сах
Yakut
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *čiāk (“time; precisely, exactly”) — see Kazakh шақ (şaq, “time”), Kyrgyz чак (çak), for more cognates — making this word a false cognate with Russian час (čas, “time, hour”), itself the source of Yakut чаас (çaas, “hour”)..
Noun
сах • (sax)
- time
- бу сахха ― bu saxxa ― at this time
- хайа сахтан? ― xaya saxtan? ― since when?
- күөх сах ― küöx sax ― midsummer
- See synonyms at кэм (kem).
Etymology 2
Related with Turkish yakmak (see there for more cognates).
Verb
сах • (sax)
- to strike (fire)
- (by extension, as саҕан + a verb) to do something persistently
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Interjection
сах • (sax)
- (vulgar) damn, dammit (see the below, and compare the old-fashioned English expression "the devil take (him/her/it)")
Noun
сах • (sax)
- devil