Noun: sarcofaag
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
| Sg. | sarcofaag |
| Pl. | sarcofagen |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like sarcofaag
boekmaag,
ozonlaag,
nederlaag,
windvlaag,
aanvraag,
overwinningsnederlaag,
schraag,
grenslaag,
aardlaag,
strikvraag,
kiemlaag,
navraag,
meerkeuzevraag,
deelvraag,
verkiezingsnederlaag,
hinderlaag,
bontkraag,
schuimkraag,
woonlaag,
kwartslaag, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From French sarcophage, from Latin sarcophagus, from Ancient Greek σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos, “coffin of limestone”, noun), so named from a supposed property of consuming the flesh of corpses laid in it, from σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos, “flesh-eating, carnivorous”), from genitive σαρκός (sarkós) of σάρξ (sárx, “flesh, meat”) + -φάγος (-phágos) (from ἔφαγον (éphagon), past of φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”)). See: French Nouns '
sarcophage', Latin Nouns '
sarcophagus', Ancient Greek Nouns '
σαρκοφάγος'.
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