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sac
sack /ˈsak/
noun#1750 most common
Also: bag, sackful
Example sentences
Am un sac de cartofi.
I have a sack of potatoes.
Pune merele în sac.
Put the apples in the sack.
Sacul de dormit este foarte cald.
The sleeping bag is very warm.
A cărat sacii de ciment până la camion.
He carried the cement sacks to the truck.
Fără reforme, bugetul statului rămâne un sac fără fund.
Without reforms, the state budget stays a bottomless pit.
În relația asta, el a devenit sacul ei de box, suportând toate frustrările.
In this relationship, he became her punching bag, absorbing all her frustrations.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sac | saci |
| Genitive | sacului | sacilor |
| Accusative | sac | saci |
| Vocative | sacule | sacilor |
Word family
săculețlittle bag, pouch
sacoșăbag, tote
însăcuito put into sacks, to bag up
sac de dormitsleeping bag
sac de boxpunching bag
Etymology
Romanian "sac" comes from Latin "saccus", a sack or bag. Latin borrowed the word from Greek "sakkos", which in turn traces to a Semitic source, likely Hebrew or Phoenician "saq". This makes "sac" an old Mediterranean trade word rather than a native Latin or Indo-European root.
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