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sakna

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Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: sak‧na

Verb

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sakna

  1. to broach; to begin discussion about something
  2. to challenge

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse sakna.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sakna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative saknaði, supine saknað)

  1. to miss, to long for [with genitive]
  2. to miss, to lack, to be without [with genitive]

Conjugation

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sakna – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur sakna
supine sagnbót saknað
present participle
saknandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég sakna saknaði sakni saknaði
þú saknar saknaðir saknir saknaðir
hann, hún, það saknar saknaði sakni saknaði
plural við söknum söknuðum söknum söknuðum
þið saknið söknuðuð saknið söknuðuð
þeir, þær, þau sakna söknuðu sakni söknuðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú sakna (þú), saknaðu
plural þið saknið (þið), sakniði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse sakna.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sakna (present tense saknar, past tense sakna, past participle sakna, passive infinitive saknast, present participle saknande, imperative sakna/sakn)

  1. to miss, lack
    Denne soga saknar like.
    This story lacks a parallel.
  2. to be missing
    Tre turistar er sakna i fjellet.
    Three tourists have gone missing in the mountains.
  3. to miss, have a longing for something
    Eg saknar familien min.
    I miss my family.

References

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From saka (to blame, scathe). Compare Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 (sakan, to dispute, quarrel).

Verb

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sakna (singular past indicative saknaða, plural past indicative sǫknuðu, past participle saknaðr)

  1. to miss, feel the loss of [with genitive]
    þá saknar hann hringsins
    Then he misses his ring

Conjugation

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Conjugation of sakna — active (weak class 2)
infinitive sakna
present participle saknandi
past participle saknaðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular sakna saknaða sakna saknaða
2nd person singular saknar saknaðir saknir saknaðir
3rd person singular saknar saknaði sakni saknaði
1st person plural sǫknum sǫknuðum saknim saknaðim
2nd person plural saknið sǫknuðuð saknið saknaðið
3rd person plural sakna sǫknuðu sakni saknaði
imperative present
2nd person singular sakna
1st person plural sǫknum
2nd person plural saknið
Conjugation of sakna — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive saknask
present participle saknandisk
past participle saknazk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular sǫknumk sǫknuðumk sǫknumk sǫknuðumk
2nd person singular saknask saknaðisk saknisk saknaðisk
3rd person singular saknask saknaðisk saknisk saknaðisk
1st person plural sǫknumsk sǫknuðumsk saknimsk saknaðimsk
2nd person plural saknizk sǫknuðuzk saknizk saknaðizk
3rd person plural saknask sǫknuðusk saknisk saknaðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular saknask
1st person plural sǫknumsk
2nd person plural saknizk

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: sakna
  • Faroese: sakna
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sakna
    • Norwegian Bokmål: sakne
  • Old Swedish: sakna
  • Old Danish: saghnæ, saknæ

Further reading

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  • Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “sakna”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 509
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sakna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse sakna.

Verb

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sakna

  1. (transitive, with genitive) to miss, feel the loss of

Conjugation

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Descendants

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish sakna, from Old Norse sakna (miss).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sɑːkna/
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Verb

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sakna (present saknar, preterite saknade, supine saknat, imperative sakna)

  1. to miss, to lack, to want, to be without
    Jag saknar dig.
    I miss you.
    Cykeln saknar ett hjul.
    The bicycle lacks a wheel.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of sakna (weak)
active passive
infinitive sakna saknas
supine saknat saknats
imperative sakna
imper. plural1 saknen
present past present past
indicative saknar saknade saknas saknades
ind. plural1 sakna saknade saknas saknades
subjunctive2 sakne saknade saknes saknades
present participle saknande
past participle saknad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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