# sak
## Chuj
### Adjective

sak
* white

## Czech
### Noun

sak
* genitive plural of sako

## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sɛaːʰk]

### Noun

sak f (genitive singular sakar, plural sakir)
* (law) action, proceedings
* thing, matter

#### Derived terms

* sakførari (“lawyer”)
* sakin (“phat, boss”)

### See also

* søk

## Gothic
### Romanization

sak
* Romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌺

## Haitian Creole
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sak/

### Noun

sak
* hollow

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsak]
* Hyphenation: sak

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch zak, from Middle Dutch sac, from Old Dutch sac, from Proto-Germanic *sakkuz, from Latin saccus. Doublet of saku.

#### Noun

sak (plural sak-sak)
* pocket
    Synonyms: kantong, saku
* sack
    Synonym: karung

##### Alternative forms

* zak

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

sak (plural sak-sak)
* Alternative spelling of syak

#### Adjective

sak
* Alternative spelling of syak

### Further reading

* “sak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Jingpho
### Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ဆက် (hcak).

### Verb

sak
* to offer
* to empty someone's brain. to make someone stupid

### References

* Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎, volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

## Malecite-Passamaquoddy
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsak/, [ˈzaɡ˧˦]

### Noun

sak anim
* Alternative form of 'sak (“lobster”)

#### Declension
### References

* Passamaquoddy-Maliseet language portal
* LeSourd, Philip S. (1993) Accent and Syllable Structure in Passamaquoddy, New York: Garland Publishing

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* sac, sacche, sacke, sakke, seck, sek, sekk, sekke
* zech (Kent)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old English sacc, sæcc, from Proto-West Germanic *sakku, from Proto-Germanic *sakkuz, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos), from a Semitic language.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sak/, /sɛk/

### Noun

sak (plural sakkes)
* A sack (large coarse bag):
** A wallet or moneybag.
** A sack (unit of measure)
* A bag-shaped organ.
* (by extension) Cloth used for sacks; sackcloth.
* (figuratively) The body; the human form.

#### Descendants

* English: sack
** → Japanese: サック (sakku)
* Scots: seck

### References

* “sak, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Northern Kurdish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian ձագ (jag).

### Noun

sak m
* buffalo baby

### References

* Jaba, Auguste, Justi, Ferdinand (1879) Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 100
* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ձագ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Derived from Old Norse sǫk.

### Noun

sak f or m (definite singular saka or saken, indefinite plural saker, definite plural sakene)
* a legal dispute, litigation
* a case
    Hun har en sterk sak.She has a strong case.
* a matter, that which matters
    Det er en enkel sak.It is a simple matter.
* a cause
    Det er en god sak.It is a good cause.
* affair, business
    Dette er ikke din sak.This is not your business.
* thing
    Vi snakker om samme sak.We are talking about the same thing.

#### Derived terms

* grønnsak
* rettssak
* saklig
* smakssak
* straffesak
* trykksak
* utenrikssaker
* verdisak

### References

* “sak” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “sak” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Derived from Old Norse sǫk, akin to English sake.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɑːk/

### Noun

sak f (definite singular saka, indefinite plural saker, definite plural sakene)
* a cause
    Det går til ei god sak.
       It is for a worthy cause.
* a (legal) case
    Dette er ei sak for politiet.This is a case for the police.
* a thing
    Ho hadde med seg alle sakene sine.She brought all her things.
* an issue, item on an agenda
    Neste sak gjeld den nye vegen.
       The next item on the agenda, is the new road
* (journalism) story
    Eg jobbar med ei sak om statsministerenI am working on a story about the prime minister.

#### Derived terms

* rettssak
* smakssak
* straffesak
* trykksak
* verdisak

### References

* “sak” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Swedish
### Etymology

Derived from Old Norse sǫk, from Proto-Germanic *sakō. Cognate with Faroese søk, Norwegian Bokmål sak, Norwegian Nynorsk sak Swedish sak, Danish sag, English sake, Dutch zaak, German Low German Saak, Sook, and German Sache.

