sách

See also: sach, Sach, and šach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish sáithech, sáthach (“satisfied, filled, content, of good cheer, flourishing”), from sáith (“sufficiency, as much as one requires, fill (of food); customary meal, appetite”).

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /sˠɑːx/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠæːx/

Adjective

sách (predicative only)

full, sated, satisfied

Derived terms

mórshách (“having a large appetite”, adjective)

Adverb

sách

sufficiently, enough

Noun

sách m (genitive singular sáigh, nominative plural sáigh)

well-fed person
Proverb:
Ní thuigeann an sách an seang ― It is ill speaking between a full man and a fasting.

Declension

Declension of sách

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sách	sáigh
Vocative	a sháigh	a shácha
Genitive	sáigh	sách
Dative	sách	sáigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an sách	na sáigh
Genitive	an tsáigh	na sách
Dative	leis an sách don sách	leis na sáigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sách	shách after an, tsách	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"sách" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“sáithech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 冊.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sajk̟̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʂat̚˦˧˥]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʂat̚˦˥] ~ [sat̚˦˥]

Noun

(classifier cuốn, quyển) sách

book

Derived terms

tủ sách
hiệu sách; nhà sách (“bookstore”)
giá sách; kệ sách (“bookshelf”)
sách giáo khoa (“textbook”)

Related terms

(story): chuyện
thư

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