-사

See also: 사

Korean

Etymology 1

From Old Korean 沙 (*-sa). Preserves the lost sibilant initial, cf. Middle Korean ᅀᅡ〮 (Yale: -zá).

Pronunciation
  • (Busan) IPA(key): [sʰa~sa]

Particle

사 • (-sa)

  1. Gyeongsang, Hamgyong, Yukjin, and Jeolla dialect form of 야 (-ya, idiomatic emphatic particle).
    • 1982 August 8, 고상락, “통두란과 이성계”, in 한국구비문학대계‎, 전라북도 옥구군 대야면 (현 군산시 대야면):
      점드락 기달르고 있었는디 인자사 늦게 왔냐?
      Jeomdeurak gidalleugo iss-eon-neundi injasa neutge wan-nya?
      I've been waiting here all day long but now you come late?

Etymology 2

From Middle Korean 샤〮 (Yale: sy-á).

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sa
McCune–Reischauer?sa
Yale Romanization?sa

Suffix

사 • (-sa)

  1. Post-vocalic and liquid allomorphic form of 으사 (-eusa).
    夫(부)子(자)ㅣ 溫(온)良(량)恭(공)儉(검)讓(양)하사 […]
    Bujae ollyanggonggyeomyang-hasa […]
    For the Master was humane, upright, courteous, temperate, and complaisant […]
    (from a traditional cantillation of the Analects)

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean suffixes; see the main entries.

Suffix

사 • (-sa)

  1. See the entry at 사(社) (sa, “company”).
  2. See the entry at 사(史) (sa, “history”).
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