såg

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sag"

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

såg

1. past tense of sjå

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soːɡ/

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• Rhymes: -oːɡ

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish sagh, saagh (Late Old Swedish), from Old Norse sǫg, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Noun

såg c

1. saw; a tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal
2. sawmill

Declension

Declension of såg
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	såg	sågen	sågar	sågarna
Genitive	sågs	sågens	sågars	sågarnas

Related terms

• bandsåg
• cirkelsåg
• fogsvans
• motorsåg
• såga
• sågning
• sågtand
• sågtandad

 

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish sā, from *sah. The final -g was added to sā under influence of the Old Swedish plural form sāgho. See se.

Verb

såg

1. past indicative of se

Further reading

• såg in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• gås