EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse saga (epic tale, story), from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ (saying, story), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (to say).

Cognate with Old English sagu (story, tale, statement), Old High German saga (an assertion, narrative, sermon, pronouncement), Icelandic saga (story, tale, history), German Sage (saga, legend, myth). More at say; Doublet of saw.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑːɡə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːɡə

NounEdit

saga (plural sagas)

  1. An Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends.
  2. Something with the qualities of such a saga; an epic, a long story.
    • 2011 October 1, David Ornstein, “Blackburn 0-4 Man City”, in BBC Sport:
      Manchester City put the Carlos Tevez saga behind them with a classy victory at Blackburn that keeps them level on points with leaders Manchester United.
    • 2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:
      According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.
TranslationsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin saga, plural of sagum.

NounEdit

saga

  1. plural of sagum

AnagramsEdit

AfarEdit

 
Saga.

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Cushitic *ʃaac-. Cognates include Iraqw slee, Oromo sa'a, Sidamo saa, Somali sác and Saho saga.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /saˈɡa/, [sʌˈɡʌ]
  • Hyphenation: saga

NounEdit

sagá f (masculine sagáytu, plural láa m)

  1. cow

DeclensionEdit

Declension of sagá
absolutive sagá
predicative sagá
subjective sagá
genitive sagá
Postpositioned forms
l-case sagál
k-case sagák
t-case sagát
h-case sagáh

ReferencesEdit

  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “saga”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

BalineseEdit

RomanizationEdit

saga

  1. Romanization of ᬲᬕ

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Old Norse saga, maybe through English saga.

NounEdit

saga f (plural sagues)

  1. saga
  2. (video games) series

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from Arabic سَاقَة(sāqa).

NounEdit

saga f (plural sagues)

  1. back, behind, rear
Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

Crimean TatarEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse saga.

NounEdit

saga

  1. saga

DeclensionEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

FaroeseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From sag (saw).

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

saga (third person singular past indicative sagaði, third person plural past indicative sagaðu, supine sagað)

  1. to saw

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of saga (group v-30)
infinitive saga
supine sagað
participle (a6)1 sagandi sagaður
present past
first singular sagi sagaði
second singular sagar sagaði
third singular sagar sagaði
plural saga sagaðu
imperative
singular saga!
plural sagið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

FijianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Central Pacific *saŋa, variant of *caŋa, from Proto-Oceanic *saŋa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋa.

NounEdit

saga

  1. (anatomy) thigh

FinnishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑ(ː)ɡɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝(ː)ɡɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑɡɑ
  • Syllabification(key): sa‧ga

