saga

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse saga (epic tale, story), from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ (saying, story), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (to say).

Cognate with Old English sagu (story, tale, statement), Old High German saga (an assertion, narrative, sermon, pronouncement), Icelandic saga (story, tale, history), German Sage (saga, legend, myth). More at say; Doublet of saw.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑːɡə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːɡə

Noun[edit]

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.
    • 2011 October 1, David Ornstein, “Blackburn 0-4 Man City”, in BBC Sport:
      Manchester City put the Carlos Tevez saga behind them with a classy victory at Blackburn that keeps them level on points with leaders Manchester United.
    • 2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:
      According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin saga, plural of sagum.

Noun[edit]

saga

  1. plural of sagum

Anagrams[edit]

Afar[edit]

Saga.

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Cushitic *ʃaac-. Cognates include Iraqw slee, Oromo sa'a, Sidamo saa, Somali sác and Saho saga.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /saˈɡa/, [sʌˈɡʌ]
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ga

Noun[edit]

sagá f (masculine sagáytu, plural láa m)

  1. cow

Declension[edit]

Declension of sagá
absolutive sagá
predicative sagá
subjective sagá
genitive sagá
Postpositioned forms
l-case sagál
k-case sagák
t-case sagát
h-case sagáh

References[edit]

  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “saga”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Balinese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

saga

  1. Romanization of ᬲᬕ

Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Old Norse saga, maybe through English saga.

Noun[edit]

saga f (plural sagues)

  1. saga
  2. (video games) series

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic سَاقَة (sāqa).

Noun[edit]

saga f (plural sagues)

  1. back, behind, rear
Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Crimean Tatar[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse saga.

Noun[edit]

saga (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. saga

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From sag (saw).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Verb[edit]

saga (third person singular past indicative sagaði, third person plural past indicative sagaðu, supine sagað)

  1. to saw

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of saga (group v-30)
infinitive saga
supine sagað
participle (a6)1 sagandi sagaður
present past
first singular sagi sagaði
second singular sagar sagaði
third singular sagar sagaði
plural saga sagaðu
imperative
singular saga!
plural sagið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Fijian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Central Pacific *saŋa, variant of *caŋa, from Proto-Oceanic *saŋa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋa.

Noun[edit]

saga

  1. (anatomy) thigh

Finnish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑ(ː)ɡɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝(ː)ɡɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑɡɑ
  • Syllabification(key): sa‧ga

Noun[edit]

saga

  1. Alternative spelling of saaga

Declension[edit]

Inflection of saga (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative saga sagat
genitive sagan sagojen
partitive sagaa sagoja
illative sagaan sagoihin
singular plural
nominative saga sagat
accusative nom. saga sagat
gen. sagan
genitive sagan sagojen
sagainrare
partitive sagaa sagoja
inessive sagassa sagoissa
elative sagasta sagoista
illative sagaan sagoihin
adessive sagalla sagoilla
ablative sagalta sagoilta
allative sagalle sagoille
essive sagana sagoina
translative sagaksi sagoiksi
abessive sagatta sagoitta
instructive sagoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of saga (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sagani sagani
accusative nom. sagani sagani
gen. sagani
genitive sagani sagojeni
sagainirare
partitive sagaani sagojani
inessive sagassani sagoissani
elative sagastani sagoistani
illative sagaani sagoihini
adessive sagallani sagoillani
ablative sagaltani sagoiltani
allative sagalleni sagoilleni
essive saganani sagoinani
translative sagakseni sagoikseni
abessive sagattani sagoittani
instructive
comitative sagoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sagasi sagasi
accusative nom. sagasi sagasi
gen. sagasi
genitive sagasi sagojesi
sagaisirare
partitive sagaasi sagojasi
inessive sagassasi sagoissasi
elative sagastasi sagoistasi
illative sagaasi sagoihisi
adessive sagallasi sagoillasi
ablative sagaltasi sagoiltasi
allative sagallesi sagoillesi
essive saganasi sagoinasi
translative sagaksesi sagoiksesi
abessive sagattasi sagoittasi
instructive
comitative sagoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sagamme sagamme
accusative nom. sagamme sagamme
gen. sagamme
genitive sagamme sagojemme
sagaimmerare
partitive sagaamme sagojamme
inessive sagassamme sagoissamme
elative sagastamme sagoistamme
illative sagaamme sagoihimme
adessive sagallamme sagoillamme
ablative sagaltamme sagoiltamme
allative sagallemme sagoillemme
essive saganamme sagoinamme
translative sagaksemme sagoiksemme
abessive sagattamme sagoittamme
instructive
comitative sagoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative saganne saganne
accusative nom. saganne saganne
gen. saganne
genitive saganne sagojenne
sagainnerare
partitive sagaanne sagojanne
inessive sagassanne sagoissanne
elative sagastanne sagoistanne
illative sagaanne sagoihinne
adessive sagallanne sagoillanne
ablative sagaltanne sagoiltanne
allative sagallenne sagoillenne
essive sagananne sagoinanne
translative sagaksenne sagoiksenne
abessive sagattanne sagoittanne
instructive
comitative sagoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative sagansa sagansa
accusative nom. sagansa sagansa
gen. sagansa
genitive sagansa sagojensa
sagainsarare
partitive sagaansa sagojaan
sagojansa
inessive sagassaan
sagassansa
sagoissaan
sagoissansa
elative sagastaan
sagastansa
sagoistaan
sagoistansa
illative sagaansa sagoihinsa
adessive sagallaan
sagallansa
sagoillaan
sagoillansa
ablative sagaltaan
sagaltansa
sagoiltaan
sagoiltansa
allative sagalleen
sagallensa
sagoilleen
sagoillensa
essive saganaan
saganansa
sagoinaan
sagoinansa
translative sagakseen
sagaksensa
sagoikseen
sagoiksensa
abessive sagattaan
sagattansa
sagoittaan
sagoittansa
instructive
comitative sagoineen
sagoinensa

