sack

Etymology 1
From, from and ; both from , from late , borrowed from , from , from , possibly  or Hebrew.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. .

Černý and Forbes suggest the word was originally Egyptian, a nominal derivative of that also yielded 🇨🇬 and was borrowed into Greek perhaps by way of a Semitic intermediary. However, Vycichl and Hoch reject this idea, noting that such an originally Egyptian word would be expected to yield Hebrew rather than. Instead, they posit that the Coptic and Greek words are both borrowed from Semitic, with the Coptic word perhaps developing via 🇨🇬.


 * “Pillage” senses from the use of sacks in carrying off plunder. From, shortened from the phrase mettre à sac (“put it in a bag”), a military command to pillage; also parallel meaning with , from . From  , from . See also . American football “tackle” sense from this “plunder, conquer” root.
 * “Removal from employment” senses attested since 1825; the original formula was “to give (someone) the sack”, likely from the notion of a worker going off with his tools in a sack, or being given such a sack for his personal belongings as part of an expedient severance. Idiom exists earlier in (on luy a donné son sac, 17c.) and  . English verb in this sense recorded from 1841. Current verb, to sack (“to fire”) carries influence from the forceful nature of “plunder, tackle” verb senses.
 * Slang meaning “bunk, bed” is attested since 1825, originally nautical, likely in reference to sleeping bags. The verb meaning “go to bed” is recorded from 1946.
 * Slang meaning "scrotum" is an ellipsis of .

Noun

 * 1) A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.
 * 2) The amount a sack holds; also, an archaic or historical measure of varying capacity, depending on commodity type and according to local usage; an old English measure of weight, usually of wool, equal to 13 stone (182 pounds), or in other sources, 26 stone (364 pounds).
 * 3) * The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels. — McElrath.
 * 4)  The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.
 * 5)  Loot or booty obtained by pillage.
 * 6)  A successful tackle of the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage.
 * 7)  One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.
 * 8)  Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position.
 * 9)  Bed.
 * 10)  A kind of loose-fitting gown or dress with sleeves which hangs from the shoulders, such as a gown with a Watteau back or sack-back, fashionable in the late 17th to 18th century; or, formerly, a loose-fitting hip-length jacket, cloak or cape.
 * 11)  A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
 * 12)  The scrotum.
 * 13)  Any disposable bag.
 * 1)  Bed.
 * 2)  A kind of loose-fitting gown or dress with sleeves which hangs from the shoulders, such as a gown with a Watteau back or sack-back, fashionable in the late 17th to 18th century; or, formerly, a loose-fitting hip-length jacket, cloak or cape.
 * 3)  A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
 * 4)  The scrotum.
 * 5)  Any disposable bag.
 * 1)  A kind of loose-fitting gown or dress with sleeves which hangs from the shoulders, such as a gown with a Watteau back or sack-back, fashionable in the late 17th to 18th century; or, formerly, a loose-fitting hip-length jacket, cloak or cape.
 * 2)  A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
 * 3)  The scrotum.
 * 4)  Any disposable bag.
 * 1)  A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
 * 2)  The scrotum.
 * 3)  Any disposable bag.
 * 1)  A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
 * 2)  The scrotum.
 * 3)  Any disposable bag.
 * 1)  Any disposable bag.

Synonyms

 * the axe,, the boot, the chop, the elbow, one's cards, the old heave-ho
 * the axe,, the boot, the chop, the elbow, one's cards, the old heave-ho
 * the axe,, the boot, the chop, the elbow, one's cards, the old heave-ho