NounEdit

saga

  1. Alternative spelling of saaga

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of saga (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative saga sagat
genitive sagan sagojen
partitive sagaa sagoja
illative sagaan sagoihin
singular plural
nominative saga sagat
accusative nom. saga sagat
gen. sagan
genitive sagan sagojen
sagainrare
partitive sagaa sagoja
inessive sagassa sagoissa
elative sagasta sagoista
illative sagaan sagoihin
adessive sagalla sagoilla
ablative sagalta sagoilta
allative sagalle sagoille
essive sagana sagoina
translative sagaksi sagoiksi
instructive sagoin
abessive sagatta sagoitta
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of saga (type kala)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sagani sagani
accusative nom. sagani sagani
gen. sagani
genitive sagani sagojeni
sagainirare
partitive sagaani sagojani
inessive sagassani sagoissani
elative sagastani sagoistani
illative sagaani sagoihini
adessive sagallani sagoillani
ablative sagaltani sagoiltani
allative sagalleni sagoilleni
essive saganani sagoinani
translative sagakseni sagoikseni
instructive
abessive sagattani sagoittani
comitative sagoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sagasi sagasi
accusative nom. sagasi sagasi
gen. sagasi
genitive sagasi sagojesi
sagaisirare
partitive sagaasi sagojasi
inessive sagassasi sagoissasi
elative sagastasi sagoistasi
illative sagaasi sagoihisi
adessive sagallasi sagoillasi
ablative sagaltasi sagoiltasi
allative sagallesi sagoillesi
essive saganasi sagoinasi
translative sagaksesi sagoiksesi
instructive
abessive sagattasi sagoittasi
comitative sagoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sagamme sagamme
accusative nom. sagamme sagamme
gen. sagamme
genitive sagamme sagojemme
sagaimmerare
partitive sagaamme sagojamme
inessive sagassamme sagoissamme
elative sagastamme sagoistamme
illative sagaamme sagoihimme
adessive sagallamme sagoillamme
ablative sagaltamme sagoiltamme
allative sagallemme sagoillemme
essive saganamme sagoinamme
translative sagaksemme sagoiksemme
instructive
abessive sagattamme sagoittamme
comitative sagoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative saganne saganne
accusative nom. saganne saganne
gen. saganne
genitive saganne sagojenne
sagainnerare
partitive sagaanne sagojanne
inessive sagassanne sagoissanne
elative sagastanne sagoistanne
illative sagaanne sagoihinne
adessive sagallanne sagoillanne
ablative sagaltanne sagoiltanne
allative sagallenne sagoillenne
essive sagananne sagoinanne
translative sagaksenne sagoiksenne
instructive
abessive sagattanne sagoittanne
comitative sagoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative sagansa sagansa
accusative nom. sagansa sagansa
gen. sagansa
genitive sagansa sagojensa
sagainsarare
partitive sagaansa sagojaan
sagojansa
inessive sagassaan
sagassansa
sagoissaan
sagoissansa
elative sagastaan
sagastansa
sagoistaan
sagoistansa
illative sagaansa sagoihinsa
adessive sagallaan
sagallansa
sagoillaan
sagoillansa
ablative sagaltaan
sagaltansa
sagoiltaan
sagoiltansa
allative sagalleen
sagallensa
sagoilleen
sagoillensa
essive saganaan
saganansa
sagoinaan
sagoinansa
translative sagakseen
sagaksensa
sagoikseen
sagoiksensa
instructive
abessive sagattaan
sagattansa
sagoittaan
sagoittansa
comitative sagoineen
sagoinensa

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse segja (to say).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

saga f (plural sagas)

  1. saga

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From the Old Norse saga, from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ.

NounEdit

saga f (plural sagas)

  1. sorceress, witch
  2. An Old Norse (Icelandic) prose narrative, especially one dealing with family or social histories and legends.
  3. Something with the qualities of such a saga; an epic, a long story.

IcelandicEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From the Old Norse saga, from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ.

Cognate with Old English sagu (English saw); Old Frisian sege; Old High German saga (German Sage); Old Danish saghæ, Old Swedish sagha, Faroese søga, Nynorsk soge, Jutlandic save (a narrative, a narration, a tale, a report), Swedish saga. Perhaps related to Lithuanian pasaka.

Compare with segja (to say, to tell) and sögn (a story).

NounEdit

saga f (genitive singular sögu, nominative plural sögur)

  1. a story
    Segðu mér sögu.
    Tell me a story.
  2. a history
    Saga Japans er mjög áhugaverð.
    The history of Japan is very interesting.
  3. a saga
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From sög (saw).

VerbEdit

saga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sagaði, supine sagað)

  1. to saw
ConjugationEdit

Etymology 3Edit

NounEdit

saga

  1. indefinite genitive plural of sög

AnagramsEdit

IndonesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Malay saga, from Proto-Malayic *saga, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saga.

NounEdit

saga (first-person possessive sagaku, second-person possessive sagamu, third-person possessive saganya)

  1. jequirity (Abrus precatorius)

ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Hyphenation: sà‧ga

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse saga.

NounEdit

saga f (plural saghe)

  1. saga

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin sāga.

NounEdit

saga f (plural saghe)

  1. (obsolete, literary) witch

Etymology 3Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

AdjectiveEdit

saga

  1. singular feminine of sago

AnagramsEdit

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

saga

  1. Rōmaji transcription of さが

JavaneseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Javanese, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saga.

NounEdit

saga

  1. jequirity (Abrus precatorius)

LatinEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Substantivisation of the female form of sāgus (soothsaying).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

sāga f (genitive sāgae); first declension

  1. a female soothsayer, diviner, fortune-teller, prophetess, witch
DeclensionEdit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sāga sāgae
Genitive sāgae sāgārum
Dative sāgae sāgīs
Accusative sāgam sāgās
Ablative sāgā sāgīs
Vocative sāga sāgae
DescendantsEdit
  • Italian: saga

Etymology 2Edit

AdjectiveEdit

sāga

  1. inflection of sāgus:
    1. singular feminine nominative/vocative
    2. plural neuter nominative/accusative/vocative

AdjectiveEdit

sāgā

  1. singular feminine ablative of sāgus

Etymology 3Edit

NounEdit

saga n

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sagum

Etymology 4Edit

From Old Norse saga.

