saga
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old Norse saga (“epic tale, story”), from Proto-Germanic *sagōn (“saying, story”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷe-, *skʷē- (“to tell, talk”). Cognate with Old English sagu (“story, tale, statement”), Old High German saga (“an assertion, narrative, sermon, pronouncement”), Icelandic saga (“story, tale, history”). More at saw, say.
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saga (plural sagas)
- An Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends
- Something with the qualities of such a saga; an epic, a long story.
- 2011 October 1, David Ornstein, “Blackburn 0 - 4 Man City”, 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.
- 2011 October 1, David Ornstein, “Blackburn 0 - 4 Man City”, BBC Sport:
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[edit] Crimean Tatar
[edit] Noun
saga
- saga
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| nominative | saga |
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| genitive | saganıñ |
| dative | sagağa |
| accusative | saganı |
| locative | sagada |
| ablative | sagadan |
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- Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]
[edit] Fijian
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From Proto-Oceanic *sanga.
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saga
[edit] Finnish
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saga
- Alternative spelling of saaga.
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Declension of saga (type kala)
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Old Norse segja (“to say”)
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saga f. (plural sagas)
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[edit] Icelandic
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[edit] Etymology 1
From the Old Norse saga from Proto-Germanic *sagōn. 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] Noun
saga f. (genitive singular sögu, plural sögur)
- a story
- Segðu mér sögu.
- Tell me a story.
- Segðu mér sögu.
- a history
- Saga Japans er mjög áhugaverð.
- The history of Japan is very interesting.
- Saga Japans er mjög áhugaverð.
- a saga
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[edit] Etymology 2
From sög (“saw”).
[edit] Verb
saga weak verb (third person singular past indicative sagaði, supine sagað)
- to saw
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| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að saga | ||||
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| supine (sagnbót) |
sagað | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
sagandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) |
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| present (nútíð) |
ég saga | við sögum | present (nútíð) |
ég sagi | við sögum |
| þú sagar | þið sagið | þú sagir | þið sagið | ||
| hann, hún, það sagar | þeir, þær, þau saga | hann, hún, það sagi | þeir, þær, þau sagi | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég sagaði | við söguðum | past (þátíð) |
ég sagaði | við söguðum |
| þú sagaðir | þið söguðuð | þú sagaðir | þið söguðuð | ||
| hann, hún, það sagaði | þeir, þær, þau söguðu | hann, hún, það sagaði | þeir, þær, þau söguðu | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
saga (þú) | sagið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| sagaðu | sagiði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að sagast | ||||
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| supine (sagnbót) |
sagast | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
sagandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses |
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| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) |
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| present (nútíð) |
ég sagast | við sögumst | present (nútíð) |
ég sagist | við sögumst |
| þú sagast | þið sagist | þú sagist | þið sagist | ||
| hann, hún, það sagast | þeir, þær, þau sagast | hann, hún, það sagist | þeir, þær, þau sagist | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég sagaðist | við söguðumst | past (þátíð) |
ég sagaðist | við söguðumst |
| þú sagaðist | þið söguðust | þú sagaðist | þið söguðust | ||
| hann, hún, það sagaðist | þeir, þær, þau söguðust | hann, hún, það sagaðist | þeir, þær, þau söguðust | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
sagast (þú) | sagist (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| sagastu | sagisti * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
| strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
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| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
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| nominative (nefnifall) |
sagaður | söguð | sagað | sagaðir | sagaðar | söguð | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
sagaðan | sagaða | sagað | sagaða | sagaðar | söguð | |
| dative (þágufall) |
söguðum | sagaðri | söguðu | söguðum | söguðum | söguðum | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
sagaðs | sagaðrar | sagaðs | sagaðra | sagaðra | sagaðra | |
| weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
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| nominative (nefnifall) |
sagaði | sagaða | sagaða | söguðu | söguðu | söguðu | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
sagaða | söguðu | sagaða | söguðu | söguðu | söguðu | |
| dative (þágufall) |
sagaða | söguðu | sagaða | söguðu | söguðu | söguðu | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
sagaða | söguðu | sagaða | söguðu | söguðu | söguðu | |
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[edit] Italian
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saga f. (plural saghe)
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[edit] Latin
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sāga (genitive sāgae); f, first declension
- a female sage, fortune-teller
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| Number | Singular | Plural |
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| nominative | sāga | sāgae |
| genitive | sāgae | sāgārum |
| dative | sāgae | sāgīs |
| accusative | sāgam | sāgās |
| ablative | sāgā | sāgīs |
| vocative | sāga | sāgae |
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saga
[edit] Lithuanian
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saga
[edit] Old English
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈsɑɣɑ/
[edit] Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *sagô (“saw, scythe”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek-, *sēik- (“to cut”). Cognate with Middle Dutch sage (Dutch zaag), Old High German saga, Old Norse sǫg (Icelandic sög).
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[edit] Noun
saga m. (nominative plural sagan)
- saw (tool)
[edit] Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *sagō, *sagōn (“saying, story”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷe-, *skʷē- (“to tell, talk”). More at saw.
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saga m.
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saga
- imperative form of secgan
[edit] Old High German
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Proto-Germanic *sagō. Cognate with Old English sagu, Old Norse and Icelandic saga.
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saga f.
[edit] Serbo-Croatian
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- IPA: /sâːɡa/
- Hyphenation: sa‧ga
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sȃga f. (Cyrillic spelling са̑га)
[edit] Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | saga | sage |
| genitive | sage | saga |
| dative | sagi | sagama |
| accusative | sagu | sage |
| vocative | sago | sage |
| locative | sagi | sagama |
| instrumental | sagom | sagama |
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saga f. (plural sagas)
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Old Norse
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audio (file)
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saga c.
- fairy tale
- epic, long story
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[edit] Turkish
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈsɑɡɑ]
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saga (definite accusative sagayı, plural sagalar)
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- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English nouns
- Crimean Tatar nouns
- Fijian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Fijian nouns
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- Finnish nouns
- Finnish alternative forms
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- French terms derived from Old Norse
- French nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French countable nouns
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic feminine nouns
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic weak verbs
- Icelandic verbs
- Italian nouns
- Latin nouns
- Latin noun forms
- Lithuanian nouns
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English nouns
- Old English n-stem nouns
- Old English verbs
- Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old High German nouns
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns
- Spanish nouns
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish nouns
- Turkish nouns