sagnar

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan sagnar, from Latin sanguināre, a verb based on sanguis (“blood”). First attested in 1309 Compare Occitan sagnar, French saigner, Spanish sangrar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səŋˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [saŋˈnaɾ]

Verb

sagnar (first-person singular present sagno, first-person singular preterite sagní, past participle sagnat)

1. to bleed

Related terms

• sang

Further reading

• “sagnar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sagnar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sagnar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.