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sah

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sah"

Translingual

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Symbol

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sah

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Yakut.

English

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Noun

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sah

  1. Pronunciation spelling of sir.
    • 1878, Henry James, An International Episode‎[1]:
      The door was opened by a long Negro in a white jacket, who grinned familiarly when Lord Lambeth asked for Mr. Westgate.
      “He ain’t at home, sah; he’s downtown at his o’fice.”

Usage notes

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  • Usually to suggest the speech of African-American slaves.

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See also

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Dogrib

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Noun

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sah

  1. bear (mammal)

French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Maghrebi Arabic صَحّ (ṣaḥḥ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sah/, /saʁ/, /saχ/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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sah (invariable)

  1. (slang) serious
    «T’es sah? Le mec nous insulte et tu dis rien?»
    "Are you serious? The dude insults us and you don't say anything?"

Interjection

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sah

  1. (slang) seriously

Derived terms

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German

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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sah

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of sehen

Gothic

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Romanization

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sah

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌷

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish شاه (şâh, “ruler, shah”), from Persian شاه (šâh, “king”). Doublet of sakk.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sah (plural sahok)

  1. shah

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative sah sahok
accusative sahot sahokat
dative sahnak sahoknak
instrumental sahhal sahokkal
causal-final sahért sahokért
translative sahhá sahokká
terminative sahig sahokig
essive-formal sahként sahokként
essive-modal — —
inessive sahban sahokban
superessive sahon sahokon
adessive sahnál sahoknál
illative sahba sahokba
sublative sahra sahokra
allative sahhoz sahokhoz
elative sahból sahokból
delative sahról sahokról
ablative sahtól sahoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		sahé sahoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		sahéi sahokéi
Possessive forms of sah
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. sahom sahjaim
2nd person sing. sahod sahjaid
3rd person sing. sahja sahjai
1st person plural sahunk sahjaink
2nd person plural sahotok sahjaitok
3rd person plural sahjuk sahjaik

Further reading

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  • sah in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsah]
  • Hyphenation: sah

Etymology 1

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From Malay sah, from Arabic صَحَّ (ṣaḥḥa).

Adjective

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sah

  1. correct, true.
    Synonym: benar
  2. real
    Synonyms: asli, autentik
  3. genuine, authentic, authoritative.
    Synonyms: asli, autentik

Verb

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sah (active mengesahkan, passive disahkan)

  1. to be done correctly
  2. to be (officially) recognized/accepted.
    Synonym: berlaku
    Antonym: batal

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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Noun

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sah (first-person possessive sahku, second-person possessive sahmu, third-person possessive sahnya)

  1. Alternative form of syah (“shah”)

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Malay

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Etymology

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Clipping of Arabic صحة

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Adjective

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sah (Jawi spelling صح)

  1. valid; legitimate; lawful
    • 2019, Tan Sri Shamsuddin Abdul Kadir, Anak Seorang Drebar, Malaysian Institute of Translation & Books, →ISBN, page 294:
      Tanpa lesen yang sah, Pemasang Motor Motor Pahang tidak dapat beroperasi
      Without a valid licence, Motor Pahang Motorcycle Installers could not operate

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: sah

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South Slavey

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Cognates include Navajo shash and Dogrib sah.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sà(h)]
  • Hyphenation: sah

Noun

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sah (stem -za-)

  1. bear

Inflection

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Possessive inflection of sah (-zaá)
singular plural
1st person sezaá naxezaá
2nd person nezaá
3rd person 1) — gizaá
2) mezaá gozaá
4th person yezaá
reflexive sp. ɂedezaá kedezaá
unsp. dezaá
reciprocal — ɂełezaá
indefinite ɂezaá
areal gozaá
1) Used when the subject is a group of human beings and the object is singular.
2) Used when the previous condition does not apply.

Derived terms

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References

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  • Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 24

Spanish

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Noun

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sah m (plural sah)

  1. shah (king of Persia)

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