Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse , from Proto-Germanic *sēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sáa (third person singular past indicative sáddi, third person plural past indicative sáddu, supine sátt) or
sáa (third person singular past indicative sáaði, third person plural past indicative sáaðu, supine sáað)

  1. to sow

Conjugation

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Conjugation of sáa (group v-27)
infinitive sáa
supine sátt
participle (a18)1 sáandi sáddur
present past
first singular sái sáddi
second singular sáar sáddi
third singular sáar sáddi
plural sáa sáddu
imperative
singular sáa!
plural sáið!
1Only the past participle being declined.
Conjugation of sáa (group v-30)
infinitive sáa
supine sáað
participle (a6)1 sáandi sáaður
present past
first singular sái sáaði
second singular sáar sáaði
third singular sáar sáaði
plural sáa sáaðu
imperative
singular sáa!
plural sáið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Suabo

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Noun

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sáa

  1. water

References

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  • A Short Grammar of Inanwatan, an Endangered Language of the Bird's Head of Papua, Indonesia (2004)