sayad

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Etymology

Borrowed from Kapampangan sayad (“run aground like a boat”), from Proto-Philippine *saʀyad (“to drag as a boat scraping bottom”). Compare Ilocano sagayad / sagirad / saringgayad, Pangasinan sagar, Bikol Central sagyad, Aklanon sagyad, Cebuano sangyad, Hiligaynon sangyad, and Western Bukidnon Manobo sagyad. Doublet of sagyat and sanggayad.

Pronunciation

Noun

sayad (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜌᜇ᜔)

  1. part of something that touches the surface of another
  2. (by extension) bottom of a skirt, sled, or slip that drags
    Synonyms: sagayad, kola
  3. running aground, as of a boat or ship
    Synonym: sadsad
  4. (figurative) brokeness; pennilessness
  5. (figurative) mental retardation

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Adjective

sayád or sayad (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜌᜇ᜔)

  1. with the bottom (or side, or top) touching or being dragged along a surface
    Synonyms: lapat, nakalapat, diit, nakadiit, dait, nakadait
  2. aground
    Synonym: nakasadsad
  3. (figurative) broke; penniless
    Synonyms: walang-wala, bangkarote

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