### Noun

sak f
* (law) legal case, action
* fault

#### Descendants

* Swedish: sak

## Pali
### Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit शक् (śak).

### Root

sak (Pali name saka)
* to be able

#### Derived terms

* sakkati
* sakkoti
* sakkuṇoti
* sakka
* satta
* sakk
* sakkā

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French sac, from Old French sac, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos), from Semitic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsak/
* (Masovia):
** (Far Masovian) IPA: /ˈsak/
* (Lesser Poland):
** (Kielce) IPA: /ˈsak/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ak
* Syllabification: sak
* Homophone: Sak

### Noun

sak m inan (related adjective sakowy)
* (fishing) fyke net
* (hunting) birdtrap
* (dated) travel sack

#### Declension
### Further reading

* sak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* sak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Stanisław Ciszewski (1909) “sak”, in “Przyczynek do słownika gwary mazowieckiej”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 7, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 209
* Jan Łoś (1886) “sak”, in “Gwara opoczyńska. Studium dialektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (1), volume 11, page 188

## Swedish
### Etymology

Derived from Old Norse sǫk, from Proto-Germanic *sakō. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål sak, Norwegian Nynorsk sak, Danish sag, Icelandic sök, English sake, Dutch zaak, German Low German Saak, Sook, German Sache. An unrelated word that also underwent the transformation in meaning from "legal matter" to "thing, item" is Latin causa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɑːk/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

sak c
* a thing (concrete or abstract – also of events, like in English)
    Synonym: (colloquial) grej
    En gaffel är en sak som man äter medA fork is a thing that you eat with
    Det ligger en massa saker på bänkenThere's a bunch of things lying on the bench
    Nisse berättade en sak för mig igårNisse told me something yesterday [told a thing to [for] me yesterday]
    Märkliga saker sker på slottetStrange things are happening at the castle
    Det kunde gått bättre, den saken är säkerIt could have gone better, that's for sure ["that thing is sure" – idiomatic]
    göra något för sakens skulldo something for its own sake ["do something for the thing's sake" – idiomatic]
* a thing, a matter, a business (at hand (to be dealt with))
    Kom in! Vad gäller saken?Come in! What brings you here? [What is the thing about?]
    Låt oss ta en sak i tagetLet's take one thing at a time
    Låt oss hålla oss till sakenLet's stick to the point [Let us keep ourselves to the thing [at hand]]
* a legal dispute, a matter
    ta saken till domstolbring the matter to court
    ta saken i egna händertake matters into one's own hands [take the matter in own hands]
    saken är utageradthe matter has been settled [is out-acted]
* thing (salient fact)
    Synonym: (colloquial) grej
    Saken är den att vi inte vet var han är[The] thing is [the thing is that [thing] that], we don't know where he is
* cause (interest (striven towards))
    kämpa för sin sakfight for one's cause
    göra gemensam sakmake common cause
    offra sig för sakensacrifice oneself for the cause
    Finlands sak är vårThe Finnish cause is ours [book title]

#### Derived terms

* grönsak
* huvudsak
* kvinnosak
* sakfråga
* sakförhållande
* sakförsäkring
* sakgranskning
* sakkunnig
* sakkunskap
* saklig
* saklös
* sakpolitik
* sakpolitisk
* sakprosa
* sakprövning
* sakregister
* sakrätt
* sakskada
* sakskäl
* saksökeri
* sakuppgift
* sakupplysning
* sakägare
* saköre
* värdesak

#### See also

* föremål
* grej
* grejsimojs
* grunka
* mackapär
* manick
* mojäng
* pryl
* ting
* tingest
* tjofräs

### References

* sak in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* sak in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* sak in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* sak in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

### Anagrams

* Ask, ask, ska

## Tojolabal
### Adjective

sak
* white

### References

* Carlos Lenkersdorf, Tojolabal para principiantes, lengua y cosmovision mayas en Chiapas (1994, México, CRT)

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

Derived from English shark.

### Noun

sak
* shark

## Torres Strait Creole
### Etymology

Derived from English shark.

### Noun

sak
* shark

## Tzeltal
### Adjective

sak
* white

## Tzotzil
### Adjective

sak
* white

## Yucatec Maya
### Adjective

sak
* white