saga

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

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse saga (“epic tale, story”), from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ (“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.

Pronunciation[edit]

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”, 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.

Translations[edit]

Old Norse Icelandic prose
long epic story

Anagrams[edit]

Balinese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saga.

Noun[edit]

saga

  1. jequirity (Abrus precatorius)

Crimean Tatar[edit]

Noun[edit]

saga

  1. saga

Declension[edit]

    declension of saga
nominative saga
genitive saganıñ
dative sagağa
accusative saganı
locative sagada
ablative sagadan

References[edit]

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

Fijian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Oceanic *sanga.

Noun[edit]

saga

  1. (anatomy) thigh

Finnish[edit]

Noun[edit]

saga

  1. Alternative spelling of saaga.

Declension[edit]

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.   

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Old Norse segja (“to say”)

Noun[edit]

saga f (plural sagas)

  1. saga

Anagrams[edit]

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”), dialectal Swedish sagu. Perhaps related to Lithuanian pasaka.

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

Noun[edit]

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
Declension[edit]
declension of saga
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
Derived terms[edit]
terms derived from saga (“a story”)
terms derived from saga (“a history”)

Etymology 2[edit]

From sög (“saw”).

Verb[edit]

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

  1. to saw
Conjugation[edit]
saga — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að saga
supine
(sagnbót)		 sagað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 sagandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
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.
sagast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að sagast
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
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
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.
sagaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)		 singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)		 masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)
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)
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

Anagrams[edit]

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

saga

  1. jequirity (Abrus precatorius)

Italian[edit]

Noun[edit]

saga f (plural saghe)

  1. saga

Anagrams[edit]

Javanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Javanese, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saga.

Noun[edit]

saga

  1. jequirity (Abrus precatorius)

Latin[edit]

Noun[edit]

sāga (genitive sāgae); f, first declension

  1. a female sage, fortune-teller

Inflection[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

saga

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

Lithuanian[edit]

Noun[edit]

saga

  1. button

Malay[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

saga

  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

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

Old English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /ˈsɑɡɑ/, [ˈsɑɣɑ]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

saga m

  1. saying; statement
  2. story, tale; narrative
Declension[edit]
    Declension of saga (weak)
Singular Plural
nominative saga sagan
accusative sagan sagan
genitive sagan sagena
dative sagan sagum
Related terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

saga

  1. imperative form of secgan

Old High German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

saga f

  1. story

Old Javanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saga.

Noun[edit]

saga

  1. jequirity (Abrus precatorius)

Old Saxon[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Old English sagu, Frisian sege, Old High German saga (German Sage), Old Norse saga.

Noun[edit]

saga f (plural saga)

  1. statement, discourse, report

Declension[edit]

Declension of saga
Singular Plural
nominative saga saga
accusative saga saga
genitive sagō sagonō
dative sagu sagum

Sasak[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saga.

Noun[edit]

saga

  1. jequirity (Abrus precatorius)

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

sȃga f (Cyrillic spelling са̑га)

  1. saga

Declension[edit]

    declension of saga
singular plural
nominative saga sage
genitive sage saga
dative sagi sagama
accusative sagu sage
vocative sago sage
locative sagi sagama
instrumental sagom sagama

Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

saga f (plural sagas)

  1. saga

Sundanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saga.

Noun[edit]

saga

  1. jequirity (Abrus precatorius)

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Old Norse

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

saga c

  1. fairy tale
  2. epic, long story

Declension[edit]

Declension of saga
singular plural
common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative saga sagan sagor sagorna
genitive sagas sagans sagors sagornas

Turkish[edit]

Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: [ˈsɑɡɑ]

Noun[edit]

saga (definite accusative sagayı, plural sagalar)

  1. Old Norse (Icelandic) saga

Declension[edit]

declension of saga
singular (tekil) plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın) saga sagalar
definite accusative (belirtme) sagayı sagaları
dative (yönelme) sagaya sagalara
locative (bulunma) sagada sagalarda
ablative (çıkma) sagadan sagalardan
genitive (tamlayan) saganın sagaların
possessive forms of saga
nominative singular plural
benim (my) sagam sagalarım
senin (your) sagan sagaların
onun (his/her/its) sagası sagaları
bizim (our) sagamız sagalarımız
sizin (your) saganız sagalarınız
onların (their) sagaları sagaları
accusative singular plural
benim (my) sagamı sagalarımı
senin (your) saganı sagalarını
onun (his/her/its) sagasını sagalarını
bizim (our) sagamızı sagalarımızı
sizin (your) saganızı sagalarınızı
onların (their) sagalarını sagalarını
dative singular plural
benim (my) sagama sagalarıma
senin (your) sagana sagalarına
onun (his/her/its) sagasına sagalarına
bizim (our) sagamıza sagalarımıza
sizin (your) saganıza sagalarınıza
onların (their) sagalarına sagalarına
locative singular plural
benim (in/at/on my) sagamda sagalarımda
senin (in/at/on your) saganda sagalarında
onun (in/at/on his/her/its) sagasında sagalarında
bizim (in/at/on our) sagamızda sagalarımızda
sizin (in/at/on your) saganızda sagalarınızda
onların (in/at/on their) sagalarında sagalarında
ablative singular plural
benim (from my) sagamdan sagalarımdan
senin (from your) sagandan sagalarından
onun (from his/her/its) sagasından sagalarından
bizim (from our) sagamızdan sagalarımızdan
sizin (from your) saganızdan sagalarınızdan
onların (from their) sagalarından sagalarından
genitive singular plural
benim (of my) sagamın sagalarımın
senin (of your) saganın sagalarının
onun (of his/her/its) sagasının sagalarının
bizim (of our) sagamızın sagalarımızın
sizin (of your) saganızın sagalarınızın
onların (of their) sagalarının sagalarının
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