שַׂק m.n. 1 sack, bag. 2 sackcloth. [Related to JAram.–Syr. סַקָּא, Egypt.–Aram. שקקן (pl.), Ethiop. shaqq, Akka. shaqqu (= sack). Egypt. saq (= waistband), Coptic sok, Gk. sakkos, (whence L. saccus, which was borrowed by most European languages), are of Heb. origin. See ‘sack’ in my CEDEL.] Derivatives: שַׂקַּיִם, שַׂקִּיק, שַׂקִּית, שַׂקְנַאי.