saga

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See also Saga, säga, såga, sàga, and saĝa

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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)

  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”, 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.

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saga

  1. saga

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

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From Proto-Oceanic *sanga.

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saga

  1. (anatomy) thigh

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saga

  1. Alternative spelling of saaga.

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Old Norse segja (to say)

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saga f. (plural sagas)

  1. saga

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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).

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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
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From sög (saw).

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

  1. to saw
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saga f. (plural saghe)

  1. saga

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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

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saga

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

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saga

  1. button

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  • IPA: /ˈsɑɣɑ/

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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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saga m. (nominative plural sagan)

  1. saw (tool)

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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.

  1. saying; statement
  2. story, tale; narrative
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saga

  1. imperative form of secgan

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Proto-Germanic *sagō. Cognate with Old English sagu, Old Norse and Icelandic saga.

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saga f.

  1. story

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  • IPA: /sâːɡa/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ga

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sȃga f. (Cyrillic spelling са̑га)

  1. saga

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saga f. (plural sagas)

  1. saga

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Old Norse

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saga c.

  1. fairy tale
  2. epic, long story

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Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:

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  • IPA: [ˈsɑɡɑ]

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saga (definite accusative sagayı, plural sagalar)

  1. Old Norse (Icelandic) saga

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