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse segja (to say).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

saga f (plural sagas)

  1. saga

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the Old Norse saga, from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ.

Noun[edit]

saga f (plural sagas)

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

Icelandic[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From the Old Norse saga, from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ.

Cognate with Old English sagu (English saw); Old Frisian sege; Old High German saga (German Sage); Old Danish saghæ, Old Swedish sagha, Faroese søga, Nynorsk soge, Jutlandic save (a narrative, a narration, a tale, a report), Swedish saga. Perhaps related to Lithuanian pasaka.

Compare with segja (to say, to tell) and sögn (a story).

Noun[edit]

saga f (genitive singular sögu, nominative 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
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From sög (saw).

Verb[edit]

saga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sagaði, supine sagað)

  1. to saw
Conjugation[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

saga

  1. indefinite genitive plural of sög

Anagrams[edit]

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay saga, from Proto-Malayic *saga, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saga.

Noun[edit]

saga (first-person possessive sagaku, second-person possessive sagamu, third-person possessive saganya)

  1. jequirity (Abrus precatorius)

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Hyphenation: sà‧ga

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse saga.

Noun[edit]

saga f (plural saghe)

  1. saga

Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin sāga.

Noun[edit]

saga f (plural saghe)

  1. (obsolete, literary) witch

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective[edit]

saga

  1. singular feminine of sago

Anagrams[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

saga

  1. Rōmaji transcription of さが

Javanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

saga

  1. Romanization of ꦱꦒ

Latin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Substantivisation of the female form of sāgus (soothsaying).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sāga f (genitive sāgae); first declension

  1. a female soothsayer, diviner, fortune-teller, prophetess, witch
Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sāga sāgae
Genitive sāgae sāgārum
Dative sāgae sāgīs
Accusative sāgam sāgās
Ablative sāgā sāgīs
Vocative sāga sāgae
Descendants[edit]
  • Italian: saga

Etymology 2[edit]

Adjective[edit]

sāga

  1. inflection of sāgus:
    1. singular feminine nominative/vocative
    2. plural neuter nominative/accusative/vocative

Adjective[edit]

sāgā

  1. singular feminine ablative of sāgus

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

saga n

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sagum

Etymology 4[edit]

From Old Norse saga.

Noun[edit]

saga f (genitive sagae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) saga
    • Saxonis Grammatici Historia danica. Recensuit et commentariis illustravit Dr. Petrus Erasmus Müller. Opus morte Mülleri interruptum absolvit Mag. Joannes Matthias Velschow, pars posterior, 1858, p. lxii:
      ... ratiocinari licet, Saxonem nullas scriptas sagas Islandicas ante oculos habuisse.
      ... it may be inferred that Saxo had not encountered any written Icelandic sagas.
Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative saga sagae
Genitive sagae sagārum
Dative sagae sagīs
Accusative sagam sagās
Ablative sagā sagīs
Vocative saga sagae

Lithuanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (sagà) IPA(key): [s̪ɐˈɡɐ]
  • (sãga) IPA(key): [ˈs̪ä̌ːɡɐ]

Etymology 1[edit]

Ablaut form of segti (to fasten, attach)

Noun[edit]

sagà f (plural sãgos) stress pattern 4 [1]

  1. button
    sagas įsiūti[1] - to sew buttons on
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse.

Noun[edit]

sagà f (plural sãgos) stress pattern 2 [1]

  1. saga
  2. (in broader sense) story, legend
Declension[edit]
Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 “saga” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.

