sát

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sat" and Sát

Czech

Alternative forms

• sáti, ssát, ssáti (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech ssáti, from Proto-Slavic *sъsati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsaːt]

Verb

sát impf

1. to suck (to pull liquid or solid substance)

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive	sát, sáti	Active adjective	sající
Verbal noun	—	Passive adjective	—

Present forms	indicative		imperative
	singular	plural	singular	plural
1st person	saji	sajeme	—	sajme
2nd person	saješ	sajete	saj	sajte
3rd person	saje	sají	—	—

The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive sát.

Participles	Past participles		Passive participles
	singular	plural	singular	plural
masculine animate	sál	sáli	sát, sán	sáti, sáni
masculine inanimate		sály		sáty, sány
feminine	sála		sáta, sána
neuter	sálo	sála	sáto, sáno	sáta, sána

Transgressives	present	past
masculine singular	saje	—
feminine + neuter singular	sajíc	—
plural	sajíce	—

Derived terms

• nasát
• odsát
• přisát
• sání n
• vsát
• vysát

 

Participle

sát

1. masculine singular passive participle of sát

   Synonym: sán

Further reading

• “sáti”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “sáti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “sát”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [saːt̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂaːk̚˦˧˥] ~ [saːk̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʂaːk̚˦˥] ~ [saːk̚˦˥]
• Homophone: Sát

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 殺.

Verb

sát

1. (in certain expressions) to kill

   sát cá ― to have a knack for fishing

   sát gái ― to be a lady-killer

Derived terms

• ám sát
• hung sát
• mưu sát
• sát nhân
• sát phạt
• tàn sát
• truy sát

 

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 擦. Doublet of xát.

Adjective

sát

1. very close to, almost right next to

   cúi sát

   to stoop very low toward something, especially a piece of writing

   Sao lại cúi sát vậy? Muốn bị cận à?

   Why are you stooping so low? Do you want to be near-sighted or something?

Derived terms

• bò sát - reptile
• Bò sát - Reptilia
• ma sát (摩擦) - friction
• san sát (擦) - very close to (san is reduplicative)
• sát sàn sạt (擦) (sàn sạt is reduplicative)
• sát sạt (擦) - very close to (sạt is reduplicative)

 

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 察. Doublet of soát and xét.

Verb

sát

1. (only in compounds) to examine

Derived terms

• cảnh sát (警察) - the police
• giám sát (監察) - to supervise; check; oversee
• kiểm sát viên (檢察員) - public prosecutor
• quan sát (觀察) - to observe; observation
• Sát Hợp Đài (察合台) - Chagatai (phonetic transcription)
• trinh sát (偵察) - to scout