sap
English Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Middle English sap, from Old English sæp (“juice, sap”), from Proto-West Germanic *sap (“sap, juice”) (compare Dutch sap, German Saft, Icelandic safi), from Proto-Indo-European *sab-, *sap- (“to taste”) (compare Welsh syb-wydd (“fir”), Latin sapa (“must, new wine”), Russian со́пли (sópli, “snivel”), Old Armenian համ (ham, “taste”), Avestan 𐬬𐬌-𐬱𐬁𐬞𐬀 (vi-šāpa, “having poisonous juices”), Sanskrit सबर् (sabar, “juice, nectar”)). More at sage.
The longstanding practice of sapping trees influenced the sense evolution of the military term as trench warfare receded from public conscience.
Noun Edit
sap (countable and uncountable, plural saps)
- (uncountable) The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.
- (uncountable) The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree.
- Any juice.
- (figurative) Vitality.
- (slang, countable) A naive person; a simpleton.
- Synonyms: milksop, saphead
- Look at the sap mowing our lawn while we pretend our own lawnmower is broken.
- 1997, “Don't Look Down”, in Curtains, performed by Tindersticks:
- She said I'm such a sap, I'm such a jerk / Can't I ever forget the way that we are / Spend all your time with your eyes on the ground / Looking for the stars
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Verb Edit
sap (third-person singular simple present saps, present participle sapping, simple past and past participle sapped)
- (transitive) To drain, suck or absorb from (tree, etc.).
- (transitive, figurative) To exhaust the vitality of.
Etymology 2 Edit
Probably from sapling.
Noun Edit
sap (plural saps)
- (countable, US, slang) A short wooden club; a leather-covered hand weapon; a blackjack.
- 1944, William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman, The Big Sleep (screenplay)
- I risk my whole future, the hatred of the cops and Eddie Mars' gang. I dodge bullets and eat saps.
- 1944, William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman, The Big Sleep (screenplay)
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Verb Edit
sap (third-person singular simple present saps, present participle sapping, simple past and past participle sapped)
- (transitive, slang) To strike with a sap (with a blackjack).
- 1944, William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman, The Big Sleep (screenplay)
- [A]s he passes the mouth of a narrow alley two men step out quickly. One of them saps Marlowe expertly — they drag him out of sight.
- 1964, Raymond Chandler, Killer in the Rain:
- And when he had me up there he would sap me again and I wouldn't remember anything that happened in between the two sappings.
- 1944, William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, Jules Furthman, The Big Sleep (screenplay)
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Etymology 3 Edit
From French saper (compare Spanish zapar and Italian zappare) from sape (“sort of scythe”), from Late Latin sappa (“sort of mattock”).
Noun Edit
sap (plural saps)
- (military) A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc.
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sap (third-person singular simple present saps, present participle sapping, simple past and past participle sapped)
- (transitive) To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of.
- 1717, John Dryden [et al.], “(please specify |book=I to XV)”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- Nor safe their dwellings were, for sapped by floods, / Their houses fell upon their household gods.
- (transitive, military) To pierce with saps.
- (transitive) To make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken.
- 1850, Alfred Tennyson, Ring, Out, Wild Bells:
- Ring out the grief that saps the mind […]
- (transitive) To gradually weaken.
- to sap one’s conscience
- he saps my energy
- (intransitive) To proceed by mining, or by secretly undermining; to execute saps.
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Aromanian Edit
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Etymology Edit
From Vulgar Latin *sappō, from Latin sappa. Compare Romanian săpa, sap, French saper, Italian zappare, Sicilian zappari, Spanish zapar, Friulian sapâ, Venetian sapar, Latin sappa.
Verb Edit
sap (past participle sãpatã)
- I dig (with a pick)
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See also Edit
Azerbaijani Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Proto-Turkic *sạp-.
Noun Edit
sap (definite accusative sapı, plural saplar)
Declension Edit
Declension of sap | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | sap |
saplar | ||||||
definite accusative | sapı |
sapları | ||||||
dative | sapa |
saplara | ||||||
locative | sapda |
saplarda | ||||||
ablative | sapdan |
saplardan | ||||||
definite genitive | sapın |
sapların |
Etymology 2 Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun Edit
sap (definite accusative sapı, plural saplar)
Declension Edit
Declension of sap | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | sap |
saplar | ||||||
definite accusative | sapı |
sapları | ||||||
dative | sapa |
saplara | ||||||
locative | sapda |
saplarda | ||||||
ablative | sapdan |
saplardan | ||||||
definite genitive | sapın |
sapların |
Further reading Edit
- “sap” in Obastan.com.