NounEdit

saga f (genitive sagae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) saga
    • Saxonis Grammatici Historia danica. Recensuit et commentariis illustravit Dr. Petrus Erasmus Müller. Opus morte Mülleri interruptum absolvit Mag. Joannes Matthias Velschow, pars posterior, 1858, p. lxii:
      ... ratiocinari licet, Saxonem nullas scriptas sagas Islandicas ante oculos habuisse.
      ... it may be inferred that Saxo had not encountered any written Icelandic sagas.
DeclensionEdit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative saga sagae
Genitive sagae sagārum
Dative sagae sagīs
Accusative sagam sagās
Ablative sagā sagīs
Vocative saga sagae

LithuanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (sagà) IPA(key): [s̪ɐˈɡɐ]
  • (sãga) IPA(key): [ˈs̪ä̌ːɡɐ]

Etymology 1Edit

Ablaut form of segti (to fasten, attach)

NounEdit

sagà f (plural sãgos) stress pattern 4 [1]

  1. button
    sagas įsiūti[1] - to sew buttons on
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse.

NounEdit

sagà f (plural sãgos) stress pattern 2 [1]

  1. saga
  2. (in broader sense) story, legend
DeclensionEdit
SynonymsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 “saga” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.

AnagramsEdit

MalayEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Malayic *saga, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saga.

NounEdit

saga (Jawi spelling ساݢ‎, plural saga-saga, informal 1st possessive sagaku, 2nd possessive sagamu, 3rd possessive saganya)

  1. jequirity (Abrus precatorius)

Etymology 2Edit

From English saga, from Old Norse saga (epic tale, story), from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ (saying, story), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷe-, *skʷē- (to tell, talk).

NounEdit

saga (Jawi spelling ساݢ‎, plural saga-saga, informal 1st possessive sagaku, 2nd possessive sagamu, 3rd possessive saganya)

  1. saga (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
  2. saga (long epic story)

Further readingEdit

Norwegian BokmålEdit

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

saga m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of sag

VerbEdit

saga

  1. inflection of sage:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian NynorskEdit

Etymology 1Edit

 
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Learned borrowing from Old Norse saga, whence also the modern doublets soga, sogu and soge (all with -o- from the oblique sǫgu). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

saga f or m (definite singular sagaen or sagaa, indefinite plural sagaar or sagaer, definite plural sagaane or sagaene)

  1. a saga

Etymology 2Edit

From sag (saw) +‎ -a.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

saga (present tense sagar, past tense saga, past participle saga, passive infinitive sagast, present participle sagande, imperative saga/sag)

  1. to saw
Alternative formsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

saga f

  1. definite singular of sag

ReferencesEdit

AnagramsEdit

Old EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑ.ɡɑ/, [ˈsɑ.ɣɑ]

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-West Germanic *sagu, from Proto-Germanic *sagô (saw, scythe), *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek-, *sēik- (to cut).

Cognate with Old Frisian sage (West Frisian seage), Old Saxon saga, Middle Dutch sage, saghe (Dutch zaag), Old High German [Term?] (saga) (German Säge), Old Norse sǫg (Icelandic sög, Danish sav, Swedish såg).

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

saga m (nominative plural sagan)

  1. saw (tool)
DescendantsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-West Germanic *sagā, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, *sagǭ (saying, story), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷe-, *skʷē- (to tell, talk). More at saw.

NounEdit

saga m (nominative plural sagan)

  1. saying; statement
  2. story, tale; narrative
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

VerbEdit

saga

  1. imperative of sagian

Old High GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-West Germanic *sagā, from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ. Cognate with Old English sagu, Old Norse saga.

NounEdit

saga f

  1. story

DescendantsEdit

  • Middle High German: sage
    • German: Sage
    • Luxembourgish: So

Old JavaneseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saga.

NounEdit

saga

  1. jequirity (Abrus precatorius)

Old NorseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *sagǭ. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (to say).