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: كيس
 * Armenian: ,
 * Aromanian: sac
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: тоҡ
 * Belarusian: мяшо́к
 * Bengali: ছালা
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᏕᎦᎵᏗ
 * Chinese:
 * Dungan: бозы
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto: sako
 * Estonian: kott
 * Faroese: sekkur
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: sac
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:, პარკი, ქისა
 * German:, Papiersack, ,
 * Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃, 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌺𐌿𐍃
 * Greek:, , ,
 * Ancient: θύλακος, σάκκος, σάκτας
 * Haitian Creole: sak
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi:, ,
 * Hiri Motu: puse
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:, , posi
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: қап
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz:, , мешок
 * Lao: ຖົງ
 * Latin: saccus, culeus, follis
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: maišas
 * Macedonian: вреќа
 * Malay: ,
 * Malayalam:
 * Mandinka: boto
 * Maori: pēke
 * Middle English: sak
 * Mingrelian: საკი
 * Mongolian:, ,
 * Motu: puse
 * Navajo: naaltsoos azis
 * Neapolitan: sacco
 * Ngazidja Comorian: djunia
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Nynorsk: sekk, pose
 * Occitan:
 * Ojibwe: mashkimod
 * Old Church Slavonic: врѣтище
 * Old English: codd
 * Old Norse: sekkr, posi
 * Ottoman Turkish: چوال
 * Persian:, ,
 * Plautdietsch: Sak
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romani: gono
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sardinian: sacu
 * Scottish Gaelic: poca, baga, màileid
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: вре̏ћа
 * Roman: vrȅća
 * Shor: қап
 * Slovak: vrece
 * Slovene:, bisaga
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: měch
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: халта, ҷувол
 * Talysh: کیسه
 * Thai:
 * Tocharian B: ṣorpor
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: çuwal, halta
 * Ukrainian: мішо́к
 * Urdu: بورا, بوری
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Yiddish: זאַק
 * Zazaki: çuwal, xalte


 * Bashkir: тоҡ
 * Danish: sækfuld, posefuld
 * Finnish: säkillinen
 * German: Sack voll, Sackvoll
 * Greek: ,
 * Ido: sakedo
 * Latvian:
 * Malayalam:
 * Middle English: sak
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: poca, baga, màileid
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: säckfull
 * Ukrainian: мішо́к


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ძარცვა
 * Greek:, ,
 * Ancient Greek: πόρθησις
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Italian: ,
 * Maori: taeatanga
 * Ottoman Turkish: صویغون, تاراج
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish:, udbytte
 * Finnish:, ryöstösaalis
 * French:
 * Georgian: ნაძარცვი
 * Greek:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Maori: parakete
 * Ottoman Turkish: تاراج
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:


 * German:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: afskedigelse, fyring
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: დათხოვნა,
 * Greek:
 * Italian: benservito
 * Maori: pana, pananga
 * Norwegian: sparken
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: pehkut
 * French: ,
 * Russian:


 * Finnish: ,
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,

Verb

 * 1) To put in a sack or sacks.
 * 2) To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
 * 3)  To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.
 * 4)  To tackle the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage, especially before he is able to throw a pass.
 * 5) * 1995, John Crumpacker and Gwen Knapp, "Sack-happy defensive line stuns Dolphins", SFGate.com, November 21,
 * On third down, the rejuvenated Rickey Jackson stormed in over All-Pro left tackle Richmond Webb to sack Marino yet again for a 2-yard loss.
 * 1)  To discharge from a job or position; to fire.
 * 2)  To give up on, to abandon, delay, to not think about someone or something.
 * 1)  To tackle the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage, especially before he is able to throw a pass.
 * 2) * 1995, John Crumpacker and Gwen Knapp, "Sack-happy defensive line stuns Dolphins", SFGate.com, November 21,
 * On third down, the rejuvenated Rickey Jackson stormed in over All-Pro left tackle Richmond Webb to sack Marino yet again for a 2-yard loss.
 * 1)  To discharge from a job or position; to fire.
 * 2)  To give up on, to abandon, delay, to not think about someone or something.
 * 1)  To discharge from a job or position; to fire.
 * 2)  To give up on, to abandon, delay, to not think about someone or something.
 * 1)  To give up on, to abandon, delay, to not think about someone or something.
 * 1)  To give up on, to abandon, delay, to not think about someone or something.
 * 1)  To give up on, to abandon, delay, to not think about someone or something.
 * 1)  To give up on, to abandon, delay, to not think about someone or something.
 * 1)  To give up on, to abandon, delay, to not think about someone or something.
 * 1)  To give up on, to abandon, delay, to not think about someone or something.
 * 1)  To give up on, to abandon, delay, to not think about someone or something.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Danish: plyndre,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:, ,
 * Ancient: πορθέω
 * Ido:
 * Ingrian: rööstää
 * Irish: creach
 * Italian:, , fare man bassa
 * Maori: romi, mūrei, pāhua, pāhuahua, tāoro
 * Norwegian:
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: fyre, afskedige, opsige
 * Dutch: de zak geven
 * Finnish: antaa potkut
 * French: ,
 * Galician: chimpar
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Maori: pana
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish:


 * Norwegian: ,
 * Swedish: ,

Etymology 2
From earlier  from  , from.

Noun

 * 1)  A variety of light-colored dry wine from Spain or the Canary Islands; also, any strong white wine from southern Europe; sherry.