sax
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English sax, sex, from Old English seax (“a knife, hip-knife, an instrument for cutting, a short sword, dirk, dagger”), from Proto-West Germanic *sahs, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“stone chip, knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Doublet of seax and zax.
Noun edit
sax (plural saxes)
- A slate-cutter’s hammer; slate-ax.
- (obsolete) A knife or sword; a dagger about 50 cm (20 inches) in length.
Related terms edit
Verb edit
sax (third-person singular simple present saxes, present participle saxing, simple past and past participle saxed)
Etymology 2 edit
Clipping of saxophone. Distantly related to etymology 1 above, because the “Sax” surname is a cognate.
Noun edit
sax (plural saxes)
- Clipping of saxophone.
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
sax (third-person singular simple present saxes, present participle saxing, simple past and past participle saxed)
- To play the saxophone
Anagrams edit
Aleut edit
Noun edit
sax
- bird skin coat
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“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 edit
sax c (plural saxen, diminutive saxje n)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from English sax or less probably a native formation from saxofoon.
Noun edit
sax m (plural saxen, diminutive saxje n)
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Old Norse sax. Doublet of saksa, Saksa, sakset, saksi (“claw”), saksi (“Saxon”), Saksi, and seax.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sax
- (historical) seax (a type of sword)
- Synonyms: seax, viikinkimiekka
Declension edit
Inflection of sax (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | sax | saxit | ||
genitive | saxin | saxien | ||
partitive | saxia | saxeja | ||
illative | saxiin | saxeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | sax | saxit | ||
accusative | nom. | sax | saxit | |
gen. | saxin | |||
genitive | saxin | saxien | ||
partitive | saxia | saxeja | ||
inessive | saxissa | saxeissa | ||
elative | saxista | saxeista | ||
illative | saxiin | saxeihin | ||
adessive | saxilla | saxeilla | ||
ablative | saxilta | saxeilta | ||
allative | saxille | saxeille | ||
essive | saxina | saxeina | ||
translative | saxiksi | saxeiksi | ||
abessive | saxitta | saxeitta | ||
instructive | — | saxein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English seax, from Proto-West Germanic *sahs, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sax (plural saxes)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “sax, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-24.
Northern Kurdish edit
Adjective edit
sax
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *sahsą (“dagger, knife”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).
Noun edit
sax n (genitive sax, plural sǫx)
- a one-edged sword, a backsword
- (plural only) shears
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- saxar m pl (“Saxons”)
Descendants edit
References edit
“sax”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Scots edit
← 5 | 6 | 7 → |
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Cardinal: sax Ordinal: saxt |
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English sex, byform of six.
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
sax
References edit
- “sax, num. adj.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 21 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
- “sex, num. and n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 21 May 2024, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.
- “six, num. adj., n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 21 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse sǫx (plural of sax), from Proto-Germanic *sahsą, from Proto-Indo-European *sek-.
Pronunciation edit
audio: (file)
Noun edit
sax c
Declension edit
Declension of sax | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | sax | saxen | saxar | saxarna |
Genitive | sax | saxens | saxars | saxarnas |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Clipping of saxofon, attested since 1934.
Pronunciation edit
audio: (file)
Noun edit
sax c
- short of saxofon
Declension edit
Declension of sax | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | sax | saxen | saxar | saxarna |
Genitive | sax | saxens | saxars | saxarnas |
Related terms edit
References edit
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