NounEdit

saga f (genitive sǫgu, plural sǫgur)

  1. story, history, legend, saga

DeclensionEdit

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • saga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old SaxonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-West Germanic *sagā. Cognate with Old English sagu, Old Frisian sege, Old High German saga (German Sage), Old Norse saga.

NounEdit

saga f

  1. statement, discourse, report

DeclensionEdit


PolishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Icelandic saga, from Old Norse saga, from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ-.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

saga f

  1. saga (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
  2. saga (long epic story)

DeclensionEdit

Derived termsEdit

adjective

Further readingEdit

  • saga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • saga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse saga.

PronunciationEdit

 

  • Hyphenation: sa‧ga

NounEdit

saga f (plural sagas)

  1. saga (Old Norse prose narrative)
  2. (by extension) saga (long, epic story)

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French saga.

NounEdit

saga f (uncountable)

  1. saga

DeclensionEdit

SasakEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saga.

NounEdit

saga

  1. jequirity (Abrus precatorius)

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse saga.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /sâːɡa/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧ga

NounEdit

sȃga f (Cyrillic spelling са̑га)

  1. saga

DeclensionEdit

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse saga.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaɡa/ [ˈsa.ɣ̞a]
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Syllabification: sa‧ga

NounEdit

saga f (plural sagas)

  1. saga

Further readingEdit

SundaneseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saga.

NounEdit

saga

  1. jequirity (Abrus precatorius)

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Swedish sagha, from Old Norse saga, from Proto-Germanic *sagǭ.

Cognate with Danish saghæ, Faroese søga, Norwegian Nynorsk soge, Faroese søga, Norwegian Nynorsk soge, Jutish save (a narrative, a narration, a tale, a report), Icelandic saga, English saw, German Sage. Perhaps related to Lithuanian pasaka.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

saga c

  1. fairy tale
    Jag brukar natta barnen genom att läsa sagor för dem.
    I usually put my kids to bed by reading fairy tales for them.
  2. epic, long story
    Sagan om ringenThe Lord of the Rings (literally, “The tale of the ring”)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of saga 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative saga sagan sagor sagorna
Genitive sagas sagans sagors sagornas

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

AnagramsEdit

TagalogEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: sa‧ga
  • IPA(key): /ˈsaɡaʔ/, [ˈsa.ɣɐʔ]

NounEdit

sagà

  1. rosary pea; Abrus precatorius (plant and seeds, of which is used to make rosary beads)
    Synonyms: bangati, kansasaga

Derived termsEdit

TurkishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse saga.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

saga (definite accusative sagayı, plural sagalar)

  1. Old Norse (Icelandic) saga

DeclensionEdit

Inflection
Nominative saga
Definite accusative sagayı
Singular Plural
Nominative saga sagalar
Definite accusative sagayı sagaları
Dative sagaya sagalara
Locative sagada sagalarda
Ablative sagadan sagalardan
Genitive saganın sagaların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular sagam sagalarım
2nd singular sagan sagaların
3rd singular sagası sagaları
1st plural sagamız sagalarımız
2nd plural saganız sagalarınız
3rd plural sagaları sagaları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular sagamı sagalarımı
2nd singular saganı sagalarını
3rd singular sagasını sagalarını
1st plural sagamızı sagalarımızı
2nd plural saganızı sagalarınızı
3rd plural sagalarını sagalarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular sagama sagalarıma
2nd singular sagana sagalarına
3rd singular sagasına sagalarına
1st plural sagamıza sagalarımıza
2nd plural saganıza sagalarınıza
3rd plural sagalarına sagalarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular sagamda sagalarımda
2nd singular saganda sagalarında
3rd singular sagasında sagalarında
1st plural sagamızda sagalarımızda
2nd plural saganızda sagalarınızda
3rd plural sagalarında sagalarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular sagamdan sagalarımdan
2nd singular sagandan sagalarından
3rd singular sagasından sagalarından
1st plural sagamızdan sagalarımızdan
2nd plural saganızdan sagalarınızdan
3rd plural sagalarından sagalarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular sagamın sagalarımın
2nd singular saganın sagalarının
3rd singular sagasının sagalarının
1st plural sagamızın sagalarımızın
2nd plural saganızın sagalarınızın
3rd plural sagalarının sagalarının

West MakianEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

saga

  1. branch
  2. junction of paths

ReferencesEdit

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[3], Pacific linguistics