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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

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativesacsaci
Genitivesaculuisacilor
Accusativesacsaci
Vocativesaculesacilor

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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