Catalan Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms Edit
- sab (obsolete)
Verb Edit
sap
- third-person singular present indicative form of saber
Etymology 2 Edit
Back-formation from cepell.
Noun Edit
sap m (plural saps)
- common heather
- Synonyms: bruguerola, bronsa
Further reading Edit
- “sap” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch Edit
Etymology Edit
From Middle Dutch sap, from Old Dutch *sap, from Proto-West Germanic *sap.[1]
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
sap n (plural sappen, diminutive sapje n)
- juice
- Hyponyms: aalbessensap, appelsap, citroensap, druivensap, sinaasappelsap, vruchtensap
- sap (fluid in plants)
Derived terms Edit
Descendants Edit
References Edit
- ^ J. de Vries & F. de Tollenaere, "Etymologisch Woordenboek", Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, Utrecht, 1986 (14de druk)
Anagrams Edit
Kholosi Edit
Etymology Edit
Noun Edit
sap ?
References Edit
- Eric Anonby; Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014), “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx[2], pages 13-36
Middle English Edit
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Etymology Edit
From Old English sæp, from Proto-West Germanic *sap, from Proto-Indo-European *sep-.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
sap (uncountable)
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Descendants Edit
References Edit
- “sā̆p(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Polish Edit
Pronunciation Edit
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sap
Romani Edit
Etymology Edit
From Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀧𑁆𑀧 (sappa), from Sanskrit सर्प (sarpá, “snake”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sarpás. Cognate with Punjabi ਸੱਪ (sappa, “snake”).
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
sap m (plural sapa)
- snake
- Kana sas anθ-o veś, jekh sap dandardǎs man.
- While I was in the woods, a snake bit me.
References Edit
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “sap”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 766
- Yaron Matras (2002), “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction[3], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 40
- Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “sap, ~a”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス ロマ(ジプシー)語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 154
Romanian Edit
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sap
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sap
Turkish Edit
Etymology Edit
From Ottoman Turkish صاپ (sap, “handle; stalk; hair”), from Proto-Turkic *sạp (“handle”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (sap).
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
sap
- (slang) not having a significant other
Noun Edit
sap (definite accusative sapı, plural saplar)
Declension Edit
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | sap | |
Definite accusative | sapı | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | sap | saplar |
Definite accusative | sapı | sapları |
Dative | sapa | saplara |
Locative | sapta | saplarda |
Ablative | saptan | saplardan |
Genitive | sapın | sapların |
Veps Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Finnic *sappi.
Noun Edit
sap
Declension Edit
Inflection of sap (inflection type 2/kodi) | |||
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nominative sing. | sap | ||
genitive sing. | sapin | ||
partitive sing. | sapid | ||
partitive plur. | sapid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | sap | sapid | |
accusative | sapin | sapid | |
genitive | sapin | sapiden | |
partitive | sapid | sapid | |
essive-instructive | sapin | sapin | |
translative | sapikš | sapikš | |
inessive | sapiš | sapiš | |
elative | sapišpäi | sapišpäi | |
illative | sapihe | sapihe | |
adessive | sapil | sapil | |
ablative | sapilpäi | sapilpäi | |
allative | sapile | sapile | |
abessive | sapita | sapita | |
comitative | sapinke | sapidenke | |
prolative | sapidme | sapidme | |
approximative I | sapinno | sapidenno | |
approximative II | sapinnoks | sapidennoks | |
egressive | sapinnopäi | sapidennopäi | |
terminative I | sapihesai | sapihesai | |
terminative II | sapilesai | sapilesai | |
terminative III | sapissai | — | |
additive I | sapihepäi | sapihepäi | |
additive II | sapilepäi | sapilepäi |
Volapük Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Latin sapiō (“I am wise”).
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
sap
Zhuang Edit
Pronunciation Edit
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /θaːp˧˥/
- Tone numbers: sap7
- Hyphenation: sap
Etymology 1 Edit
From Proto-Tai *saːpᴰ (“cockroach”). Cognate with Thai สาบ (sàap), Lao ສາບ (sāp), Shan သၢပ်ႇ (sàap), Bouyei saabt.
Noun Edit
sap (Sawndip form 𫊷, 1957–1982 spelling sap)
Etymology 2 Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb Edit
sap (1957–1982 spelling sap)