sadza

See also: sadzą and sądzą

English

Etymology

From Shona sadza.

Noun

sadza (uncountable)

1. (Zimbabwe) Synonym of nshima (“maize porridge”)
   • 2007 February 16, “Zimbabwe’s Slide (1 Letter)”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Locals would speak sorrowfully about the state of affairs, often while nursing their sole plate of sadza (maize porridge) for the day.

See also

• sadza on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Dazas

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.d͡za/

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• Rhymes: -ad͡za
• Syllabification: sa‧dza

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *saďa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sṓdjāˀ.

Noun

sadza f

1. soot

   Synonym: kopeć

Declension

Declension of sadza

	singular	plural
nominative	sadza	sadze
genitive	sadzy	sadzy
dative	sadzy	sadzom
accusative	sadzę	sadze
instrumental	sadzą	sadzami
locative	sadzy	sadzach
vocative	sadzo	sadze

Derived terms

adjective

• sadzowy

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sadza

1. third-person singular present of sadzać

Further reading

• sadza in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• sadza in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Shona

Noun

sadza class 5

1. sadza, nshima (maize porridge, a staple in Shona cuisine)

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *saďa, cognate with Russian са́жа (sáža), Bulgarian сажди (saždi), Chakavian Serbo-Croatian sađa and saže, Slovene saje. Non-Slavic cognates include Old Norse sót (“soot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsad͡za]

Noun

sadza f

1. soot

Declension

Declension of sadza

	singular	plural
nominative	sadza	sadze
genitive	sadze	sadzí
dative	sadzi	sadziam
accusative	sadzu	sadze
locative	sadzi	sadziach
instrumental	sadzou	sadzami

Derived terms

• sadzový
• sadzička

Further reading

• “sadza”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024