), Swedish säga (“to say”).

      Verb

      say (third-person singular simple present says, present participle saying, simple past and past participle said)

      1. (transitive) To pronounce.
        Please say your name slowly and clearly.
      2. (transitive) To recite.
        Martha, will you say the Pledge of Allegiance?
      3. To communicate, either verbally or in writing.
        He said he would be here tomorrow.
      4. To indicate in a written form.
        The sign says it’s 50 kilometres to Paris.
      5. (impersonal) to have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
        They say "when in Rome, do as the Romans do", which means "behave as those around you do."
        • 1815, George Gordon Byron, The Hebrew Melodies/They say that Hope is happiness:
          They say that Hope is happiness; But genuine Love must prize the past.
        • 1819, Great Britain Court of Chancery, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, page 8:
          It is said, a bargain cannot be set aside upon inadequacy only.
        • 1841, Christopher Marshall, The Knickerbocker (New-York Monthly Magazine), page 379:
          It’s said that fifteen wagon loads of ready-made clothes for the Virginia troops came to, and stay in, town to-night.
      6. (informal, imperative) Let's say; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
        • 1984, Martin Amis, Money: a suicide note‎
        A holiday somewhere warm – Florida, say – would be nice.
        Say he refuses. What do we do then?
        • I've followed Selina down the strip, when we're shopping, say, and she strolls on ahead, wearing sawn-off jeans and a wash-withered T-shirt...
      7. (intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
        • Shakespeare
          You have said; but whether wisely or no, let the forest judge.
        • Milton
          To this argument we shall soon have said; for what concerns it us to hear a husband divulge his household privacies?
      Synonyms
      Derived terms
      terms derived from say (verb)
      Translations
      to pronounce
      to recite
      to communicate verbally or in writing
      to indicate in a written form
      to have a common expression
      imperative: let's say
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      Interjection

      say

      1. (informal) Used to gain one's attention before making an inquiry or suggestion; hey
        Say, what did you think about the movie?

      Noun

      say (plural says)

      1. One's stated opinion or input into a discussion.
        • 2004, Richard Rogers, Information politics on the Web
          Above all, however, we would like to think that there is more to be decided, after the engines and after the humans have had their says.

      Etymology 2

      From Middle French saie, from Latin saga, plural of sagum (“military cloak”).

      Noun

      say (uncountable)

      1. A type of fine cloth similar to serge.
        • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.iv:
          All in a kirtle of discolourd say / He clothed was [...].

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      Noun

      say

      1. shallow place, island

      Declension

          declension of say
      nominative say
      genitive saynıñ
      dative sayğa
      accusative saynı
      locative sayda
      ablative saydan

      References

      • Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]
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      Adjective

      say

      1. drunk, inebriated
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