Anagrams[edit]

Malay[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Malayic *saga, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saga.

Noun[edit]

saga (Jawi spelling ساݢ, plural saga-saga, informal 1st possessive sagaku, 2nd possessive sagamu, 3rd possessive saganya)

  1. jequirity (Abrus precatorius)

Etymology 2[edit]

From English saga, from Old Norse saga (epic tale, story), from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ (saying, story), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷe-, *skʷē- (to tell, talk).

Noun[edit]

saga (Jawi spelling ساݢ, plural saga-saga, informal 1st possessive sagaku, 2nd possessive sagamu, 3rd possessive saganya)

  1. saga (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
  2. saga (long epic story)

Further reading[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

saga m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of sag

Verb[edit]

saga

  1. inflection of sage:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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Learned borrowing from Old Norse saga, whence also the modern doublets soga, sogu and soge (all with -o- from the oblique sǫgu). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

saga f or m (definite singular sagaen or sagaa, indefinite plural sagaar or sagaer, definite plural sagaane or sagaene)

  1. a saga

Etymology 2[edit]

From sag (saw) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

saga (present tense sagar, past tense saga, past participle saga, passive infinitive sagast, present participle sagande, imperative saga/sag)

  1. to saw
Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

saga f

  1. definite singular of sag

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Old English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑ.ɡɑ/, [ˈsɑ.ɣɑ]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *sagu, from Proto-Germanic *sagô (saw, scythe), *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek-, *sēik- (to cut).

Cognate with Old Frisian sage (West Frisian seage), Old Saxon saga, Middle Dutch sage, saghe (Dutch zaag), Old High German [Term?] (saga) (German Säge), Old Norse sǫg (Icelandic sög, Danish sav, Swedish såg).

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

saga m (nominative plural sagan)

  1. saw (tool)
Descendants[edit]
  • Middle English: sawe

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *sagā, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, *sagǭ (saying, story), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷe-, *skʷē- (to tell, talk). More at saw.

Noun[edit]

saga m (nominative plural sagan)

  1. saying; statement
  2. story, tale; narrative
Declension[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

saga

  1. imperative of sagian

Old High German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *sagā, from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ. Cognate with Old English sagu, Old Norse saga.

Noun[edit]

saga f

  1. story

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle High German: sage
    • German: Sage
    • Luxembourgish: So

Old Javanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saga.

Noun[edit]

saga

  1. jequirity (Abrus precatorius)

Descendants[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *sagǭ. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (to say).

Noun[edit]

saga f (genitive sǫgu, plural sǫgur)

  1. story, history, legend, saga

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • saga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *sagā. Cognate with Old English sagu, Old Frisian sege, Old High German saga (German Sage), Old Norse saga.

Noun[edit]

saga f

  1. statement, discourse, report

Declension[edit]


Polish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Icelandic saga, from Old Norse saga, from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

saga f

  1. saga (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
  2. saga (long epic story)

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

adjective

Further reading[edit]

  • saga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old Norse saga.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Rhymes: -aɡɐ
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ga

Noun[edit]

saga f (plural sagas)

  1. saga (Old Norse prose narrative)
  2. (by extension) saga (long, epic story)

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French saga.

Noun[edit]

saga f (uncountable)

  1. saga

Declension[edit]

Sasak[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saga.

Noun[edit]

saga

  1. jequirity (Abrus precatorius)

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse saga.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /sâːɡa/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ga

Noun[edit]

sȃga f (Cyrillic spelling са̑га)

  1. saga

Declension[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse saga.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaɡa/ [ˈsa.ɣ̞a]
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Syllabification: sa‧ga

Noun[edit]

saga f (plural sagas)

  1. saga

Further reading[edit]

Sundanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saga.

Noun[edit]

saga

  1. jequirity (Abrus precatorius)

Swahili[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

-saga (infinitive kusaga)

  1. to grind, crush, mince
  2. to have sex (of lesbians)

