Sars

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See also: SARS, sårs, and sars

English

Etymology 1

Noun

Sars (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) Acronym of severe acute respiratory syndrome; also SARS.
    • 2020 April 10, Stephen Buranyi, “The WHO v coronavirus: why it can't handle the pandemic”, in The Guardian‎:
      The WHO’s response to Sars was considered a huge success. Fewer than 1,000 people worldwide died of the disease, despite it reaching a total of 26 countries.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Sars

  1. plural of Sar

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia; a root noun from the Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to flow”).

View of the river
The Sar in Padrón, near its mouth

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sars f sg (genitive Sartis); third declension

  1. A river of Gallaecia, Hispania Tarraconensis, now the Sar

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Sars
genitive Sartis
dative Sartī
accusative Sartem
ablative Sarte
vocative Sars

Descendants

  • Old Galician-Portuguese: Sar m
    • Galician: Sar

References

  • Curchin, Leonard A. (2008). "The toponyms of the Roman Galicia: New Study", Cuadernos de Estudios Gallegos, LV (121), pages 109-136.
  • “Sars”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Sars in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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