sjá

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See also: sjå and sją̊

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse séa, sjá, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (to see, notice).

Pronunciation

Verb

sjá (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative , third-person plural past indicative sáu, supine séð)

  1. to see, to sense or perceive with one's eyes
    Sérðu illa?Nei, ég mjög vel.
    Have you got bad eyesight? — No, I see very well.
  2. to see, to perceive, to spotTemplate:jump
  3. to see, to understandTemplate:jump
    Þú hlýtur að sjá hvað þetta er asnaleg hugmynd!
    You must see what a stupid idea this is!

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms


Old Norse

Etymology 1

From the same ultimate origin as and þat. Related to Old English se. Cognate with Old English þes, Old High German dese, English this and German diese.

Pronoun

sjá (neuter þetta)

  1. (demonstrative) this, that (referring to both persons and things)
Declension


Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *sehwaną (to see) (for cognates see there). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (to see, notice).

Alternative forms

Verb

sjá

  1. to see
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Icelandic: sjá
  • Faroese: síggja, sjá
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: sjå
    • Norwegian Bokmål: se
  • Old Swedish: sēa, sīa
  • Old Danish:
    • Danish: se
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  • Elfdalian: sją̊
  • Jamtish: sjá
  • Gutnish: seie
  • Scanian:

References

  • sjá in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sjá

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of vera

References