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of -saga
Positive present -nasaga
Subjunctive -sage
Negative -sagi
Imperative singular saga
Infinitives
Positive kusaga
Negative kutosaga
Imperatives
Singular saga
Plural sageni
Tensed forms
Habitual husaga
Positive past positive subject concord + -lisaga
Negative past negative subject concord + -kusaga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasaga)
Singular Plural
1st person ninasaga/nasaga tunasaga
2nd person unasaga mnasaga
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasaga wanasaga
other classes positive subject concord + -nasaga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -sagi)
Singular Plural
1st person sisagi hatusagi
2nd person husagi hamsagi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasagi hawasagi
other classes negative subject concord + -sagi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasaga
Negative future negative subject concord + -tasaga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -sage)
Singular Plural
1st person nisage tusage
2nd person usage msage
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asage wasage
other classes positive subject concord + -sage
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisage
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesaga
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesaga
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisaga
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisaga
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asaga)
Singular Plural
1st person nasaga twasaga
2nd person wasaga mwasaga
3rd person m-wa(I/II) asaga wasaga
m-mi(III/IV) wasaga yasaga
ji-ma(V/VI) lasaga yasaga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasaga vyasaga
n(IX/X) yasaga zasaga
u(XI) wasaga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwasaga
pa(XVI) pasaga
mu(XVIII) mwasaga
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesaga
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshasaga
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasaga
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kisaga
"If not" positive subject concord + -siposaga
Consecutive kasaga / positive subject concord + -kasaga
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasage
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nisaga -tusaga
2nd person -kusaga -wasaga/-kusageni/-wasageni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msaga -wasaga
m-mi(III/IV) -usaga -isaga
ji-ma(V/VI) -lisaga -yasaga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisaga -visaga
n(IX/X) -isaga -zisaga
u(XI) -usaga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kusaga
pa(XVI) -pasaga
mu(XVIII) -musaga
Reflexive -jisaga
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -saga- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -sagaye -sagao
m-mi(III/IV) -sagao -sagayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -sagalo -sagayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -sagacho -sagavyo
n(IX/X) -sagayo -sagazo
u(XI) -sagao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -sagako
pa(XVI) -sagapo
mu(XVIII) -sagamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -saga)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yesaga -osaga
m-mi(III/IV) -osaga -yosaga
ji-ma(V/VI) -losaga -yosaga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosaga -vyosaga
n(IX/X) -yosaga -zosaga
u(XI) -osaga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kosaga
pa(XVI) -posaga
mu(XVIII) -mosaga
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish sagha, from Old Norse saga, from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ.

Cognate with Danish saghæ, Faroese søga, Norwegian Nynorsk soge, Faroese søga, Norwegian Nynorsk soge, Jutish save (a narrative, a narration, a tale, a report), Icelandic saga, English saw, German Sage. Perhaps related to Lithuanian pasaka.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

saga c

  1. fairy tale
    Jag brukar natta barnen genom att läsa sagor för dem.
    I usually put my kids to bed by reading fairy tales for them.
  2. epic, long story
    Sagan om ringenThe Lord of the Rings (literally, “The tale of the ring”)

Declension[edit]

Declension of saga 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative saga sagan sagor sagorna
Genitive sagas sagans sagors sagornas

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: sa‧ga
  • IPA(key): /ˈsaɡaʔ/, [ˈsa.ɣɐʔ]

Noun[edit]

sagà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜄ)

  1. rosary pea; Abrus precatorius (plant and seeds, of which is used to make rosary beads)
    Synonyms: bangati, kansasaga

Derived terms[edit]

Turkish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse saga.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

saga (definite accusative sagayı, plural sagalar)

  1. Old Norse (Icelandic) saga

Declension[edit]

Inflection
Nominative saga
Definite accusative sagayı
Singular Plural
Nominative saga sagalar
Definite accusative sagayı sagaları
Dative sagaya sagalara
Locative sagada sagalarda
Ablative sagadan sagalardan
Genitive saganın sagaların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular sagam sagalarım
2nd singular sagan sagaların
3rd singular sagası sagaları
1st plural sagamız sagalarımız
2nd plural saganız sagalarınız
3rd plural sagaları sagaları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular sagamı sagalarımı
2nd singular saganı sagalarını
3rd singular sagasını sagalarını
1st plural sagamızı sagalarımızı
2nd plural saganızı sagalarınızı
3rd plural sagalarını sagalarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular sagama sagalarıma
2nd singular sagana sagalarına
3rd singular sagasına sagalarına
1st plural sagamıza sagalarımıza
2nd plural saganıza sagalarınıza
3rd plural sagalarına sagalarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular sagamda sagalarımda
2nd singular saganda sagalarında
3rd singular sagasında sagalarında
1st plural sagamızda sagalarımızda
2nd plural saganızda sagalarınızda
3rd plural sagalarında sagalarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular sagamdan sagalarımdan
2nd singular sagandan sagalarından
3rd singular sagasından sagalarından
1st plural sagamızdan sagalarımızdan
2nd plural saganızdan sagalarınızdan
3rd plural sagalarından sagalarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular sagamın sagalarımın
2nd singular saganın sagalarının
3rd singular sagasının sagalarının
1st plural sagamızın sagalarımızın
2nd plural saganızın sagalarınızın
3rd plural sagalarının sagalarının

West Makian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

saga

  1. branch
  2. junction of paths

References[edit]

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[3], Pacific linguistics