saga

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 Crimean Tatar 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Declension 2.2 References 3 Fijian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 4 Finnish 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Declension 5 French 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Noun 5.3 Anagrams 6 Icelandic 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Pronunciation 6.3 Noun 6.3.1 Declension 6.3.2 Derived terms 6.4 Anagrams 7 Italian 7.1 Noun 8 Latin 8.1 Noun 8.1.1 Inflection 8.2 Noun 9 Lithuanian 9.1 Noun 10 Old English 10.1 Etymology 10.2 Pronunciation 10.3 Noun 11 Old High German 11.1 Etymology 11.2 Noun 12 Serbo-Croatian 12.1 Pronunciation 12.2 Noun 12.2.1 Declension 13 Spanish 13.1 Noun 14 Swedish 14.1 Etymology 14.2 Pronunciation 14.3 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse saga. Cognate with English saw.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɑ:gə/

  Rhymes: -ɑːɡə

[edit] Noun

saga (plural sagas)

1. An Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends
2. Something with the qualities of such a saga; an epic, a long story.

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• Alphagram: aags
• agas, Agas, ägas
• saag

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[edit] Crimean Tatar

[edit] Noun

saga

1. saga

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[edit] References

• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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[edit] Fijian

[edit] Etymology

Common Oceanian *sanga

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saga

1. thigh

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[edit] Finnish

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saga

1. Alternative spelling of saaga.

[edit] Declension

Declension of saga (type kala) singular plural nominative saga sagat genitive sagan sagojen sagain1 partitive sagaa sagoja accusative saga sagan sagat inessive sagassa sagoissa elative sagasta sagoista illative sagaan sagoihin adessive sagalla sagoilla ablative sagalta sagoilta allative sagalle sagoille essive sagana sagoina translative sagaksi sagoiksi instructive – sagoin abessive sagatta sagoitta comitative – sagoineen 1) Rare.

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Old Norse segja (“‘to say’”)

[edit] Noun

saga f. (plural sagas)

1. saga

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• Alphagram: aags
• agas

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[edit] Icelandic

Wikipedia ^is

[edit] Etymology

From the Old Norse saga from Proto-Germanic *sago. Cognate with Old English sagu (English saw); Old Frisian sege; Old High German saga (German Sage), Old Danish saghæ, Old Swedish sagha, Faroese søga, New Norse soge, Jutlandic save (“‘a narrative, a narration, a tale, a report’”), in Swedish dialect sagu. Perhaps related to Lithuanian pasaka.

Compare with segja (“‘to say, to tell’”) and sögn (“‘a story’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsaːɣa/

  Rhymes: -aːɣa

[edit] Noun

saga f. (genitive singular sögu, plural sögur)

1. a story

   Segðu mér sögu.

   Tell me a story.

2. a history

   Saga Japans er mjög áhugaverð.

   The history of Japan is very interesting.

3. a saga

[edit] Declension

f-w1	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	saga	sagan	sögur	sögurnar
Accusative	sögu	söguna	sögur	sögurnar
Dative	sögu	sögunni	sögum	sögunum
Genitive	sögu	sögunnar	sagna	sagnanna

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• ganga eins og í sögu
• úr sögunni
• koma til sögunnar
• bera vel söguna
• sjón er sögu ríkari
• saga að segja frá

[edit] Anagrams

• gasa

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[edit] Italian

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saga f. (plural saghe)

1. saga

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[edit] Latin

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sāga (genitive sāgae); f, first declension

1. a female sage, fortune-teller

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Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	sāga	sāgae
genitive	sāgae	sāgārum
dative	sāgae	sāgīs
accusative	sāgam	sāgās
ablative	sāgā	sāgīs
vocative	sāga	sāgae

[edit] Noun

saga

1. nominative plural of sagum
2. accusative plural of sagum
3. vocative plural of sagum

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[edit] Lithuanian

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saga

1. button

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Germanic. Cognate with Middle Dutch sage (Dutch zaag), Old High German saga, Old Norse sǫg (Icelandic sög).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɑɣɑ/

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saga m. (plural sagan)

1. saw (tool)

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[edit] Old High German

[edit] Etymology

Proto-Germanic *sago. Cognate with Old English sagu, Old Norse saga.

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saga f

1. story

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

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• IPA: /sâːga/
• Hyphenation: sa‧ga

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sȃga f. (Cyrillic spelling са̑га)

1. saga

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[edit] Spanish

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saga f. (plural sagas)

1. saga

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[edit] Swedish

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Old Norse

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Inflection for saga	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	saga	sagan	sagor	sagorna
Possessive form	sagas	sagans	sagors	sagornas

saga c.

1. fairy tale
2. epic, long story